Terrapin Hopzilla

Side Project 12: Hopzilla
Terrapin Beer Company
Athens, Georgia
10.80% ABV
Style: Imperial IPA

C: Pale Orange in Color
H: Cloudy
N: Tons of Citrus (Grapefruit & Orange), Some Sweet Hard Candy Hints = HEAVEN IN A BOTTLE FOR AN IPA LOVER!

The Ferm: Well I was lucky enough to share a bottle of this with several of my beer buddies, and I was glad I did. Why?! Well in my experience Terrapin does a fantastic job with big malt forward beers the IPA has not been their strong point though. Hopsecutioner was a good beer, but nothing to write home about. "The Zilla" is something completely different. YEP, I KNOW IT'S AN IMPERIAL!
Well the fact of the matter is that you have to be able to make a good base IPA to make a good Imperial IPA. Sometime you can get lucky and strike Gold with an Imperial without the other.
I do not think Terrapin got lucky on this beer, I just think this is more of the lines that they were looking for out of their base IPA.
The beer is filled with Hop Aroma, and taste characters, though the beer is not hop bitter. The malt backing is strong and solid. This honestly is one of the better IIPA's that I have had. Perfectly balanced! Please make this a seasonal!
Score: 4.6032

BTW Please Don't forget to sign the petition to Save the Cigar City Tasting Room! http://dosbeerigos.com/sign-the-cigar-city-online-petition

Sign the Cigar City Online Petition

So a lot of people have been writing me on here and on facebook asking how they can help Cigar City save the tasting room besides calling, emailing, and writing the City Council of Tampa.

Well now you can sign the Online Petition to Save the Tasting Room.

Simply Click: Save the Tasting Room

Let's show the City Council of Tampa Bay how large of a community we are!

BTW, our support for the brewery is not going un-noticed. Several of the City Council Members have removed direct links to their email from the website, as well as having people screen their phone calls. This means we are getting to them! Keep it up! You can follow the progress through #SAVECCB on Twitter as well as following daily updates from local #FlaBrew Members on Facebook and Twitter!

Also the brewery is taking notice. Below is part of a thank you letter from Joey Redner of Cigar City which was posted on the CCB Blog:

First of all, we are speechless at the amount of support we have received in the last 24 hours for our Tasting Room that now hangs in the balance of the Tampa City Council's decision to let us continue operating. Your continued support is what is going to keep our doors open; so please keep the phone calls, letters, and emails flowing!

Please help out and sign the petition.  We do not want to lose this brewery or our right to enjoy their beers in the tasting room!