Co-founder and brewmaster Christian Spike Bukowski tells me all about this connection.

So, you know, we threw around a bunch of bad names and then I was just like, you know, Terrapin, you know, I followed the Grateful Dead early 80s until Jerry died and then, you know, love their music of course.

One of my favorite albums is Terrapin Station.

So I threw out Terrapin and yeah, John loved it and we started building our business plan around that name and around that concept.

The interesting part was when John and I would go sell beer, we would walk into a bar and go, hey, we're spiking John from Terrapin.

and people would look at us and go, Terrapin, from Maryland? Like the Maryland Terrapins? We're like, no, no,

I guess you could say Terrapin has been on one long, strange trip.

It's been, you know, let's just say it's been a long, strange trip, right? And, you know, I just want Athens and Georgia to be proud of Terrapin.