Torpedo vs. Hopsecutioner

Head to Head Post!!!!!

 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Torpedo Extra IPA  

VS  

Terrapin Beer Co. Hopsecutioner

         
Specs:                                                                     

• Price: $7.99                                                                       

• ABV: 7.2%                                                              
• Ingredients: Magnum and crystal hops                  
• Process: all dry hopped, about 50 IBU's                                    

                                                                                                                                                                               

Sierra Nevada is a long standing company with a famous pale ale that has helped rank them number 2 overall in total distribution among craft breweries. In January 2009, Sierra Nevada released the Torpedo extra IPA, a more bitter and intensely flavored version of the classic pale ale. For those of us who keep an eye peeled for beer deals, this is the one to 'hop' on from Sierra Nevada (pun absolutely intentional).

 Terrapin Beer Co. Hopsecutioner













Specs:

• Price: $7.99
• ABV: 7.2%
• Ingredients: Centennial,Amarillo, Cascade, warrior hops
• Process: different hops added at different
•                stages, dry hopped w/ cascades

Terrapin Beer Co. is a smaller craft brewery based in Athens, Georgia. There are over 60 bars in the town center. Hot damn. Anyway, Terrapin started as a microbrewery with only their Rye Pale Ale on draft around Athens. You know these guys have their heart in the right place when they aren't trying to dish another light lager on the market, but rather a novel complex brew. Just this year Terrapin Beer Co. opened a larger facility and released a few new ales, including the Hopsecutioner. The hopsecutioner is a slightly dryer tasting pale ale with a good bite that lives up to it's mortifying name. 

It's good to see smaller craft breweries on the rise and getting better distribution. The consumer is asking for it- and it's a pleasure to be able to pick up both of these bitter IPA's at my local grocery store. Competition is good, and it's great to see a smaller craft brewery that's able to put out an IPA similar to a larger brewery's product and it be a legitimate competitor in its Specs, value and taste. I can see a future where craft breweries of all sizes are getting distribution everywhere, and competing for the best Brew for your Buck.