Terrapin Beer Company is a brewery founded in 2002 by Brian "Spike" Buckowski and John Cochran in Athens, Georgia, United States.

In July 2016, Molson Coors announced its majority stake in Terrapin, ending its status as a craft brewery.

After creating a business plan, Buckowski and Cochran spent three unsuccessful years pitching investors to fund their startup costs for the Terrapin Brewing Company.

In April 2002, they created and introduced Terrapin's Rye Pale Ale at the Classic City Brew Fest in Athens, Georgia - which garnered praise by beer aficionados across the U.S.[3] In October 2002, its Rye Pale Ale was awarded the American Pale Ale Gold Medal at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado - which helped garner Terrapin distribution opportunities across Atlanta.

In 2008, the brewery moved to a larger 45,000 square-foot facility at 265 Newton Bridge Road,[5] Athens, Georgia, where it could produce up to 18,500 barrels per year.