Epic Big Bad Baptist

Brewed by Epic Brewing Co. (Utah)
Style: Imperial Stout
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Serve in Snifter

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Smells boozy, like coffee as well as faint chocolate. Whiskey/barrel aged smell. Tastes very chocolately and whiskey aged. Roasted malt flavors. Really solid

Bottle back from NC. Failed to note the release number. This one skews way towards the bittersweet coffee and chocolate side of the spectrum. Bit of vanilla floating around but that is about all that will alert you to a barrel treatment. The alcohol is subdued but I kind of like it that way. A well made and smooth drink. Just be prepared for the bittersweet aspect of this as a dominant flavor.

Deuce to pint, release #10. Cracked this bad boy open to enjoy during the NCAA championship. Appearance is jet black and rather thick, slight tan head. Aroma is quite pleasant, roasted coffee. Taste is coffee to the max, bitter and dark, with some dark chocolate and a slight whiskey kick. Hard to find any flaws in this one...maybe a little biased as a coffee buff, but this beer was amazing.

Pours an opaque, very dark brown color with a mocha colored head. The head dissipates a little too quickly. Otherwise, I would’ve given its appearance a score of 4.5. I like the uniqueness of the aroma. But, the aroma, in my opinion, just doesn’t deserve a 4.5. I note coffee, griddle smoke, and olives. Moutfheel is viscous and slick. Just what I was hoping it’d be. I love the flavor of this one. Greasy spoon exhaust smoke when the griddle catches fire. The smoke begins to yield some to chocolate, but persists, albeit to a lesser degree, throughout the finish. Quite of hop bitterness gets expressed toward the finish, which tends to wake the smoke back up. Just a bit of off plastic flavor that tends to taint so many Imperial Stouts. I hope the smoke flavor in this one was created by the grain and the char of the barrel, not an additive. I really enjoy this beer. It reminds me of Bacon and Eggs from Pizza Port.

Bottle. Awesome beer! Jet black pour with a small brown head. Big ground coffee nose with cocoa, licorice, and just a hint of whiskey and wood. Full palate. Smooth mouthfeel. Really good stuff!

Draught at Craft Heads, Tokyo. Black colour with a small white head. Quickly disappearing lacing. Aroma of grounded coffee, smoked malt. Flavour is chocolate, coffee, some bourbon, caramel.

At Avery Strong Ale Fest 2013--black pour with a lush khaki head. Strong aroma of fresh brewed back coffee with a nice leathery roasty tone, and little else. Lovely full flavor with notes of sweet roasty dark cocoa, strong fresh brewed black coffee, more coffee, and finishing with dark malty sweet roastiness and a bit of chocolate. A tiny bit acidic, but incredibly divine.

#10. Pours oily black with a nice, sticky tan head. Mostly coffee on the nose, along with dark malt--just a hint of vanilla and hops. On the tongue it's dark roast coffee, rich bitter chocolate, and a tiny bit of that whiskey barrel on the finish (want more!). Nice, smooth coffee stout. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Release #8. I’ve had many coffee stouts and many bourbon stouts but never have i had a whiskey barrel coffee stout. Smells amazing! Coffee and a hint of whiskey. This is almost a perfect stout for my flavor profile. Heavy on the coffee with a little hint of chocolate from the cocoa nibs and a nice smooth whiskey flavor on the back end. I could drink this whole bottle in 10 minutes it is so smooth and I’m shocked it is 12.5% ABV. Get this if you see it, you won’t regret it!

pitch black color. Tons of tar, bourbon, oak, chocolate. Very rich some what sweet. Big rich cocoa nibs and coffee flavors. A lot of things going on here, but well executed and smooth beer. Awesome.