Epic First Batch NZIPA

Epic Brewing Company (NZ)
Brewed at Steam Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Auckland, New Zealand

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours clear copper with a frothy white head. Aroma of mildly roast malt with burnt rubber. Med body. Flavor is mildly roast malt with burnt rubber/citrus. Never thought those were similar, but live and learn. It’s finishing hoppy and quite, well , hoppy. If you are a hop addict, this should be good for you. So how is burnt rubber good? Heck if I know, but it’s working for me.

500ml bottle in Queenstown. Pours lovely amber colour with beautiful yellowy cream head. Nice aroma with nice malt flavours and citrus notes. Nice IPA but then again aren’t all Epics?

Bottle. Pours a pale amber color with a white head. Has a fruity malty spicy hoppy aroma. Fruity malty spicy hoppy citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy hoppy citrus finish.

Clear amber to copper pour with a tall, creamy, chunky beige head that fades pretty quickly to a thick skim and leaves a little lacing. Lots of floral and fruity notes in the aroma, nice toat, cereal, juicy citrus and a hint of mango heavy tropical fruit. Flavor is very toasty and nutty up front, some pine, then grapefruit, passion fruit, mango, floral, fruity notes, striking me more as yeast related than hop a decent amount of grapefruit bitterness to the finish and a hint of anise. Medium body, creamy entry, juicy middle, moderate strength, blanketing carbonation and a crisp, off dry finish. Pretty damn good. It has a nice hop profile, though it could use more of them. I definitely have to wonder how good this might be in a younger state, as I doubt the trip from Auckland, New Zealand to Iowa U.S.A. was in a time frame quick enough to be IPA friendly.

Light amber, aroma is med and vaguely fruity, a fair bit of bitterness. Not all that bright, mind you.

Light bronze copper.Very clear.Short head,light lace. Mild-medium aroma of floral spice and fruit.Probably some sweet caramel malt. Light toast/breadiness.THe spice seems to stand out most overall. Taste is very smooth slickish, very spicey/piney like hoppiness. Fairly dry somewhat crisp.Light sweet fruit/citrus. Smooth mild slick and clean and dry.Pretty bitter. Dry pale toast malt. Spicey earthy bitter with some citrus hints some grassyness.Pretty good but of a few others from Epic not to big on this one.Solid ipa though. Plenty of other 7% ipa’s I preferr over this.

On tap at the Alehouse Project. Intense IPA. Aromas of caramel, grass, hay, and liquorice. Taste is sweet and bitter, with long length. Palate is velvety, with lively carbonation, and medium body. Amber, bubbly, with a thin head.

Bottle. Pours with a crystal clear orange hued body with a medium sized off white head. Aromas are of crystal malt, caramel, melon, pine, soil, resin and tropical fruit. Low ester. A bit too much of a crystal malt aroma for my tastes in IPAs. Grassy. Flavors are quite bitter, grassy, low hop character, fruity, some minerals. Medium malt presence (less than the aroma), clean yeast wise. Bitter balance. Lively carbonation, medium bodied. Slightly underwhelmed, I was expecting slightly more from them.

Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Light pine and light grapefruit aroma. Pine and grapefruit flavor with light darker malts. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Pine and light grapefruit linger with light darker malts and some earthiness.

Dark amber pour with thin off white head. Nose is caramel, grainy, resin. Zesty, citrus fruits, orange jammy taste, with straight up bitterness that takes a while to fade. I found the up-front flavour a bit overpowering but once the marmalade taste fades it’s quite nice