Epic Hop Syndrome Lager

Brewed by Epic Brewing Co.
Style: Premium Lager
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Serve in Lager glass

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Release #3, 4.6% abv. I got this from Secret Santa (mattyb83). Pours a hazy yellow-gold color with a thick fluffy white head. Clumps of lacing stick to the sides of the glass after nearly each sip. Bready and herbal aroma with also crackers and grassy notes. This is clean and light going down with herbal hops, bready pils malt, mild sweet corn, as well as grass. It gets fairly dry from the hops on top of a slick sweet malt body. Sometimes simple is a good thing and this is a great refreshing beer you can just kick back to; especially in the warm weather, and it’s been pretty warm here lately.

Bottle to tulip. Looks fine; yellowish-orange with some head and lacing. Smells bitter and watery. Tastes decent, but pretty mild. Average on the palate. If I had to take it or leave it, I’d leave it.

Bottle@ SF. Hazy pale yellow with little head. Smells like a slightly hoppy pilsner. Tastes lightly sweet and lightly sour. Watery with a dryish finish.

Sampled at Slutfest 3. Clear light pale yellow. Clean, fairly heavily hopped lager. Kinda like hop water. A little buttery. Noble pilsy.

bomber 9/1/11. hazy yellow with a small white head. it has some viscosity to the pour. the nose is grainy...full of noble hop notes of grass, florals, spiciness and mild citrus/orange. the flavor is the same but really clean with a spicy finish. it is crisp, medium bodied and crazy quaffable.... also, extremely food friendly. 8/4/8/5/16+

Bottle. This pours with a ton more body than most beers labeled "lager" you might find. But it does have the prototypical golden body, maybe a bit hazier than most. The head is large and boiling. The aroma is intriguingly both lager-like and a bit hoppy. This drinks not unlike many a unanimous lager, but it’s exceptionally well made, full-bodied, and with a crisp, clean, snappy finish. This is what I imagine as an exceptional lager ... well done, Utah! (#4520, 3/9/2012)

The nose is light with caramel and biscuit with some citrusy lemon hops. The flavor is light with bready malts, honey and pine.

Sampled at an esbls tasting. Sent by Hayduke. Golden and hazy with a small white head. The aroma has lemongrass and grain. This s a standard pale lager that has an extra dose of hops. It has light bitterness but more sourness.

22oz bottle. Release #4, 4.7% ABV labeled. Really pale, slightly hazy yellow color, nice thin foamy sticky white head, leaving good lace. Nice, fresh citrusy aroma. Good mix of tangy sweet and bitter. This is really good, for proclaiming itself as a "LAGER". I think this is more of a pale ale... and a good one, too. Really, a good session ale.

22oz bomber pours clear somewhat bubbly pale gold with near white head. The aroma offers up thin layers of spicy hops and faint sweet maltiness. The taste has some crisp fresh spicy hops mixing with some floral hops and a modest level of lagery sweet malts (or is it malt sweetened lageriness?). Pretty nice easy drinking crisp brew.

Bomber pours bright yellow with a semi sticky head. Bright aromas of lemon citrus and a very light pine. Flavor is mildly bitter and has a light grapefruit taste. Body is light and finish i a bit astrigent