Epic Imperial IPA

Brewed by Epic Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bomber from France44, release #4. Nice pour gets things off to a good start, a deep murky dark orange with a substantial, sticky foamberg, and abundant lacing. Nose is quite assertive, sharply bitter hops and a TON of sweet booze. Mouthfeel isn’t too hot or syrupy, though, despite my apprehensions, although it’s still just a tad too sticky for my personal taste. Flavors are pretty standard for the style, though this beer flirts with falling into imbalance on occasion, as the sticky malt sweetness threatens regularly to overwhelm the otherwise enjoyable hoppiness (mostly tilting towards the floral, but with enough bitters for me). Enjoyable DIPA, and dangerously drinkable for the potency, but not top notch.

2 June 2012, bottle. Bright yellow, clear, no bubbles. Nose is skunky grassy hops. Thin body and mildly fizzy. More hops in taste than I was expecting but most of the bitterness kicks in in the finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Date: May 14, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Appearance: hazy copper, creamy off white head, sticky icy lace
Aroma: floral and spicy aroma, slightly sweet pale malt, light peppery pine
Overall: sweet pale malt, lots of hops, floral and pine, light citrus, peppery spicyness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Bottle from a trade with Gription79. Release #15. Pours hazy pale orange color with off white head. Aromas of grapefruit and caramel. Bitter grapefruit rind flavor with sweet caramel. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation. Nice DIPA. Thanks Dallas.

Sample as a bonus beer at the Smuttynose tasting at Ale Wine & Spirits on 4/27/12. Clear yellow/gold pour with a medium white head. Citrus and pine hops in the nose, with some sweet malt. Malty flavor with strong citrusy and piney hop presence and a sweet malt finish. I’ve been pretty much on the fence about this brewery since trying several of their beers, but this one is pushing me over to the fan side for sure.

Serving: Draft at Fire Works Leesburg. It pours a cloudy, dirty orange with a small, white head. The nose is all hops. The flavor has lots of herbal, medium pine, and light tropical hop notes. Not much from the malt side. Long, bitter, and dry finish. Definitely west coast style.

Release #16 8.9% ABV. Sampled from 22oz bomber. Appearance is very typical for a DIPA with a nice white head that fades away and leaves a little ring around the top of the beer. The aroma is soft pine note resins and sweet fruit notes. The taste follows the aroma very nicely and has a very full mouthfeel. Overall this is a great beer.

From beerlicious iphone app: Draft Release #14 Floral hops that shows a pale cloudy color with minimal white head. Light bitter and sour notes to start and finishes with a monster kick. Medium body with stick thick texture. Bitter finish.

Bottle @ SF. Hazy yellow amber. Smells sweet and grapefruity and a touch piney. Tastes initially set them a little resinous with a nice bitter hop finish.

Sampled at Slutfest 3. Clear light amber copper pour with ring of offwhite head. Really not too sweet green woodsy citrus hop profite. Pretty decent actually.

Sample at the House Wine EPIC beer tasting on 04/18/2012: This beer pours a hazy deep copper-orange color with a medium creamy white head that diminishes slowly. Patchy lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of hops, citrus and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of resiny hops, citrus and sweet malt. The finish is hoppy with a lingering grapefruit aftertaste. Pretty good overall.