Epic Imperial Red Ale

Brewed by Epic Brewing Co. (Utah)
Style: American Strong Ale
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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650 ml bottle. Thanks olio.
Pours a dark amber reddish colour with a white head. Aroma of toasted malts, nuts, cooked vegetables and grass. Flavour is strong and bitter with grassy hops, nettles, caramel, nuts and nettles. Medium bodied, rough mouthfeel and strong bitter finish with loads of grassy hops, caramel and some nettles. Good stuff.

65 cl bottle @ Timo A. Release #18.
Pours hazy red color with a small head. Aroma of hops, fruits, mild resin, nuts and goose berry bush. Flavor of hoppy fruits, malts, caramel, goose berries and some grass. Bitter and cirsp palate. Very nice but not as good as I expected.
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650ml bottle, release #18 at 7,5%ABV. Pours a lightly cloudy deep copper, with a beige head. Complex, hoppy aroma, spicy, grass, spruce, apricot, caramel, malt, quite herbal. Dry, medium to full body, high bitterness, creamy CO2. Hoppy, herbal taste, spruce, caramel, resin, grass, toffee, yeast. Very enjoyable, but ends a tiny bit harsh. (2012-10-19)

Bottle (65 cl) from bierkompass.de. Deep mahogny, medium beige head. Nutty and caramelly malt aroma with perfumy and piney hops. Medium bodied, medium carbonation. Semi dry with medium to high bitterness.

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy piney aroma. Fruity malty hoppy piney bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter piney finish.

(Bottle) Pours deep dark reddish brown with a creamy, , sand coloured head. The aroma holds frozen strawberries, pineapple juice, grapefruit, pine, herbs, resin, wood, fairly deep caramel, grainy bread and cookies. The flavor is light sweet, medium bitter and light acidic with notes of a fresh hop profile alongside a balanced and somewhat deep malt profile. The mouthfeel is clean and round with a light to medium carbonation. Balanced and tasty finish. Medium bodied.

UPDATED: NOV 10, 2012 Bomber bought @ Bierkompass.de. Pours hazy deep reddish brown with a frothy beige head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is slightly sweet, malty and hoppy with sweet dark bread, caramel, oily pine, resinous wood, grapefruit juice, moist soil, orange peal, bergamot, strawberries, alcohol and cereal. Taste is sweet, bitter, malty and hoppy with sweet bread, frozen strawberries, grapefruit juice, lemon zest, alcohol, cereal, orange peal, oily pine, resinous wood, wild strawberries, freshly cut grass and lemon peal. Mouthfeel is round, smooth, tiny boozy and medium bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and bitter with sweet bread, grapefruit juice, lemon peal, resinous wood, oily pine and freshly cut grass. Good stuff...

Bomber, thanks to _angst_. Hazy reddish beer with a small offwhite head. Hoppy metallic flavor, red berries, caramel, strawberries, hay, raisins, floral notes. Hoppy metallic flavor, red berries, hay, floral notes, caramel, spicy, some fruits.

Sample at Denver Rare Beer Tasting IV on 10/12/2012 (as "One-Off Cask"). The beer is a hazy dark amber color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus, malt and hops. Medium-bodied with flavors of caramel malt, figs and grapefruity hops. The finish is hoppy with a lingering fruit aftertaste. Above average overall.

Had at the 2012 Denver Rare Beer Tasting in Denver, Colorado. Big time hop scents with citrus/pineapple. Has a very nice dry pine flavor.