Epic Imperial Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

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22 ounce thanks to Gription79. Little carbonation. Pitch black. Chocolate. Some bitter.

Release 3 bomber from Total Wine Chesapeake, VA. Pours very dark brown with a thin tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel, chocolate and a bit of a leathery note. The taste is bitter roasted malts, coffee syrup, caramel, chocolate, vanilla, and a bitter hop finish. Medium-full bodied. Nice.

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2012 Thanks turd. Pours dark black with no light coming through and one finger of chestnut brown head. Nose is bleh, lots of fruity yeast esters and acetaldehyde, light oxidation and fruit skins. Same flavor, bleh. Papery with some oxidation with lots of off yeast flavors. Bleeeeeeh. No more description.

22oz bottle. Rating #40. Dark black pour with a tan head. Light roast and a little oxidation. Drinkable, more roast wjth a bit of dark fruits, decent. (2008)

Bomber from State Liqur Store #18, Cedar City. Release # 3 9.1% ABV according to the label. Nose is chocolate, roastiness, and hints of blackberries and smoke. Black with a medium, heavily lacing, cinnamon tan head. Flavor is chocolate, moderate smokiness, coffee, and a light bitterness. Finishes with smoke and bitterness.

Bottle, thanks veldrid. Dark brown with a small tan head. Nose is roasty, slightly fruity, licorice, bitter coffee grounds. Flavor is similar, quite acrid, some light sweetness, a bit of dark fruits. Okay, but not a huge fan at the end of the day.

Release #2: Penetrable chestnut-black. Grayish head retains a creamy collar as it gradually disperses. Overcrowded aroma of pine tar, graham cracker, mocha chocolate, burnt cocoa, grapefruit, rubber, black cherry, dried plums and yeast (wet paint). Soft, lightly prickly carbonation. Full, weighty body. Tongue-coating viscosity envelops the tongue, yielding a panoply of liquefied fudge, glue / wet paint, and blackstrap molasses adorned with a bittersweet chocolate punch. Big American hop splash contributes more resins and oily weight to the already dense body, fatiguing the palate before the lapping richness of malt and sugars takes foothold. Quickly becomes nauseatingly medicinal due to overripe plums blending with the excessive residuals and higher alcohols. Dabs of grapefruit poke through the bludgeoning residuals, yielding an overabundance of acids which clash with the bitter tar-soaked char. Some vague chalkiness from the hops as well, which exacerbates the brash earthiness derived from the malt. Potent smokiness lingers amid spoiled fruits, pine tar, pumpernickel bread, and graham cracker in the finish. There’s lots of disharmony going on here, and it’s rather unrefined. Overly brutish and kitchen sickish, ultimately.

Black with a big dark brown head. Aroma of roasted malts and coffee. Taste of coffee and dark chocolate, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, full body, thick feel, soft carbonation. Pretty good.

This beer pours flat black with a medium tan head that diminishes steadily. Rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee and dark chocolate. Rich, roasty body with flavors of black coffee, sweet malt and bakers chocolate. Some hops in the background too. The finish is malty with a lingering sweet roast aftertaste. Solid Imperial Stout all around.

Big roasty nose, chocolate, caramel, slightly ashy, moderate bitterness. Pours black, nearly opaque, tan head with decent retention. Flavor is heavy roast, coffee, fairly ashy and a bit harsh, caramel and pleasant sweetness. Full body, thick and chewy, medium carbonation. Nice brew.