Epic Thornbridge Stout

Epic Brewing Company (NZ)
Brewed at Steam Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Auckland, New Zealand

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle at a BF in Rome at Mes’ stag do. Choc almost bourbon like aroma. Bit too carbonated. Good choc. Likeable. Ok

Bottle. Black color and a light brown head. Chocolate aroma. Coffee and choclate flavour.

Bottle. Black with a large tan head. Roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and some light notes of hops. On the thin side, nothing special. The finish was dry.

Vintaged 2010. I found so much to like about this beer. It could have been the time and place elements (it was smack in the middle of an Epic Brewery tasting and it mad for a pleasant distraction from lots of hoppy beers). Smells plummy and roasty with molasses, spice and Christmas cake While it smells more fruity than anything else, it has certain oakiness about it that is rather wonderful. Tannin? Upon tasting there is a moment of shock and surprise as the enormity of all the flavours hit you at once. Plums, molasses spicy and maturity. A perfect reflection of the aromas. When allowed to warm in the hand there’s treacle pudding, dark chocolate and burnt caramel. It becomes more herbal as you go on: rosemary and also a buttery Chardonnay-like flavour. The brewer used brown malt for its aging capacity, Bramley Cross and Target hops and medium tasted brand new American oak barrels. Immensely satisfying and joins the pantheon of my favourite beers. Simply outstanding.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma with some hoppy hints. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor with hoppy hints. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee finish.

Bottle. Black beer with a creamy beige head. Malty chocolate aroma, milky and with some hops. Thin watery flavor, rather disappointing.

Nice but simple aroma of roasted malts and fusels. Thin, dry taste that leaves me a little disappointed.

50 cl bottle, thanks to ekstedt!
Sampled on April 1, 2011
Black color, light brown head. Sweet, green, hoppy, spicy, chocolate scent. Thin, malty, fruity taste. Thin mouthfeel, low bitterness.

Bottle (50 cl) from Systembolaget. Black with creamy beige head. Dull roasted aroma. Surprisingly thin. Dry with medium bitterness. So-so.

Courtesy of ekstedt. Pours black with huge brown head leaving nice lace. Aroma is roasted malts, sweet fruity, caramel. A bitt dissapointing Mouthfeel. Flavor is thin, watery, slightly acidy, roasted and hoppy.Thin Palate. Finishes shortlived tart.