Armageddon IPA
Epic Brewing Company in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA Regular|
Score
7.34
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In the beginning, there was nothing. Then an impish brewer piled a ludicrous amount of hops inot a batch of beer. This zymurgical big bang is Epic Armageddon, an apocalyptic assault on your preconceptions and taste buds. It may be too huge for this fragile planet so enjoy this beer like it was the last one on Earth
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle with a best before of 26.07.12...hope that is fresh. Pours with a clear golden yellow body with a large, frothy white head. Good color (low crystal hopefully). Looks like some high carbonation, good retention and lace. Aromas are grassy, minerally, stone fruit, light pine. Very mild grainy flavors. Tangerine, saw dust. Pretty clean yeast wise. Candied orange peel. Flavors are a bit disappointing. Straw like, a bit spicy, mild fruit hops. Light mango and dried fruit. Minimal malt. Bitterness is medium to slightly high. Some honey/biscuity malt, but mostly pretty bland overall (sadly). Missing the hop flavor punch (not bitterness) that I am looking for. Lively bubbles, and quite dry. A good basis. I don’t know if this is not fresh, or just not quite there. A very good attempt, and I bet better closer to the source (although still 8 months before the best buy date)!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2011
at 22:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle) Golden amber colour with lasting, frothy, off-white head, leaving traces of lacing. Fruity, hoppy nose with grapefruit, dried apricots, lychee, passion fruit, raspberries and hints of crisp-bread. Malty, hoppy taste with notes of apricots, grapefruit, lychee, gooseberries, crisp-bread and hints of treacle. Long bitter finish with lots of fresh hops, but still staying fairly well balanced. Medium body, with balanced sweetness. Excellent IPA with a generous hop profile. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2011
at 11:28
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, pine, spruce, resin, orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111031]
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2011
at 15:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and crisp hoppy, light pine. Bitter, pine and dry hoppy. Bitter and dry pine finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2011
at 10:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
clear orange, smooth offwhite head. malty aroma, sweet malty, slightly caramelly, flavor is malty, dry hoppy balance, tight, quite hoppy bitter. queching.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2011
at 09:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of bluebetty. Pours a clear golden with a dense off-white head. Heavy citrusy hops in the nose. Medium body, sweet ropical fruitiness from excellent aroma hops leaving a bitter finish. A crisp and very well made IPA. 311011
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2011
at 08:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
50cl bottle, courtesy of and shared with Gnoff. Dorée/orangée, blanche soyeuse. Arôme tropical et résineux, houblonné avec nez fruité, citronnelle et citron vert. En bouche, résineux, houblon avec pointe de citron, fruits tropicaux; mangue et pamplemousse, citron acidulé et belle amertume de houblon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2011
at 07:02
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Enorm doft av tropisk frukt, nyslaget gräs, färska granskott. Ganska fyllig kropp med väl avvägd sötma, den tropiska frukten kommer först, sedan tar gran/tall-tonerna över för att gå över i avstämd, men ganska snäll beska som släpper fram frukten igen. Ingen tuff IPA, men mycket smakrik och välbalanserad. Min favorit av årets IPor hittills.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2011
at 00:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours clear gold. Fluffy white head. Nose/taste of caramel and bready malts, nectarine and pineapple. Finishes dry with some herbal hops. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2011
at 12:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Thanks Tkrjukoff for this bottle. Clear orange color, white lacing head. Really strong hoppy smell. Taste very hoppy, very bitter, slightly fruity. Ok carbo and body, though it could have been a little higher.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2011
at 03:49