Pale Ale
Epic Brewing Company in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.94
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Supreme Champion Beer - New Zealand International Beer Awards
You can only drink so many beers in a lifetime, so you better make each one count. That's where we can help. Because at Epic we're obessed with creating big hop-fuelled beers. This takes a shed-load of skill. It also takes a shed-load of hops. In fact there are 23 crammed into this bottle. Many brewers would call that 'insane'. We call it flavour.
You can only drink so many beers in a lifetime, so you better make each one count. That's where we can help. Because at Epic we're obessed with creating big hop-fuelled beers. This takes a shed-load of skill. It also takes a shed-load of hops. In fact there are 23 crammed into this bottle. Many brewers would call that 'insane'. We call it flavour.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Clear amber color, medium white head. Aroma of pineapple, grapefruit. Taste is bitter pine resin. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2012
at 10:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Crystal clear copper with almost non-existent white head. Aroma of line and soft citrus. Slightly thin mouthfeel follows through with massive pine and flora. Effervescent rounded on the to the in the end. Slightly bitter and nice dryness.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2011
at 22:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 500ml bottle on 13/12/2010. Has a nice lively floral, citrus fruit and banana aroma. Subdued caramel malt, zesty fruit (especially orange and grapefruit), and some spiciness present when it hits the mouth. Nice and hoppy, without being over the top. A very good and eminently quaffable APA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2010
at 23:49
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Light bronze. The aroma is green and woody with cascades and a little bit of caramel. Soft body. Moderate bitterness. A little bit woody. Ok, but neither the bitterness nor the brightness is enough to truly compete.
Tried
on 22 May 2010
at 21:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Light copper, cream head. Big dry lemon zest and grapefruit nose. Medium bodied, a little chewy. Complex fruity malts are quite sufficient to balance the hops. A touch of Moroccan preserved lemon at the end. The aroma suggests its going to be just hops, but this has a bit more about it than that. It’s very good, but the parts don’t quite fit together for mine. [3.6] [rerate] Small bottle. Gold, great off-white head. Maybe this is a tad warmer but there’s quite a lot more going on with the hop aroma - there’s a bit of pine and herbs to go with the citrus. Pretty straight ahead and very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2009
at 03:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours golden amber with a large persistent head.Aroma shows lots of fruit, grassy, and resiny hops. Grapefruit, orange blossom, nectarines. Behind this is a fair bit of sweet malt and caramel.Very hoppy taste, but with less sweet fruits. There’s still some grapefruit, grassy notes and peaches, followed by some sweet clean malt. Then a strong bitterness rolls through, growing bigger and bigger. However it is exceptionally well-balanced by the afore-mentioned malt.Good medium body with a light, but refreshing, carbonation.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2009
at 02:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of citrus, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and citrus. The body is light. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2009
at 21:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at The Spotify tasting. Yes, certainly hoppier than on cask, but it then lacks a bit of body too. Yes it is hoppy and enjoyably but still not living up to its hype. Touch of rose petal flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2009
at 14:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 330ml.Clear light to medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange, grpaefruit, flowers notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (100908)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2008
at 02:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33 cL bottle. Pours clear golden orange with a lacing white head. Crisp citrusy and mild peachy hops aroma. Light citrusy initially in the flavour with a light bitterness mixed with a mild sweetness. Light fruity and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2008
at 09:51