O8 Epic
Otley Brewing Co. in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.83
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Convair880 (6926) reviewed O8 Epic from Otley Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Euston Tap, London. A golden/amber coloured pour with a medium beige head. Hoppy/fruity aroma. Tastes quite sweet, fruity, rich, caramel, slightly bitter. Quite smooth and easy to drink despite being 8%. Good stuff from Otley.
Leighton (34941) reviewed O8 Epic from Otley Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at the Euston Tap. Clear gold pour with a soft white head. Lots of ripe citrus on the nose. Flavor is very juicy, tropical (really!), lots of pineapple, some caramel. Medium in body with soft carbonation. Somewhat warm finish, some honey, sugar, dough, pineapple and citrus hops. Not bad at all.
Scopey (25115) reviewed O8 Epic from Otley Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the Rake. It pours clear amber with almost no head or carbonation. The nose is wood, leather, varnish and hazelnut. The taste is brown sugar, bread, wood, fig, astringent, weak citrus, leather and very well hidden-alcohol. It is very smooth and has a tangy-bitter finish. It is light and surprisingly bitter for a barley wine. Interesting stuff.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed O8 Epic from Otley Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at The Rake. Pours amber with a few white bubbles. Darkish fruit aroma. Flavor is smooth sweet malt with a lot of fruit and a little bitter. Very slight bitter in the finish. A touch woody. And maybe a little toffee.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed O8 Epic from Otley Brewing Co. 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle from The Bottle Shop, Canterbury. Drunk whilst eating Christmas Pudding whilst watching Newcastle Utd go out of the FA Cup to Stevenage. Clear orange copper colour with lasting beige head. Hoppy and spiced aroma. Bit of sweet toffee too. An insanely easy drinking 8% beer. The bottle conditioning has worked really well here. Went really well with the Christmas pud. Spice runs through it, but never over the top. It’s a very decent strong beer with no hint of alcohol burn or anything like that. Very decent.
Oakes (33493) reviewed O8 Epic from Otley Brewing Co. 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Light golden-amber. Has a sweet, candyish, vaguely citrusy aroma kind of like Rockets. Sweet. Has some icing sugar character, with lots of candyish fruitness - but on cask this isn’t cloying. It has a sense of balance, maybe from the toasty malts. All the same, the sweetness level is too high for me, which is typical in a pale barley wine.
Svesse (15730) reviewed O8 Epic from Otley Brewing Co. 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Cask, by gravity, at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 29 Nov 2009) Copper colour with brief head. Fruity, malty nose with notes of citrus and apricots. Malty taste with citrus, apricots, lots of malt sweetness and a generous citrussy bitterness in the finish. Full body, fairly sweet. Well balanced barley wine, with a solid malt foundation and a generous hop profile. Very nice and warming beer.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed O8 Epic from Otley Brewing Co. 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
20th May 2008. About 10 weeks passed it BBE date. Amber beer with almost no carbonation. Smooth, almost creamy, malt with some peach and orange fruit. Subtle brandy undertone. Would have been very good with some additional carbonation!
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed O8 Epic from Otley Brewing Co. 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a beige head. The aroma is dominated by malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, citrus, and caramel, leading to a dry finish.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed O8 Epic from Otley Brewing Co. 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Pours a slightly hazy orange brown color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish fruity berry citrus aroma. Sweetish warming malty fruity dark fruit flavor. Has a warming slightly dry malty dark fruit finish with a slightly bitter aftertaste.