Epic Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿

Established in 2005

Contact
230B Neilson Street, Onehunga, Auckland, 1061, New Zealand
Description
Epic Brewing Company since 2005, NZ Family Owned, NZ Brewed IPA's and delicious craft beers. Epic Beer HQ Taproom now open in Onehunga, Auckland.

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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
(Bottle) Hazy amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, orange peel, mandarin, caramel, resin, apricots, lychee, toffee, honey and tropical fruit. Malty, hoppy taste with notes of citrus, orange peel, apricot marmalade, caramel, toffee, tropical fruit, resin and a generous citric/resiny bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, with a slight sweetness. Really well made and tasty DIPA with impressive amounts of citric/resiny hops and malt to back it up. Excellent beer!
Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2019 at 19:37

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
330ml can. Pours gold brown. Grapefruit, cereal, nectarine, slightly metallic, pear. Medium body. Not particularly great.
Tried from Can on 29 Jan 2019 at 07:24

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Aromas of grapefruit, lemon, pepper and soap. A typical session IPA with plenty of grapefruit in the mouth, plus a little funk but very little in the way of malt.
Tried on 15 Jan 2019 at 10:38

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours amber with a large head.Nose shows melon, grape, nectarine, soft sweet-smelling notes, mango, overripe banana, soft petrol-like notes.Flavours include lots of fruity hops, big melon, pineapple and some bready malt. Not much bitterness, gets a bit sweet with time.
Tried on 11 Jan 2019 at 13:12

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. Pours bright gold orange. Peach, pepper, orange peel, perfume, strong honeydew melon, bittersweet fruity finish. Good full body. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2019 at 05:22

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. Pale gold with a white head. Aroma of passionfruit, mango, citrus blossoms. Light bodied, quite fizzy. Not a lot of malt flavours, so that some of the fruit seems a bit boiled and caramelised. A little resin towards the modestly bitter end.
Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2019 at 11:40

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
'Bottle. Gold with a 3/2" white head. Aroma of gooseberry, Meyer lemon, passionfruit, lychee, some crackers and herbal notes. Light bodied, quite highly carbonated. I can see explosivedog''s review and although this bottle is not like that there is a little whisper of slickness there. Mostly though it''s crackery malt with punchy under-ripe tropical fruit, sav-blancy grassiness. Finish is bitter enough but doesn''t quite snap like the best Kiwi examples.'
Tried from Bottle on 12 Dec 2018 at 12:36

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
On tap at 16 Tun. Pours gold orange. Boozy, caramel, strong marzipan, boozy marzipan, amaretto, orange, lemon, sweet boozy. Good body. Very messy, very boozy, but I do like amaretto... The more I drink, the more unbearably hot this is, makes me wince with every sip.
Tried from Draft on 11 Dec 2018 at 08:25

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours bright orange. Peach, syrup, lemon, orange peel, bitter, bit papery, falls out a bit at the end. Medium body. Not their best.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2018 at 09:50

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml can. Pours clear gold orange. Peach, lemon, rosewater, bread, floral. Medium body. Fine.
Tried from Can on 05 Nov 2018 at 09:17