4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml bottle into lager glass. Pale yellow beer with towering crown of snow-white foam. Crystal clear with medium carbonation. Nose is distant tinny hops. Clean and refreshing taste, finish is bland euro lager. Very little to distinguish this from any other lager really.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2017
at 05:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle (was a bit past the best before but still plenty of hop character so probably ok). Pours very dark brown. Pine, grapefruit, orange pith, lots of walnuts and hazelnuts in the flavour. Full body. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2017
at 03:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Bright amber - almost orange - with a white head. Vibrant aroma (as usual with Epic) with zesty blood orange, passionfruit, dried mango skin, lychees. Carbonation is on the low side of medium which emphasizes the sweet fruit where the tropical meets some sticky bread crust. A punchy aromatic burst at the start of a mouthful is then tamed by a sweetness that gradually gives way to firmish bitterness. Does the hop hash allow it to have lots of sweet tropical fruit without being cloying? I dunno, but it works pretty well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2017
at 08:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Brewers Cooperative. Pours red brown with a good head. Grapefruit, orange, lots of pepper, biscuit. Big, bitter, juicy, spicy. Fantastic.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Apr 2017
at 00:56
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Pours black. Wood, smoke, figs, tobacco, toast, raisins, port, cherry. Full body. Lovely stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2017
at 06:07
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
On tap at the Lumsden (apparently the only keg ever as part of the Lumsden’s birthday celebration). Pours black with a little translucency. Thick body. Figs, cherries, coffee, nutty. Lots of sweet fruit up front, lots of bitter coffee and bitter roasty notes after and then a nice long coffee finish. The coffee and figs take centre stage over the stout but it all blends together outstandingly well. An absolute delight.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Apr 2017
at 16:22
8/10
Smoooooooth, soft hops
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2017
at 17:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Pours red amber with a fantastic head that falls away in peaks. Peach, mango, grapefruit, orange, caramel, some dry pine notes near the end, a touch of pepper. Good full body. Really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2017
at 04:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
500ml bottle, 2014 release. Pours dark with noticeable carbonation and no head. Plums, figs, chocolate, little coffee, sweet orange marmalade, treacle. Medium body with quite heavy carbonation for the style. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2017
at 00:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. Pours copper with a good head that’s gone quickly. Lots of orange, lots of mango, enough dankness to make me want to say garlic, plenty of caramel, a little melon. Slightly oily texture. Not a bad drop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2017
at 01:40