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| Sierra Nevada Brewing - Torpedo 4.15 / 5.00 |
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Stone Brewing - Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale - 8.70% ABV
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| Stone Brewing - Sublimely Self-Righteous 4.40 / 5.00 |
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Stone Brewing - Stone IPA - 6.9% ABV
In honor of International IPA Day, I'm going to enjoy a few of these delicious beauties. I have to thank Stone for being awesome and Costco for making this great beer available in the warehouse for a reasonable price. The balance of quality and quantity have made this beer my go to short session beer for the last 6 months or so.
Appearence
Appearence
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| Stone Brewing - Stone IPA 4.30 / 5.00 |
Monday, July 30, 2012
Epic Brewing - Exponential Imperial Stout - ABV 9.2%
Given that this blog is to detail my epic adventure, I think it's only fitting to start with a review of Epic Brewing's Imperial Stout from their Exponential series. This bottle is from their batch #5 which, according to their website was brewed on January 5, 2012 and bottled on February 28, 2012.
Appearance
On the pour, this beer comes out of the bottle like oil. It pours smooth with a half inch of a khaki head forming with my vigorous introduction to the glass. A swirl shows plenty of alcohol lacing - something to be expected from a beer of this gravity. In the glass, light has no hope.
Smell
With each big whiff of this beer, I find more complexity. Chocolate malt is a big player for my nose and as with the lacing, the alcohol is apparent. It's wrong to describe a beer as another beer but I find that this immediately brings me to Ballast Point's Sea Monster Imperial Stout. I haven't had that one recently but the smell brings me back there.
Taste
Chocolate, coffee, malty goodness. Again, the alcohol is present but not in a bad way by any means. This strikes me as a great candidate to hang around the cellar for a year or two to see if all this alcohol mellows into a more even profile, but as a new bottle it brings a good array of flavor to the palate.
Mouthfeel
There isn't a lot of obvious carbonation when you look at the glass, but in the mouth there is more than enough to get the job done. I always love the texture of a imperial stout and this beer lives up to that.
Overall
I haven't had a ton of Epic's beers in the past but based on this first foray into their world, I'm inclined to try more. While I won't say this to be the best imperial stout, I may grab another bottle and do the aging experiment for a year or two and it's more than adequate for the price as a bottle to share on a cool evening with a friend.
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| Epic Brewing - Exponential Imperial Stout 4.20 / 5.00 |
On the pour, this beer comes out of the bottle like oil. It pours smooth with a half inch of a khaki head forming with my vigorous introduction to the glass. A swirl shows plenty of alcohol lacing - something to be expected from a beer of this gravity. In the glass, light has no hope.
Smell
With each big whiff of this beer, I find more complexity. Chocolate malt is a big player for my nose and as with the lacing, the alcohol is apparent. It's wrong to describe a beer as another beer but I find that this immediately brings me to Ballast Point's Sea Monster Imperial Stout. I haven't had that one recently but the smell brings me back there.
Taste
Chocolate, coffee, malty goodness. Again, the alcohol is present but not in a bad way by any means. This strikes me as a great candidate to hang around the cellar for a year or two to see if all this alcohol mellows into a more even profile, but as a new bottle it brings a good array of flavor to the palate.
Mouthfeel
There isn't a lot of obvious carbonation when you look at the glass, but in the mouth there is more than enough to get the job done. I always love the texture of a imperial stout and this beer lives up to that.
Overall
I haven't had a ton of Epic's beers in the past but based on this first foray into their world, I'm inclined to try more. While I won't say this to be the best imperial stout, I may grab another bottle and do the aging experiment for a year or two and it's more than adequate for the price as a bottle to share on a cool evening with a friend.
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