Lupulingus
Epic Brewing Company

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From:
Epic Brewing Company
 
New Zealand
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9%
Score:
89
Avg:
4.01 | pDev: 8.48%
Reviews:
3
Ratings:
10
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 01, 2017
Added:
Sep 09, 2014
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  2
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Ratings by dansmcd:
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Rated by dansmcd from Australia

4.25/5  rDev +6%

Oct 04, 2014
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Rated: 3.75 by CPAles from Illinois

Dec 01, 2017
 
Rated: 4.17 by life_of_agony from Australia

Aug 03, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

Feb 20, 2016
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Reviewed by DoctorZombies from Florida

4.37/5  rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Medium Amber pour (12) with off white head; good lace, carbonation, and clarity; some cap. Earthy pine and citrus/lemon nose. Caramel malt base with bitter lemon zest, earthy pine, and dank wet hop flavors. Medium lite mouthfeel with bitter tongue coating. Very good-I can taste the malt base under the hop flavors.
Sep 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4.01 by BradleySteuart from New Zealand (Aotearoa)

Apr 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Mattias from Sweden

Mar 04, 2015
 
Rated: 4.42 by Rwalford74 from Australia

Dec 26, 2014
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Reviewed by SmashPants from Australia

4.23/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Format: enjoyed this at the Beervana Master Homebrewer Class. 250mL taster.

Appearance: pours into the glass orange-amber with a limited off-white head. Visible fine carbonation across the profile.

Aroma: sweet biscuit malts with plenty of grapefruit and pine hops.

Taste: intense grapefruit, pine, floral and earth hop flavours with sweet malts. Very complex and strong in flavour.

Aftertaste: plenty of bitterness from the variety of different hops. Still some malt, and some earth as well.

Mouth feel: moderate in feel with a moderate, sharp carbonation. The complex flavours seem to owe themselves in large part to the precision of the mouth feel.

Overall: definitely the best of the three Epic beers I tried at Beervana. They all had similar characteristics, but this one seems to be the 'daddy' - way more intense, complex and fuller in flavour. At AU$17 for a 500mL bottle (2014) it isn't cheap by any means, but I'll definitely advocate trying this one as you can afford it - I'll place it in the 'expensive but worth-while' category with Heretic and the Amager Bryghus Sinner Series.
Sep 25, 2014
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Reviewed by danieelol from Australia

3.4/5  rDev -15.2%
Time to try the latest hyped NZ DIPA.

Pours a golden chrome with strong white head and great lacing.

Nose is fairly subtle NZ hops, I'm thinking Nelson. But there's lots of them. Lots of tangerine and orange. Slight chlorine. A bit of a candied quality.

Taste continues with similar fruity hop flavours- overripe orange, more (very sweet) tangerine. Quite a sweet beer, especially for only a 9% DIPA. There is also a decent dose of astringency in the mouth from hop or alcohol. This sweet-bitter dichotomy doesn't work too well for me.

Mouthfeel gets more boozy and sweet over time.

Definitely East-Coast in style, I'm afraid this beer doesn't really do it for me. It certainly looks the part, and smells of a pungent hoppiness, but the palate is marred by both too much sweetness and too much bitter booze (or possibly bitter hops, either way it's not a pleasant bitterness).

Not even close to Citra's league sadly.
Sep 09, 2014
Lupulingus from Epic Brewing Company
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 10 ratings