Epiphany Ale
Iron Springs Pub & Brewery
- From:
- Iron Springs Pub & Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 11.8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 23
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 22, 2016
- Added:
- Jan 03, 2007
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.24/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.24/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Comes in a mixture of amber and red, good 3/5" head formation and impressive lacing left behind. Aroma has substantial bitterness, red caramel malt notes.
Super bitter stuff here. Its all bittering hops. They didn't come out in the nose, and the mouthfeel isn't particularly flavorful. Cascades and caramel, cascades and caramel. Bomber format, cheap for that, but ultimately not a memorable beer.
Jun 22, 2016Super bitter stuff here. Its all bittering hops. They didn't come out in the nose, and the mouthfeel isn't particularly flavorful. Cascades and caramel, cascades and caramel. Bomber format, cheap for that, but ultimately not a memorable beer.
Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan
4.25/5 rDev +13.9%
4.25/5 rDev +13.9%
This pours a dark caramel color. There’s a light orange/pine hop character with a pronounced edge. The beer has a malty hoppy orange citrus character with a drying finish. Not too sweet, lots of sticky hops, this is my favorite kind of amber ale.
Sep 01, 2014
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.29/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Bottled 1/21/14.
Pours a hazy copper with a foamy tan head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small streaks of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, caramel, citrus zest, herbal hop, and slight celery aromas. Taste is much the same with malt and herbal hop flavors on the finish. There is a medium amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that is drinkable but is a bit too malty in my opinion.
Mar 28, 2014Pours a hazy copper with a foamy tan head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small streaks of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, caramel, citrus zest, herbal hop, and slight celery aromas. Taste is much the same with malt and herbal hop flavors on the finish. There is a medium amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that is drinkable but is a bit too malty in my opinion.
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
3.3/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.3/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle purchased from Ledger's Liquors in Berkeley, CA.
Pours a very hazed brown-amber hue, with a fine, somewhat insubstantial head of yellowish white, that forms nicely when poured, but eventually subsides to film. Some speckled lacing. Body looks surprisingly strong for the ABV. It's not great looking, but it's not bad.
Nose is, again, not great, but not bad. Blind, it seems like what you expect from the style. Generic slightly piney US West Coast hoppiness, with a touch of sweetness and turbid malt. The sweetness forms perhaps as a little too strong for the hops, which are middling at best, but it ticks the boxes for the style at least.
Taste is similar, in that the two characters are quite generic. However, they sit quite disparate from each other, with the malt providing a chalky caramel and carob character that dominates the front, before a strikingly bitter, oily hop presence comes through on the back. It's not unbalanced as a result, but it sure is pretty ordinary.
Yeah, it's not great. It's not bad. It's not much of anything, except that it doesn't wildly deviate from style. I'm certainly not a huge fan, but I can't really fault it either. And maybe that's what's annoying me about it.
Jun 20, 2012Pours a very hazed brown-amber hue, with a fine, somewhat insubstantial head of yellowish white, that forms nicely when poured, but eventually subsides to film. Some speckled lacing. Body looks surprisingly strong for the ABV. It's not great looking, but it's not bad.
Nose is, again, not great, but not bad. Blind, it seems like what you expect from the style. Generic slightly piney US West Coast hoppiness, with a touch of sweetness and turbid malt. The sweetness forms perhaps as a little too strong for the hops, which are middling at best, but it ticks the boxes for the style at least.
Taste is similar, in that the two characters are quite generic. However, they sit quite disparate from each other, with the malt providing a chalky caramel and carob character that dominates the front, before a strikingly bitter, oily hop presence comes through on the back. It's not unbalanced as a result, but it sure is pretty ordinary.
Yeah, it's not great. It's not bad. It's not much of anything, except that it doesn't wildly deviate from style. I'm certainly not a huge fan, but I can't really fault it either. And maybe that's what's annoying me about it.
Reviewed by mactrail from Washington
3.08/5 rDev -17.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.08/5 rDev -17.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Red amber in the glass. Not very foamy, but a nice slush in the mouth. Seems to fit the mold for this hoppy, earthy style. Fairly malty with a slight sweetness, but also on the acidic side. Aroma can only be described as beery, with a little roast malt in the nose. Lots of bitter hops with a tickle of grapefruit peel. Warm and buttery, but mostly hops. I don't know what they do to the malt to get this dirty flavor.
22 oz bottle from Beer Revolution in Oakland.
Jan 30, 201222 oz bottle from Beer Revolution in Oakland.
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