Hopslayer
Epidemic Ales
- From:
- Epidemic Ales
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.74 | pDev: 25.18%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 07, 2026
- Added:
- Feb 12, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.43/5 rDev +25.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev +25.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
1st review on BA. Had this at the dipa festival held February 8, 2020. Was yet another surprisingly malty (relative to the others) ipa.
Pours a darker copper/brass/amber color like its from yesteryear. Thinnish 1/4" white head. For being Mosaic hops, this didn't smell like Mosaic hops. Not even close. Was also "experimental" hop, wondering if that one is a bittering hop that was used in greater quantity than Mosaic because this had more of a caramel and grain nose than it did hoppy, much less something as powerful as Mosaic.
Taste was bouyed a little bit by that older school bitterness meets overload of caramel. Like when you used to hear about malt backbone, this is one of those beers. For a split second, I thought I was getting coconut out of it, but then realized some other people at the festival had sunblock lotion on and I could smell it. The caramel at least provides a smooth mouth feel, even if you'd rather have it drier and more flavorful hop wise.
Ultimately this beer was a disappointment, albeit not the worst beer I tried at the festival.
Feb 12, 2020Pours a darker copper/brass/amber color like its from yesteryear. Thinnish 1/4" white head. For being Mosaic hops, this didn't smell like Mosaic hops. Not even close. Was also "experimental" hop, wondering if that one is a bittering hop that was used in greater quantity than Mosaic because this had more of a caramel and grain nose than it did hoppy, much less something as powerful as Mosaic.
Taste was bouyed a little bit by that older school bitterness meets overload of caramel. Like when you used to hear about malt backbone, this is one of those beers. For a split second, I thought I was getting coconut out of it, but then realized some other people at the festival had sunblock lotion on and I could smell it. The caramel at least provides a smooth mouth feel, even if you'd rather have it drier and more flavorful hop wise.
Ultimately this beer was a disappointment, albeit not the worst beer I tried at the festival.
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