The theory is a new Vertical Epic will be released every year, with the goal to collect them all, and have a true Vertical Epic party once the final recipe is released. Each new Stone Vertical Epic Ale will be release one YEAR, one MONTH and one DAY apart, thus the next one will be released on 03.03.03 __
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by Gezatron from Ringgold, GA, USA who has tried this beer once. (7/2/2007 6:38:01 PM)
"What better beer to have as your first rating? It poured a golden yellow color with a large head. The flavor was rather fruity with some citrus. The mouthfeel was very carbonated. I liked it. Thanks again to JohnC for bringing this to Noogfest III."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.9)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
[2] Review by Clash from Chattanooga, TN, USA who has tried this beer once. (6/16/2007 3:05:02 AM)
"Im in shock I EVER got to taste this beer. First beer of Noogfest III many thanks to JohnC for sharing this. A cloudy yellow appearance with a vanilla, lemon, honey, bread and spice filled aroma. The flavor was very nice on this with some lemons, bread, orange peel, and a hint of pine. Slightly carbonated and creamy mouthfeel. Very good stuff. Since a bottle just went for $585 on Ebay this will likely be my last sample of this :)"
Aroma:
9/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.2)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 12oz @ $200 Unit Cost: $266.67 per Pint
[3] Review by E from Spring Mountain, PA, USA who has tried this beer once. (7/19/2006 3:44:28 PM)
"Poured a hazy orange amber color with a medium sized, off white head, that quickly diminished, leaving no lacing on the glass. Aroma of tropical fruits, but really fresh orange comes through, light lemon, a bit of spices, with some yeast, and toffee as well. Taste was sweet, with more apricot, or fresh orange, some sweet red apple, candy sugar, faint spices, some tart citrus fruits, dusty yeast, with light alcohol in the finish. Big thanks to Walt for the vertical!"
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.7)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[4] Review by herbjones from Orange, CA, USA who has tried this beer (10/30/2005 11:20:59 AM)
"Dark golden with a tight white head. Nose smells like a bowl of tropical fruit. Strange cross between a hefe,wit and tripel that definitely works. Guavas,mangos,bubble gum are all bouncing around with just a hint of spiciness. An excellent brew!"
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.9)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
[5] Review by EyeChartBrew from CA, Liechtenstein who has tried this beer a couple times. (7/3/2005 4:34:11 PM)
"I first had this right after it was first released (Febuary 2002), and again recently when a buddy of mine popped open a bottle. Normally I would have advised him to hold off and stash it away for the long-term, but by the time I knew what he was up to in the kitchen, it was too late. Oh well. No need for a Stone brew to go to waste, eh...?
My most recent impression more-or-less matched my initial impression some 15 months ago -- ugh. "What the heck is this trying to be?" I think we finally setteled on something of a West Coast interpetation of a Saison, but even that is a bit up in the air. Regardless of how you might pidgeon-hole this one, I can't say that I was all that wowed.
Nice Belgian-esqe appearence, with a big, light-and-airy, perfumely head of foam atop a light, golden body. Very wheat/Tripel-ish. And I was very impressed with the very complex aroma -- hints of all types of things going on, including corinander, fruit, horse-blanket..., hell, even hoppiness (no surprise from Stone!).
But things turned South from there, I feel. Rather rugged/crude mouthfeel, almost gritty. This needs more time to age and mellow, me'thinks. Some complex fruit characteristics, along with a noticable alcohol prescence, and a not completely unappealing Belgian-ish mustiness.
It's almost as if this beer tries too hard to be too many different things, and doesn't quite cut it. Is it a big-ass West Coast Wheat Ale? An American interpetation of a Saison? A Belgian wheat ale with a big-hop California slant? A SoCal Bier De Garde? All or none of the above?
I would love to cellar some of this away. But with only 300 cases in existance, the odds of finding any more are somewhere between slim and none. I'm just happy that the 03.03.03 is *vast* improvement, and is most assurdedly going to improve with proper cellaring.
Pick up a bottle or two if you happen to see it hidden away in the very back of your liquor store's beer cooler, but don't cry too much if you never get a chance to sample this. Stockpile the 03.03.03 instead, a vastly superior brew.
//TB"
Aroma:
9/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.8)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
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(3.9)
