Roots Organic Epic Ale

Brewed by Roots Organic Brewing
Style: American Strong Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Draught at the brewpub. Clear dark ruby. Aroma of raisins and toffee. Extremely sweet with massive body. There are notes of cherry and salt. There is enough malt to hide the massive abv. The sweetness OTOH managed to drown a lot of the flavours.

Date: May 05, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Yankee Go Home!
Appearance: black
Aroma: sweet roasted chocolate malt aroma
Flavor: rich chocolate malt flavor, lasting bitterness, sweet milk chocolate swetmess

Date: September 19, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Vintage: 2008
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine beige head, silid lace
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma, rich fruity aroma
Body: sticky sweet body
Flavor: sweet fruiy caramel malt flavor, rich chocolate, lots of caramel sweetness and fruityness, nice fruityness, sweet dark fruit

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Bright garnet colour. Big malt aroma with hints of smoke and cherry. Strong...a LOT of alcohol here. Lightly chewy. Lots of malt and a bit of a charred aftertaste. On paper this is very cool...I wanted to love it. But it’s really liquerish, just so sweet. Still, the cherry and smoke lend accent to the beer to keep it interesting. It was served bloody cold, too. If you’re there, order this about a half hour before you drink it.

(3L bottle, 2005 vintage) Pours a brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of caramel, raisins, plum, cherry, and vinous. Flavor of roasted malt, cherry, toffee, light smoke, wood, toffee, and plum with a dry finish.

@Noogfest High5 Thanks thebeersommolier-22oz bottle–pours a retaining light brown head and cloudy brown color. Aroma is dark malt-chocolate, earthy. Taste is dark malt-chocolate, earthy hops bite. High carbonation.

Bottle #76 2006 vintage shared by TheBeerCellar2: Pours a barely transparent dark amber mahogany with a full-lacing frothy dark tan head. Aroma of sweet, sticky caramel malt with lots of toasty pale malt and a nice, mild grapefruity hop presence. Body starts fairly full and caramely sweet with a touch of mild smoke and light fruity esters. Nice complexity and smooth caramely malt and fresh hop balance. Despite the big flavor, there’s still a lot of alcoholic warmth and black pepper flavor. A nicely balanced and enjoyable brew.

Draft. Dark brown and murky, wth a semi-light tan head - small. Some red and purple light shining through the bottom of the glass. Texture is sticky and viscous, overall very sweet when served cold, a lot of unfermentables - with LOADS of residual sugars. No alcohol noted when cold, and the candy sugar is also missing from the palate at first - but when warmed both come through, though not overpowering in either case. Very dry and starchy in the long finish, like licking an oak plank. More robust and woody flavors when warmed, more rounded flavor with a hit of alcohol as well. The nose contains raisens, dates, wood, light char and some plum and cherries. Very interesting, though not exactly something spectacular.

Bottle shared at Noogfest High 5. Poured hazy copper brown color with an average frothy light brown head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate to heavy earthy hop and malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Moderate to heavy dark fruit sweet flavor with a moderate to heavy bittersweet finish of medium to long duration. Very good brew that I would recommend to a freind.