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Stone 03.03.03 Vertical Epic Ale 3.73 318

Stone 03.03.03 Vertical Epic Ale

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3183.74/5.03.73/5.0Special9%89.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
A new Vertical Epic will be released every year, with the goal being to collect them all and have a Vertical Epic tasting once the final Epic is released on 12/12/12. Each new Stone Vertical Epic Ale will be release one YEAR, one MONTH and one DAY apart. With Vertical Epic 03/03/03, we used some pretty interesting ingredients...coriander (a "Belgian-style" beer favorite!), alligator pepper (wow, bite into these little gems and you get a bigtime spicy rush of flavor), and a bit of both unmalted wheat and dark roasted wheat. And a blend of Belgian yeast and American ale yeast. And a nice selection of high alpha hops (a decidedly non-Belgian style twist). All told it makes for a dubble-ish taken-to-San-Diego-pushed-to-the-edge-and-slapped-around-a-bit beer. So, treat it gently. It's been abused enough already. Store it upright, cool and in the dark. It would enjoy a nice long rest. It will have plenty of patience. Now let's see about you . . . . In addition, we are pleased to provide the homebrewing recipe: http://stonebrew.com/timeline/030303
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 yespr (12345), Copenhagen O, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 15, 2007    Updated: Jun 21, 2009
Sample from bottle at Ølbaren thanks to Martin. Pours orange. Aroma is caramelly malt, some yeast and fruit notes. Taste is caramel malty and with a touch of yeast and fruit. Short finish.7-4-7-3-14=3.5

From bottle, blind #5, courtesy of thewolf. Pours dark orange with a small off-white head. Dry wooden and wet cardboardish aroma. Light spiced. Roasted caramel, wooden, spiced and slight herbal base flavoured. Bitter and spiced flavoured finish.8-4-8-4-17=4.1


 faroeviking (6119), BjórtjóðveldiðBjórheimBjórsins, Faroe Islands
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Apr 11, 2007  
Bottle shared at Ølbaren. Cloudy dark amber colour. Sweet aroma of toasted malt, yeast, some chocolate and spices. Flavour of caramel, toasted malt, yeast, spices, chocolate and hops. This beer has a lot of goodies!


 ThomasE (5178), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Apr 11, 2007  
Rating # 3800, thanx to Martin Engelsmann for sharing. Cloudy deep amber colour with an off white head. Malty, yeasty and fruity aroma with some caramel sweetness and a light alcohol note. Malty, caramel sweet flavour and notes of fruit and hops. Light dry finish.


 joergen (8627), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 8, 2007  
Bottle. Cloudy orange coloured with an off white head. Aroma of dried fruits, anise, liquorice and caramel. Flavour of dried fruits, caramel and hops with notes of coconut.


 BDR (2167), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Feb 26, 2007  
A cloudy brown pour with a faint coffee amid the sweetness. Vague coffee aftertaste with a little hops.


 JK (2961), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Feb 14, 2007  
This has an aroma of sweet potatoes. Cloudy brown. Flavor is surprisingly simple with sweet malt and a dry, chalky finish. This one did not age so well.


 tennisjoel (950), Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/516/20
Feb 13, 2007  
Caramel, toffee, cherry, and fig nose. Being an 03 vintage, this is aged. Normally I like my beers hotter, but this really works well. I detect some dark roasts, belgian sugar flavor, along with maybe some coconut? Pretty good flavors here from a solid brewery. Thanks MilkmanDan for the sample at your tasting!


 joebrew (608), Farewell Minny; Hello Puyallup, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Feb 12, 2007  
Pours a faded reddish hue. Nice butter rum, sweet potatoe, and caramel nose. The flavor echoes the nose with a considerable amount of carbonation and a decent hop finish. As Stine said it is very remnicent of Demolition, and as far as I’m concerned that is a good thing. Thanks a bunch Milkmandan!



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