Stone 03.03.03 Vertical Epic Ale 3.73 318

Stone 03.03.03 Vertical Epic Ale

(RETIRED)

	Percentile
	96
	overall

Formerly brewed at Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Escondido, California USA

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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
318	3.74/5.0	3.73/5.0	Special	9%	89.4	Trappist 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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Ungstrup (15275), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Aug 28, 2005

A hazy amber beer with a thin off white head. The aroma is sweet malty with a quite strong alcohol presence, while the flavor is sweet and again with the strong alcohol presence, but also with notes of wood and fruit.

Papsoe (15009), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Aug 24, 2005 Updated: Apr 14, 2007

(Bottle 65 cl) Clear, dark amber. Nose full of caramel and hops. Taste of sweet caramel and aroma hops. Spicy and somewhat herbal - I believe I can sense the pepper in there somewhere. Dry finish. Decent if not overly exciting - would love to have one for keeping another 7 years though... 120805 and 060407

yespr (12246), Copenhagen O, Denmark

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

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

omhper (12244), Stockholm, Sweden

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Jun 5, 2003

Bottled. Nut brown with rich head. Cookie aroma. Softly malty with notes of chocolate, cinnamon and syrup. Clean, short finish.

joergen (8617), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

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.

argo0 (6939), Washington DC, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	7/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	17/20

Apr 15, 2003

(4/15/03): Hazy copper body with small beige head. Aroma is sweet, spicy (coriander) and malty. Taste is malty, sweet, coriander spicy, pine hoppy, and slightly smokey. Fairly light body. Alcohol is barely noticeable. Well-balanced yummiful beer! Bought a whole case, so I'm gonna have fun drinking one of these each year.

harrisoni (6828), Ashford, Kent, England

1.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
1.8	4/10	2/5	4/10	2/5	6/20

Sep 17, 2007

Bottle at LCRBM3. Wow, that’s really disappointing. Just too much butter. This is a pretty nasty beer.

faroeviking (6100), BjórtjóðveldiðBjórheimBjórsins, Faroe Islands

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

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!

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