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Stone 04.04.04 Vertical Epic Ale 3.65 402

Stone 04.04.04 Vertical Epic Ale

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Percentile
94
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4023.66/5.03.65/5.0Special8.5%85Trappist 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. This time around we used some unmalted wheat, just the right touch of Kaffir Lime Leaf, and a really cool Belgian yeast. The result is a bit like a strong Biere de Garde / Saison-esque influenced beer coupled with some aromatic Bavarian Hefeweizen style phenolic banana esters, and a backnote hint of lime from the lime leaf.
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 Frank (1068), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/516/20
Dec 10, 2004  
Pours a clear blond (first pour--I see yeast settled from bottle conditioning and I bet later pours will have some haze). Nose is intensely bready and malty with a note of something exotic--coconut maybe. Interesting... Wow. I really don’t know what to make of this stuff. It’s very unique, I will give the boys at Stone that. Slightly citric, wheaty and fruity with a strange sort of vague bitterness that dances across the tongue. Confusing.


Smacky (71), San Clemente, California, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/519/20
Dec 5, 2004  
Possibly one of my all-time favorites. A beautiful golden-colored ale with an aroma of bread and citrus, like walking through a lime orchard about 30 yards from an open window, through which wafts the aroma of fresh-baked bread. The mouth feel is mellow, malty and pleasantly yeasty, with a faint flavor of lime from the Kaffir that gradually increases in intensity, peaks at a pleasant, not overpowering level, then fades right behind the malt. I am fortunate to have a small liquor store nearby that has a stash that it seems only I know about....


 Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
Nov 28, 2004  
Poured golden with no head...smell is yeast, melons, citrus...sweet and delicious...couldn’t find any banana, but lots of citrus, yeast...dough...definately complex...alcohol completely hidden...finish sweet and rather quick...very very nice...


 LaChad (1375), San Francisco, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/517/20
Nov 26, 2004  
Bottle. REMARKABLY mellow and yet subtle, complex, and flavorful. Unique for the style, and it’s even guezelike in some ways. Somewhat tame floral aroma. Yeasty, barnyard, sweetness abound throughout. The bountiful finish yields nice nectarine type flavors...great stuff.


 Ungstrup (15343), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/104/515/20
Nov 21, 2004  
A hazy orange beer with a small disappearing white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of fruits especially lime, but also lemongrass. The flavor is sweet spicy with notes of lemongrass.


 Jeppe (2638), Ølbutikken, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 19, 2004  
Orange colored, foamy white head. Sweet hay, hop, yeast and toffee aroma. Dry and rather harsh flavor. Grass, hay and plenty of hops. All right but quite sexless for a Stone!!


 madsberg (5047), Søborg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Nov 17, 2004  
Bottled: Golden coloured. Off white head. Light spiced sweet and malty aroma. Fruity, light citric, light hopped and malty flavour. Is a little bland I think. Ends with some alcahol burnt on the palate and lips and is medium bitter.


 Dixen (1465), Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Nov 17, 2004  
Dry and tart aroma, some wheat and lime. Golden to orange body with a medium fluffy white head. Hops in the flaovr, yeasty, some hay. Good one.



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