Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO) Blue Law Porter

Blue Law Porter

 

Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 🇺🇸

Porter Regular
Score
6.60
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5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Pours a dark amber with beige head leaving spotty lacing. Aroma is bready malt and faint blueberry. Thin mouthfeel with tangy berry and resin. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2013 at 17:39


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

22 ounce bottle into signature pint glass; Release 2, bottled 12/6/2012. Pours crystal clear deep reddish brown color with a 1 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of milk chocolate, blackberry, roasted malt, toast, caramel, floral, coffee, light spruce, and roasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of roasted malt notes with blackberry and light spruce tip additions; with solid strength. Taste of milk chocolate, roasted malt, blackberry, toast, caramel, floral, pine, light coffee, and toasted earthiness. Slight pine bitterness and light fruit tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of milk chocolate, blackberry, roasted malt, toast, caramel, floral, pine, light coffee, and toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice balance and complexity of roasted malt and fruit flavors; with a very nice malt/fruit balance with light-moderate spruce presence; and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a creamy and slightly syrupy mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a nice fruited porter. Good balance of roasted malt and fruit flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2013 at 19:18


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

bottle at home Release 1 ... deep in black ... thin tan lacing ... soft butter ... roast malts ... soft off butter flavour ... soft roast ... soft blackberry ... shame as this is nice behind the butter ...

Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2013 at 12:51


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Location: 22 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 3/21/13, Release 1

Aroma: The nose is pretty much what I expected, a mix of roasted malts, fruit, and spruce
Appearance: This beer pours a dark brown color with a small tan head and some light, spotty lace
Flavor: The taste gets rather sweet, similar to the nose, but the fruit comes out a touch more
Palate: The body is light-medium, but not watery, with fairly smooth feel, and a short finish
Overall Impression: Rating #1 of the (real) 2013 Tourney! (I don't count the new first round - aka Play-in games.) This wasn't one of my favorite efforts from Epic. It's not even so much that I didn't enjoy the blackberry and spruce, but it's more that I feel like the underlying Porter was only okay, and then the ingredient additions didn't really improve or hurt the beer much (though the blackberry is probably responsible for the fact that there's too much sweetness). This series can be a bit hit or miss, and this one, though not terrible, felt closer to a miss.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2013 at 12:14


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Clear dark maroon color, thick tan head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of lightly sspiced rich dark cocoa with a shot of espresso. Taste is coffee grounds with bitter cocoa and a hint of subtle and sour spice. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2012 at 08:44