Not a bad weekend for Seattle beer. Friday we headed out to Epic Ales in SoDo to taste some wild new flavors from Cody on his 1 Barrel System. Epic Ales is a one man operation and his tasting room is open from 3:30 to 8:00 with 1$ tastings and 22oz. bottles on sale for $4. We got there a little late and one of the three kegs was already killed but we were fortunate enough to get a our fair share of tasters. My notes are a little pitiful, we were busy talking it up with Cody, but I think I got a good idea of flavors as we were chatting.
We started off with Lyli (no pics available). Lyli is a wheat and green tea beer. Nice golden color, good crisp dry mouthfeel and a very earthy finish, thanks to the tea. Not a true wheat in any way, but a good new flavor.
Next up was Terra-saurus. This is a huge dark beer, Cody didn't really have a style for this one it's kind of a a porter/stout/strong hybrid brewed with Shitake mushrooms. This is a truly tasty beer, very forward malt flavor and aroma, with a bit of earthy flavor that balances with with the roasted malt. A truly unique beer, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Last taste was from his "Simple series", which is a series is beers brewed with one variety of malt and hops, hence the simple name. The Simple Summer Ale is a saison hybrid that pours out golden, with a nice white head. Aroma of yeast, barn, straw with a hint of hops. Tastes of yeast, banana and a nice hop finish. Cody just popped one open at room temp for us to try and I really enjoyed it. Very drinkable beer nice mouthfeel and a good dry finish.
Overall a great experience at Epic Ales, I left with two bombers one of the Simple summer and one of the Fuj. You can find Epic Ales at a number of good beer bars in Seattle.
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