Epic Brewing Big Bad Baptist. Exponential Series. Brewed and bottled by Epic Brewing Company, Salt Lake City, Utah and Denver, Colorado. 10.7 % Alc./Vol.
Appearance: Complete and utter blackness, roasted tan head, looking great.
Aroma: Oh, that's the stuff. Rich, deep, decadent. Massive chocolate flavor, less cocoa than fudge. then comes the coffee, and wait, …whiskey? Before reading the label, and after putting the snifter to my sniffer, I had no idea it was a coffee & barrel-aged & cocoa nib imperial stout. Whoa, Nellie.
Taste: Dense and delectable. Immense mouthfeel, drastic texture, tremendous body. Thick and luscious. Bittersweet, some, with plenty of coffee, tons of cocoa, and some of that whiskey flavor. Sweet, medium-length finish. Nice balance.
Could this be better for an Imperial Stout, could it be more perfect-er? Of course. It could be drier, it could be bolder, it could even be more dense and ridiculously delicious. But as it is, I'm liking it very much.
Hey, is there gobbledygook on the neck of this bomber? Sure is! "You are holding something special--one of only a few thousand bottles released. Intrigued? Visit www.epicbrewing.com to explore this limited brew's precise details."
No! Tell me about them here, on the bottle, and now, right here, so I can read it, and not look it up. God damn it! Can't you just do that much? Sigh….Sorry I went off the rails there. It's okay. It's okay...
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