We brought you an early peek at this beer, and now the full details from Epic & Ska:
Is it good to be a Skeptic?
Do barrels, hops and peaches go together?
Skeptic? Epic? Ska? Really?
Did I hear it right? Are Epic Brewing
and Ska Brewing collaborating to
make a beer that focuses on their
combined strengths of hoppy IPAs,
fruit beers and barrel-aging?
Are they friends? Why? Can some old
skate punks from Durango and some
sinners from the land of saints and
salt lakes really come together to
make a decent beer? Isn’t Epic from
Utah? What’s up with that? Are they
even allowed to drink there? But wait,
don’t they also have a brewery in
Colorado? Am I confused? Do those
guys down in Durango get off the
slopes or their mountain bikes often
enough to even make beer?
And what’s this about combining bright, fresh hop flavors and barrel-aging? Isn't that a bad idea? Aren't those
flavors mutually exclusive? Could you actually make that combo great by making two versions of a 7% beer,
one aged in peach brandy barrels from Peach Street Distillers and one heavily hopped with Nelson Sauvin,
then blending them together? What? And why the hell would you add fruit to that mix? Could a subtle touch
of peach actually highlight the almost stone fruit flavors and aromas of those hops?
Where would you be crazy enough to debut such a concoction? Has anyone heard about the Collaboration
Fest put on by the Colorado Brewers Guild? Steve who? Will a portion of all sales go to the CBG? Is that crazy
event on March 19th at that big football stadium in Denver? I wonder if after that you could find the crazy
concoction across Colorado and in select locations around the country?
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