Epic Beer

Well I was hoping this was going to be way more straight forward but all of the entries have been really good. I was also hoping I could get it down to just one winner this week (yes that was last Friday, hope to do better this week), but four winners was the best I could.

Loving the photoshop - 'The Pursuit of Hoppyness' and our first Australian winner.

I have started a photo gallery of the entries and will place all entries there so you can see what you are up against. The standard keeps on increasing, in the gallery there are a couple of non-Armageddon photos but they are worthy of a mention.

Epic Antarctica and Last Epic Supper both very cool.

There was also a video submitted this week and will try and get this upload too.

Good luck for this coming week.

More details at http://42.epicbeer.com

Find out more on how you can win a case of 12 x 500ml bottles of Epic Armageddon IPA in the next week

Check out below there are some amazing photos and concepts that include Epic Armageddon IPA. How am I going to pick a winner?

Click though on your favourite, so I can see the number of views as this will influence the outcome of the winner. If it is a popular pick then it has a better chance.

The nominations are...

mazzavernon After an Epic 42 Days the adoption papers finally came through. Isn't he beautiful!

@lesterperryNZ: Armageddon, worth going to Jail for

henry_maddocks  Epic Armageddon IPA  

Epic Shopping Trolley by .donelle

kylecarter Epic Armageddon and the Epic Lager Kr3w

EdOvery  Armageddon IPA at the bar - The Mangawhai Bar that is ...

appareto "The four horsemen of the epicalypse"

actionflynn Have an @epicbeer new year!

epicbeer 42 @epicbeer bottle caps

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Oh yeah, I for got to say the big prize is 42 bottles of Epic Armageddon IPA, announced the 42nd day of the year.

A recent tasting held by Wellington Beer Writer, Neil Miller at the Backbencher, featured all the Best in Class winners from the BrewNZ Beer Awards.

This taste off to find the best of the best resulted in Epic Armageddon IPA being awarded the top place.

Beerly Tasting at the Backbencher

Luke Nicholas of Epic Brewing Company tries the first sample of Epic Armageddon IPA from the oak barrels that spent 6 weeks on the Interislander ferry that travels between the North & South islands of New Zealand.

The barrels crossed the Cook Strait 126 times. The beer was sampled at the public festival Beervana, on the 28th and 29th August 2009, to very positive feedback from the public.

The barrels were named Pete & Melissa after UK based beer writers Pete Brown and Melissa Cole.

The inspiration for this idea come from Pete Brown's book Hops & Glory

Last week, I wrote of how, in an attempt to mimic the arduous six-week sea voyage endured by the original India Pale Ales, Auckland brewer Luke Nicholas recently filled two oak casks with his new beer, Epic Armageddon IPA, and sent them criss-crossing Cook Strait on the inter-island ferry.

Although those barrels will not be tapped until next month's Beervana tastings in Wellington, the bottled version of Epic Armageddon IPA is now available at selected outlets around the country and, I'm glad to say, a few cases have made it to Blenheim.

Armageddon pours a bright amber colour with a deep off-white head. Hopped exclusively with American varieties, the beer almost jumps out of the glass as it assaults the nose with a massive hit of citrus zest and sweet, lollyish, tropical-fruit hop aromas.

A first sip confirms the intensity of the hop attack and, despite some cushioning sweet maltiness, in the end, the inside of the mouth is left dry with a coating of hop resin. After a glass, you'll likely end up with a fixed hop grin.

Armageddon isn't quite the end of the world, but it is certainly brash, intimidating, full on and over the top in other words, just as an American IPA should be. I love it.

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