Welcome Epic Loral Smashy Lager! About the beer: Loral is a brand new hop release from the US, previously know as HBC291. Of noble heritage, it straddles the fence between old and new world hop aromatics. We felt the characteristics of this hop would be best showcased in a lager style. With a traditional malt base of German Pilsner malt, it leaves a clean malt cushion in the background, with a pleasant floral citrus and slightly herbal aroma, and a noble hop flavour and balanced clean bitter finish. ABV: 5.5% IBU: 20 HOPS: Loral Availability: NZ Wide from mid-November 2016...

DAY 125 - HARVEST! On Friday 3 March, we finally harvested #MyLittleHopGarden. Here's how the day went: It's not over, however... Now we have to decide what to do with the hops! DAY 115 Hop harvest time is in our sights! DAY 111 After over a day of persistent rain... They hops' aroma has started to change from ultra-green celery like to what we'd expect from hops. We were considering harvesting the hops this week, but we'll have to wait for them to dry out a bit now. DAY 108 We clearly didn't need to pull out the watering can...

Brewed to commemorate the 15th Birthday of Pomeroy's Pub in Christchurch. Pomeroy's has been our number one South Island customer since Epic started. So here's a big "Happy Birthday" Pomeroy's. Thanks for the support, and here is to another 15 years. Epic loves you. Style: XPA (Extra Pale Ale) ABV: 5.5% IBU: 18 Hops: US Amarillo and Mosaic Malt: 100% US grown Pale Ale malt. More about the beer: Extra pale in colour, a low level of bitterness, but big level of fruity hoppiness on the aroma and flavour. Great beer for summer drinking. Launch Event: Saturday 29 October, Pomeroy's...

When Epic Armageddon took out the trophy for best Strong Pale Ale at the 2016 Brewers Guild of New Zealand Awards last weekend it officially became this country’s most awarded beer. In the 10 years since the Brewers Guild Awards started in 2007, Epic Armageddon has claimed FIVE trophies – in 2009, 2010 (for the barrel-aged version), 2011, 2015 and 2016. No other beer has won five trophies. The next most awarded beers, with four trophies each, are Three Boys Oyster Stout (2007, 2010, 2011 and 2014) and Tuatara Hefe (2009, 2011, 2012, 2016). Winning the Strong Pale Ale (IPA)...

Think back ages and ages ago... 2011, even. Tigers. Balls of Twine. Pyramids. Waimea Bay waves. Ohakune Carrots. Some things are meant to be big. Flavours. Aromas. Beer. The list is large but we thing it should be bigger. There is a time and place for subtlety, for a delicate touch. This is not one of them. Turning the amplifier up to eleven? Yeah, that's it. YES - Epic LaRger Imperial Pilsner is back! More about the beer Beer style: Imperial Pilsner ABV: 8.5 (Caution!! Very easy to drink!!) IBU: 80 Made with German Pilsner malt, US grown hop varieties...