I’ve been dragging the chain, I’ll admit it, but this officially the year that non-alc beers have finally gotten through to me. None more so than Epic Super Zero.
How to describe this one… I almost want to call it the Double IPA of zero percenters, but that would be just a touch hyperbolic. It is however, definitively the hoppiest of the bunch that I’ve sampled. The impact of the grassy, green grape and gooseberry hop character hits hard and clean on the nose, and holds on strong through the palate and right into the finish. There’s even a commendable bit of bitterness on display, the balance of which has been one of the last hurdles for zero alc beers to surpasse (at least for my palate).
It still isn’t going to be mistaken for a full strength IPA, but it does represent another small, advancing step towards that impossible peak.
