Mike Riedel
We Americans love to take anything in its standard form, embrace it and then amplify it to make it a novelty. It s what we do, and for the most part, we do it well. Beers in particular have benefited from this approach. If the tried-and-true version of a style is brilliant, let s add more of everything and see what happens. This week s beers get the imperial treatment. Are you worthy?
Epic - Armadillo Comet: A gentle pour gives a good finger of white foam that leaves an assertive lacing pattern. The beer for the most part is quite clear, with a nice amber color set with golden highlights. An attractive dance of streaming bubbles provides a satisfying sideshow. This brew will be well worth keeping around if they maintain the quality of this fresh aroma tons of papaya, grapefruit and pine. It s super tropical otherwise, with passion fruit, kiwi, pineapple, blackberry, guava, blac