Epic Brewing Company
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| Location | Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2006 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Luke Nicholas | ||||||||||
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Epic Brewing Company is a brewing company located in Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand. Epic beers are contract brewed at Steam Brewing Company. Their beers have won several awards in New Zealand and Australia.
In October 2007, Steam Brewing Company sold[1] the Epic Brewing Company and Epic brand to Head Brewer / General Manager, Luke Nicholas. The Epic beers will continue being brewed at Steam Brewing Company.
Epic Brewing Company started exporting to Australia in May 2009, to the United States and Sweden in 2010 and to Belgium and Italy in 2011.
Nicholas was invited by Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewery to brew a beer with him for the Discovery Channel series Brew Masters, where the duo concocted a beer called Portamarillo, brewed with pōhutukawa wood-smoked Tamarillo fruit.
In 2011, Kelly Ryan joined Epic and the two travelled around New Zealand, filming NZ Craft Beer TV, during which they visited 44 breweries around New Zealand. This show resulted in a collaborative recipe that they thought captured the current state of New Zealand brewing, a 6% New Zealand Pale Ale called Mash Up. Collaborating breweries were allowed input into the recipe and invited along for the brew day.
2011 also saw the release of Epic Hop Zombie, an 8.5% Double IPA, Epic LARGER, an 8.5% Imperial Pilsner and the first beer in their new Epicurean series, a Coffee & Fig Imperial Oatmeal Stout at 8% abv.
Awards
- Epic Armageddon IPA
- Gold & Best in Class - 2015 Australian International Beer Awards
- Gold & Best in Class - 2011 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Gold & Best in Class - 2011 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Bronze - 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Gold & Best in Class - 2009 BrewNZ Beer Awards[2]
- Epic Pale Ale
- Silver - 2011 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Bronze - 2009 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Gold & Best in Class - 2008 BrewNZ Beer Awards[3]
- Silver - 2007 Australian International Beer Awards
- Supreme Champion Beer - 2006 New Zealand International Beer Awards.[4]
- Gold & Best in Class - 2006 New Zealand International Beer Awards
- Gold & Best in Class - 2006 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Silver - 2006 Australian International Beer Awards
- Epic Mayhem
- Gold - 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Silver - 2007 Australian International Beer Awards
- Bronze - 2007 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Gold & Best in Class - 2006 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Epic Barrel Aged IPA
- Bronze - 2011 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Gold & Best in Class - 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Epic Porter
- Silver - 2007 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Epic Lager
- Silver - 2011 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Bronze - 2009 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Bronze - 2007 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Epic Thornbridge Stout
- Bronze - 2011 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- Oak Barrel Aged Epic Thornbridge Stout
- Silver - 2011 BrewNZ Beer Awards
- NZ Craft Beer TV Mash Up
- Silver - 2011 BrewNZ Beer Awards
Accolades
Best Beers of Australia and New Zealand 2010 - RateBeer.com[5]
Best Beer 2008 - Metro Magazine[6]
Best Beer 2007 - NZ Listener[7]
References
- ^ "RealBeer.co.nz Forum (forum post)". RealBeer.co.nz Forum. 22 October 2007. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "BrewNZ Beer Awards 2009" (PDF). BrewNZ. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "BrewNZ Beer Awards 2008" (PDF). BrewNZ. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "NZ International Beer Awards 2006". NZ Beer Awards. Archived from the original on 14 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Best Beers of Australia and New Zealand 2010". RateBeer.com. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ "Best of Auckland 2007". Metro Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Best of New Zealand". NZ Listener. Retrieved 4 August 2007.[permanent dead link]