Deep Purple
Empire Brewing Company

Deep PurpleDeep Purple
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From:
Empire Brewing Company
 
New York, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #136
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
84
Ranked #22,604
Avg:
3.7 | pDev: 12.97%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
65
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 27, 2023
Added:
Jun 29, 2010
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  16
This has a Pilsner base and is brewed with the addition of New York State Concord grapes. It is fruity, tart & dry, with a dark purple color & huge grape aroma.
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.25/5  rDev -12.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
16oz can. Cranberry colored pour, spotty head. Light aroma of grape juice. Taste is sweet with more grape presence. Some jelly like flavors. Toasty malts buried underneath the fruit.
Nov 27, 2023
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

2.81/5  rDev -24.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Canned 2021/07/22
Pours a large frothy foamy almost 2 finger slight purplish head with moderate retention, fair lacing, hazy ruby red color

Nose lots of dark reddish fruit, grape skin, cranberry, sweetened raisin fig, brown sugar caramel notes, a bit of a ruby port wine, almost no malt or beer base

Taste is very sweet, candy brown sugar, candi sugar, caramelized sugar, etc, wow sweet, candied raisin, toffee covered prune date, lots of sweet port wine, ruby sweet port no oxidation, a hint of butterscotch even, a little caramel sweet malt, biscuity toffee, no bitterness, a little Concord Manischewitz wine on the back end
Mouth is thicker syrupy like, lighter carb, hint of alcohol

Overall this was a mess, like drinking Manischewitz wine, super super sweet, yes there is Concord grape juice but basically no beer, and almost undrinkable
Oct 09, 2021
 
Rated: 4.1 by BNoble4Life from New York

Jan 24, 2021
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Reviewed by izraelc from New York

3.75/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a reddish purple. Pink foam. Slight
Sep 17, 2020
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Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland

4/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 oz can split with my wife. The appearance is pretty, but it is light purple not dark. If you're going to say it's dark purple, it ought to be dark purple. Aroma is Concord grapes with pilsner malt. Taste is similar but could use a little more grape flavor. Overall it's a tasty grape ale.
Jan 06, 2020
 
Rated: 4.11 by TheBeerMaster1 from New York

Mar 18, 2019
 
Rated: 3.73 by epyon396 from Pennsylvania

Dec 07, 2018
 
Rated: 3.79 by Curt3 from Ohio

Oct 11, 2018
 
Rated: 3.79 by kdivers from New Hampshire

Aug 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4.14 by RollBounce from New York

Aug 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4.15 by johndcolucci from New York

Aug 07, 2018
 
Rated: 3.29 by ajdemma from New York

Aug 05, 2018
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Reviewed by ordybill from Georgia

3.81/5  rDev +3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 12 OZ bottle into a pint glass. The appearance is a clear pale purple color with a small off-white head. The aroma is slightly acidic with grapes. The taste follows the nose. A decent beer.
May 21, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by kelseyr713 from New York

Feb 25, 2018
 
Rated: 3.52 by SouthCrescent from Pennsylvania

Feb 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.92 by Stignacious from New York

Feb 02, 2018
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Reviewed by Amateurbrewmaster from New York

3.23/5  rDev -12.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: red grape color. Tried to get a head on it. Didn't happen.
Aroma: red wine like characteristics on the nose. Grapes. Natural grape, too, not that artificial stuff.
Taste: A cross between grape soda and red wine. Carbonation is like a soda. Little bit of booze coming through.
Feel: light, fizzy.
Overall: I'm not the biggest fan of these types of beers. Even less of a fan of wine. This has a lot of wine characteristics. Booze, grapes, sweet yet dry. Not something I would buy. This was gifted to me with a bunch of New York beers.
Jan 07, 2018
 
Rated: 3.99 by Carron76 from Michigan

Dec 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.36 by Melvin_Biersal from New York

Nov 14, 2017
Deep Purple from Empire Brewing Company
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 65 ratings