3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours clear medium dark brow with lots of red highlights under a sticky off-white head.
The aroma is a pleasant blend of sweet candy malts and citrus hops.
The flavor is sweet dark malts on the tongue at first followed by a building hop bitterness that carries into the finish.
Well done.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM! Black IPA is an unfair label to hang on this fine brew. Burnished ruby on the pour with a firm cap of eggshell foam that will float a cap. Very piney aroma with a solid whiff of caramelized sugar is my take on the nose. While this is not really a winter warmer, it fills the bill in the temperate climate of coastal Georgia. There is a heavy dose of sweet malt here balanced nicely by the juicy hop bitterness with hints of cocoa and smokey peat. Victory should brew this year ’round!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A spicy, malty body with caramel and brown sugar notes that are balanced consistently with a fresh, piney hop backbone. High alcohol covered nicely through the finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz bottle. This pours a cloudy, dark brown color with some reddish hue and topped by a small, tan colored head of foam that quickly recedes to a thin film. Small splotches of lace cling to the glass and slowly rejoin the body below. The aroma shows notes of cocoa powder, dark fruits, and pine resin while roasted malts and toasted caramel forms the malt base. Biting grapefruit hops adds ample bitterness to the fold. The flavor follows suit with the cocoa, dark fruits, and roasted malts up front followed by grapefruit and citrus hop bitterness on the back end. Medium plus bodied and fairly smooth with good carbonation that leads to a slightly dry and bitter finish. This is a tasty enough beer, but it just seems to be all over the place. Its not quite a black ipa, but also not quite a barleywine either.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Light brown/yellow in color, lots of bubbles moving around. It had a distinct, earthy flavor that I really enjoyed. The hops are definitely present in a big way, but they aren’t bitter or funky. Another great beverage from Victory.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Cap Ale. Really great! Perfect malty, hoppy balance. Caramel, nutty, effervescent. I really liked this one.
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3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Pours a dark brown with small head. Smells of hops, citrus, and bread. Taste is medium bitter. Great.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Don’t know that I would call this one a black IPA. maybe a brown IPA if we were out to be naming things. Head is creamy and drops to a thin film. Hop nose dominate with all the typical floral, citrusy, fruity character and everything in between but the pungency and herbal and or piney hops take charge. there is is also some evident darkish caramel malts mixed in and possible some toasted malts character. Flavor lends a large amount of dark and caramelly malt flavors along with loads of herbal and pungent resinous hop flavors. full bodied an lightly to moderately sweet in the finish and sticky but bitterness combats this. Nice beer. could compare the malt flavors to tht of arrogant bastard just as a reminder note to myself.
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