Victory Herkules

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

Clear golden with a fizzy white head. Grapefruit and pine aroma. Bready lime and orange taste with a crisp grainy finish.

Draft at Lucky Baldwin’s. Not the best Belgian IPA I’ve ever had. Yeasty, mild tartness, European hops.

On tap at Verdugo in LA: Pours a transparent bright golden with an airy, frothy white head. Aroma of semi-sweet pale malt and lots of herbal grassy noble hops. Body is similar to the nose with a ton of real earthy herbal hops, maybe something like Tettnang, and a touch of biscuity malt before a drier, crisp bittersweet finish. This doesn’t real seem like an IPA, but more like a hoppy Belgian ale with European hops.

On Draft at the brewpub. Pours clear bronze color. Taste is twisting and twirling fruit hops, with some notes of pine.

On tap @ brewpub. Pour is clear amber orange. Notes of caramel and funk hop notes. Prickly hop with long bitter finsih.

On tap at the brewpub. Listed as CBC Herkules. Dark gold with a big white head. Citrusy nose, some earth, medium caramel. Nice hoppy citrus bite to the flavor, some grass and light caramel. A good drinker.

@CBC-12oz bottle-pours a white ring for a head and amber color. Aroma is spice hops, secondary light/medium malt-caramel. Taste is bitter spice hops, secondary light/medium malt-caramel. Aggressive carbonation.