4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: OCT 31, 2011 Great IPA from Victory. The bitterness is not overpowering, but provides a nice initial taste with a clean finish. Nice, drinkable IPA that I would turn to again.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Initially very bitter and astringent after the first swallow, than mellows, creamy small head....initially long finish, than mellow out...a nice IPA,
very drinkable, but like all IPAs gotta like the hops!!!
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Bishops Arms Mollbergs, Helsingborg. July 2011.
Aromas of medicinal herbs, hops, grapefruit and pine. Pretty dry aroma without a whole lot of sweetness. The taste is also crisp and quite bitter from the start with some tart grapefruit flavours. It’s a bit tired so some malt is starting to shine through but it’s still an overall good IPA, though I bet it’s great fresh.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle, 3 months past freshness date but still I’m super surprised at the score given this is a pretty average IPA. It’s by no means bad and in fact is pretty good and very drinkable. Caramel malt throughout. Nice body and linger with a little bite and good bitterness. Dries at the end.. Aroma is a moderate resin, grass, grapefruit. Orange with good retention and lots of tiny bubbles.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clear sunburnt orange body with off-white head. Piney resiny aroma. Good bitterness in the taste, medium body, long finish and easily drinkable. Solid beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
From a 355ml bottle on 2/10/2011. Pours a clear copper with a small head. The aroma is of caramel malt, citrus, pine and a little honey, but is more subdued than a lot of the big American IPAs. It begins with lots of sweet caramel and orange marmalade flavours, followed by a very sharp, slightly spicy grapefruit hop bitterness. An excellent IPA.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Not overly impressed by this one. Agree with a few of the recent reviews about there being a hop bitterness but not necessarily a great hop presence, Unless that’s what Victory were trying to achieve and I’m missing the point . Even so there are for more exciting ipa style beers you can try.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours brown but not translucent. Overall I am surprised on how high this beer is rated, was defiantly lacking the hops that I find in an IPA. Still good, but better options out there.
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