3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a nice copper color, with a nice scent of fresh hops. Has a nice smooth finish to it.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep, clear copper with a big white head that decently laces down the glass. The aroma contains a load of caramel malt, citrus and pine hops, and notes of plums, raisins, etc. The taste is predominantly malty sweetness with a very slight hop bitterness; especially slight for an IPA. The beer is crisp, smooth and really easy to drink. It finishes slightly bitter and dry. This would be a good initiation into hoppy beers.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a nice copper-brown with thin head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is grassy with herbal and pine present. Tastes citrus-grapefruit with a bitter hop finish in the background. Pretty decent IPA.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz bottle. pours clear copper with a short lived off white head. moderate lacing. pine, resin, herbal hop notes along with some sweet malts evident on the nose. rich palate with a wheatty texture, bitterness hits the back of the throat immediately and then fades quickly allowing the sweet malts to balance out the beer. Overall, pretty solid but there are better IPAs out there.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Average IPA. It has some decent hops, but overall it jsut lacks in every category.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a pint glass. The label lists the abv at 6.7% and it gives a nice description of the beer. No freshness date is listed.
Appearance: The body is clear with a deep orange amber glow. On top I got two fingers of light beige foam. This head has good retention and manages to keep a thin covering to the last sip and make some nice sticky and slick lacing on the glass.
Smell: In the nose I pick up notes of lemony citrus and pine floral hops with a deep sweet and malty underline character.
Taste/Palate: I get the same lemony citrus and pine like hop notes from the nose. They are up front and center on the tongue with a rich bready and brown sugary sweet malty backbone. Firm herbal hop bitterness slowly builds up on the tongue and slowly fades back off into the long finish. It has a solid medium body with a smooth feel and balanced carbonation.
Notes: This beer works a nice balancing act with supportive malt sweetness and hop flavor/bitterness. Very well done!!!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours hazy orange with white head, aroma has notes of big pine, spice, and resinous hops with a slight caramel and toffee note. Taste is big bitter pine, spice and a touch of citrus, some nice caramel, and a harshly bitter and resinous, spicy finish. This is more the the DIPA of their line up, it is big bold and delicious.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Copper pour with a thin whitish head. Aroma some pine hops, but is otherwise pretty malt-forward. Taste is pretty malty, but with a nice kick of pine and grassy hops. A little bit of barnyard funk in there. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, but light enough to be very drinkable. Pretty good. For all the attention it gets I really dont think this is even in Victory’s top 10 beers. Still, it’s better than a lot of other IPAs out there.
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