2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
I lliked this beer better than hop wallop by the same brewery, but my first impression was dawn dish washing soap. As I drank further, it got better, and didn’t taste quite so soapy, but remained a little out of ballance toward hops and cloying bitterness, and didnt have a whole lot of malty flavor or residual sugar to counterballance it. If you are a hops fanatic like I am a hot pepper fanatic, you will probably like this one, but I am a big fan of ballance, so I have to give this one the thumbs down
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
This is a great beer. If you are into IPA’s or Hops like I am, This one is for you.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
355ml bottle. Deep[ golden amber bordering on copper with a thick fluffy cloud of beige foam. Rich full hop aroma with a caramel and butter popcorn backdrop. The flavour is intense with a creamy fullness to it and a texture that dances across the tongue. The flavour stays in the mouth long after the beer has gone.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Clear red body with a white head. Aromatic hops in the aroma, pine, caramel. Very nicely balanced bitter flavour, sticky, long lasting finish.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Deep amber coloured pour not a large head medium carbonation aromas fruit some malt like honey pine hops earthyness the flavours resinous dry pine hops ibu strong like a pip of citrus say grapefruit honey caramel malt very hop strong bitter lopsided a dense bitter one way aftertaste seems boringly bitter to me
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sample at Stockholm Beer and Whiskey Festival 2011. This one was one of the more surprising beers at the 2011 SBWF. Not having read that much about it I just went with a hunch and ordered it. The beer had a very rich malt base with tons of sweetness and a rich body. Poured a dark amber with a thick white foam, good looking beer. Then came the hops, a perfect, crisp bitter that lasted for what seemed like forever. This beer had such a long finish! Though the hops were so intense the beer never felt unbalanced, extremely good brew!
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Nice orange pour with a frothy head. Bitter up front that doesn’t linger. Good combination of malt/hops. A solid IPA for sure
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.
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