Anniversary 20 Experimental IPA
Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.78
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This refreshing session ale delivers citrus and pine notes from unique experimental hops. Two decades strong and we taste mighty fresh. Cheers to 20 years of Victory!
Malt: Pilsner, CaraPils.
Hops: Idaho 7
Flavor: Complex aromas of melon, pine, green grass, and citrus rind mingle in this crystal clear, blonde ale. Flavors of mango and cantaloupe mix with a touch of malty sweetness, followed by a pleasantly bitter, crisp finish that rounds out this hoppy brew.
Malt: Pilsner, CaraPils.
Hops: Idaho 7
Flavor: Complex aromas of melon, pine, green grass, and citrus rind mingle in this crystal clear, blonde ale. Flavors of mango and cantaloupe mix with a touch of malty sweetness, followed by a pleasantly bitter, crisp finish that rounds out this hoppy brew.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle stamped Enjoy by 5/23/2016 into a stange. A: Pale yellow and pilsneresque. Little head and lace. A few bubble rising. S: Surprising sweet lemon head candy smell. No malts readily evident. Reminds of Sixpoint Crisp. T: Tart sharp piney dank bud flavor. Again looking for malt flavor but none stand out. Also thin for the ABV but tasty. M: Thin in body and well carbonated. Finishes half bitter/half sour. Distinctive at least. O: This took me quite by surprise in every aspect. Fairly unique and tasty brew though seems missing malt roundness at its strength. Nice overall though probably not a repeat purchase.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2016
at 19:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
35,5 cl bottle @ hotel room, Berlin. BBE 23.12.2016. Aroma has tropical fruits, resin and pineapple juice. Flavour has pineapple juice, tropical fruits and resin. Rather Brewdog-like, like Punk IPA slightly watered down. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2016
at 13:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft pour pint at Elliott Bay Pizza. Clear golden color with a ton of foam head and tornado carb. Aroma brings out a ton of citrus fruit, a bit on the lemon side. Sweet mango, citrus character, with a more bitter finish. Interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2016
at 16:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Light citrus and some decent malt. Good and easy drinking. Golden pour with decent head and lacing. Light bitter finish with some tang. Tap at churchkey shared by slopesurfer.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Mar 2016
at 17:56
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pour is a pale lager clear yellow with a large white head. Aroma is an ok citrus hop, decent but nothing explodes out of the glass. Flavor is again a nice fresh hop but nothing over the top. Malt is there but dry. This is almost like a session IPA. For a IPA this is adequate I guess but for a anniversary beer this is a bit disappointing.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2016
at 18:46
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
12oz bottle pours up with a crystal clear gold body that supports a small white head of foam. The aroma offers up a modest array of hops such as earthy onion, clementine, some soft floral and cantaloupe. The taste is similar where a pleasing blend of spicy dank onion mingles with thin juicy citrus hop notes, some floral hops, a dash of earthy hoppiness and then mango and cantaloupe. This is only modestly bitter with hops and not overly juicy either but just a solid easy drinking IPA. It gets just a little earthy black tea like every now and then into the finish which works really well for me. Yeah, I can drink a lot of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2016
at 19:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours hazy light gold with a slight white head. Complex sourish citrus, green melon and resin for aroma. Med body? Not quite. Flavor is rather light. The malt is not much, and the hops are not super strong. Melon stands out, with a zest note and maybe some Sazz hop. It’s clean, and tastes pretty good. Again, one can’t expect much flavor from a low ABV ale, unless it’s really heavily hopped. This would be a nice summer beer. For relaxing, not lawn mowing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2016
at 19:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle. white head with slight trailing lace-yellow. A-citrus, grain. T-follows, dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2016
at 21:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draft at Scion. Crystal clear pale yellow color, white head with solid lacing. Light straw aroma. Taste is bitter lager. Not very interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2016
at 17:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours pale yellow into a shaker. Bright white head with medium retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Sweet summer fruit and caramel aromas. Sharp with tropical fruit and caramel upfront turning to lemon citrus.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2016
at 21:02