Valkyrie Double IPA
Southern Star Brewing Company in Conroe, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.81
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
I possess a 12 oz can of Valkyrie that was brewed on 11/29/21 and I can tell you, the label has certainly changed. 9.27% ABV indicated on the can, a slight change there too. A local Buffalo Bayou tulip glass catching the liquid, I see an, opaque, dark orange body with a slender ring of silvery tan foam. An appealing scent, the smell is fermented apricots, some hoppiness and malt. And a drink goes along with that. A touch of pine, hops, yellow fruit, a malt backbone and a crackers taste and dryness. Fairly thick and full. This brew goes off on a tangent that I appreciate that was established by 120 Minute. An IPA that is not exactly an IPA by the traditional standards.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2022
at 01:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at Hoof Hearted during the "Everybody Wants Some & Did We Just Become Best Fwendz? - Dual Can Release" event on 07/09/2017. Hazy orange-copper color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily to a film. Short strings of lace. Aroma of grainy malt, hops and fruit. Medium body with flavors of caramel malt, earthy hops and a bit of pine. The finish is mildly hoppy up front with a malty aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2017
at 09:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared on Level 42, 09/06/2016. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. A. Mostly clear golden orange coloured pour with a a loose white head. Aroma is sweaty feet, caramel, pine toasted hop. Farty. Flavour is composed of sticky semi sweet, caramel, sticky hop resin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2016
at 16:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can consumed on level 42, thanks to LKS. It pours hazy deep amber with a thick white head. The aroma is soft, sweet, juicy nectarines, yellow plum, peach, white sugar and candied peel. The taste is smooth, sweet, juicy, pine, resin, sugary peach, earth and peppery spice. Alcohol comes through in the finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jun 2016
at 05:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can split at Level 42, thanks to Ell Kay Ess, 09/06/16. Almost clear orange amber with a decent off white head. Nose is caramel malt, orange, spice, straw, grapefruit. Taste comprises sticky trops, spice, caramel, fruit loaf, tangy orange, melon.Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a solid boost. Ok DIPA but in the lower leagues.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2016
at 15:54
6/10
Tried
on 09 Jun 2016
at 15:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can shared in London - picked up in Austin. Pours clear deep gold with a frothy, white head. Crackers pale malts in the nose, some rindy orange, light pine. Light sweet flavor with more rindy citrus, bitter grass, pine, pale bread, crackers. Medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Lightly resinous on the finish with more crackers, pine, booze, pale bread, aged orange peel. Maybe lightly faded. Not bad overall.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2016
at 15:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampled from a 12 oz can this beer poured a dark golden-amber color with a large foamy orange-beige head that lingered and left a bit of lacing. The aroma was bitter with floral, piney and tropical hops and a bit of sugar. The flavor was tangy, bitter and sweetish with pine, floral hops and a boozy presence. Long finish with a growing boozy bite. Moderately full bodied. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2015
at 08:55
2.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Big foamy viscous pour from a can. Scary fuming head does not yield. Rude mouth coating liquid that ruins your palate. A shock in reality. So nasty it gives me the shivers. Smell is blunt volatile alky hop perfume kick in the olfactory. Simply awful to my lager loven buds. Perfectly on pine tar green grapefruit xxx rototilling rinds style. YOWZER!
Tried
from Can
on 28 Aug 2015
at 14:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at a tasting. Hazy orange, thin fizzy off-white head. Good retention. Aroma of syrupy, goopy tropical fruits, zesty citrus. The taste is bitter citrus, piney and tropical hops, pale malts. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness, a bit astringent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2015
at 19:18