Hop Wallop
Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Rotating|
Score
7.27
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Welcome back our boldly hoppy pal. Legendary Cascade hops mix-it-up with assertive Simcoe for a powerful, citrusy and earthy foundation that is galvanized with a big punch of fruity Citra. This IPA packs a hoppy wallop!
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7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Lemon grass nose. Light amber color, clear, thick yellow head, nice lacing. Honey and lemon grass flavor with a peppery finish. Medium bodied belly warmer. Pretty nicely done, with the flavor of noble hops.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2009
at 07:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Draught at Publick House, Brookline, MA) Poured yellow and hazy with medium sized and white head. Aroma of hops, alcohol and fruitiness. Medium bodied and dry palate with medium carbonation. Tasted of hops, alcohol, fruitiness, sweetness, bitterness and resin. Bitter and hoppy aftertaste. Despite the clear presence of alcohol still a balanced beer.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2009
at 11:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours dark golden color with white head. Big grapefruit and pine hop aromas. Bitter grapefruit rind flavor with a hint of malt sweetness. Medium body with lively carbonation and a resinous mouthfeel.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2009
at 18:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the Bloomington Beer Festival. Poured gold with a lasting nicely lacing white head. Aroma had a nice combination of pine and citrus notes. Flavor showed off the pine notes more than the citrus notes, but still balanced well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2009
at 13:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pale golden with a small white head. Aroma of citrus, peach and pine hops. Sweetish malty biscuit flavour with nice hop flavours and medium bitterness.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2009
at 12:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 19 Sep 2009) Golden amber colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of grapefruit, pine needles and dried apricots. Fruity, hoppy taste with pine needles, resin, Seville orange, dried apricots and loads of hops in the finish. Slightly above medium body, with some alcohol sweetness. Yes, it’s quite one dimensional, but the hop character is quite impressive. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2009
at 06:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Location: Cask at Swift Hibernian Lounge, 9/14/09
Part of the Gotham Cask Festival
Aroma: Nice hoppy nose of grapefruit, citrus, and a bit of a woodiness to it as well
Appearance: Clear golden color
Flavor: Relatively balanced, nice bitter, grapefruit hoppiness, some oak/vanilla flavor, and a little crystal malts too
Palate: Medium body, nice mouthfeel, very smooth, a bit of an alcohol bite in there too
Overall Impression: I know I've had this beer before, but I've never rated it, so drinking it on cask is as good a time as any. I swung by Swift the day after the Cask festival ended, and this was the last thing they had left on Cask. Quit a nice beer, and the cask treatment seems to have done this one well. Pretty much what I remembered, plus just a little bit of oak thrown in. A really nice DIPA that worked quite nicely on cask!
Part of the Gotham Cask Festival
Aroma: Nice hoppy nose of grapefruit, citrus, and a bit of a woodiness to it as well
Appearance: Clear golden color
Flavor: Relatively balanced, nice bitter, grapefruit hoppiness, some oak/vanilla flavor, and a little crystal malts too
Palate: Medium body, nice mouthfeel, very smooth, a bit of an alcohol bite in there too
Overall Impression: I know I've had this beer before, but I've never rated it, so drinking it on cask is as good a time as any. I swung by Swift the day after the Cask festival ended, and this was the last thing they had left on Cask. Quit a nice beer, and the cask treatment seems to have done this one well. Pretty much what I remembered, plus just a little bit of oak thrown in. A really nice DIPA that worked quite nicely on cask!
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2009
at 17:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
[355ml bottle from Tuckers Maltings, Newton Abbott] My first ever big DIPA outside of a theme park (ho ho). Pours a pale, fizzy-looking gold with a good, lasting creamy head. Strangely there’s little fizz in the mouth, which is fine by me. Lovely fresh hoppy, sweet pine aroma. Tastes of lime, white pepper and pine. Was expecting it to be horribly bitter; it is slightly (although not much) more bitter than I like, but this is necessary to cut through the rather syrupy mouthfeel. Leaves a prolonged a delicious hoppy aftertaste. I must admit, I wasn’t expecting to like this style; I only bought this beer so I could say at least I’ve tried a DIPA. Having tried it, I’m quite intrigued and would like to try more. So, a successful beer I reckon!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2009
at 16:11
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Real Ale at the Old Toad. The real ale version of this rally brought out its beauty. Fabulous nose of sweet honey malts, muscat, lemon, and super complex hops. Great honey and caramel malt flavor, with just a touch of butter and huge hops all the way through: floral and delicious with a good bitter burn. Smooth as silk. This was wonderful.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2009
at 08:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear golden body. Aroma of late fruits. Tart dried fruity taste with modest hints of honey sweetness supported by a lingering dry hoppy ending. Noticeable, nonetheless, well integrated heating from the alcohol. Very pleasing. One-third pint, cask at GBBF, 04.08.2009.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2009
at 15:19