Moving Parts Ever Evolving IPA: MP01
Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Series Out of Production|
Score
7.04
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For the first in the series, MP01, Victory blended whole-flower hops from the U.S., U.K. and Germany, with German malts. The result is a well-balanced IPA featuring citrus and piney notes. At 7.2% ABV, it is extremely drinkable.
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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Location: 22 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 8/1/14
Aroma: The nose is perfume and pine, some grapefruit notes, with toast/crackery malt sweetness
Appearance: It pours a clear light orange color, with a thick, lasting, frothy, coating beige head
Flavor: The taste is clean and balanced, a nice subtle sweetness, and a solid hop bitterness too
Palate: The body is medium, it has a very smooth, clean feel, soft carbonation, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: Nice beer. I thought the flavors worked well. Really nice looking beer too. This is a nice start to a series. It comes off as a well-crafted beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
22 ounce bottle. Bright brassy gold color with a large rocky beige head. Bready malt nose with a touch of floral hops. Crisp toasted malt flavor has a firm sweet fruit backbone. Some citrus hops emerge. Notes of vanilla and pine needles. Peppery hops in finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours clear gold white head. Nose/taste of lemon, pine, malt and grass. Lighter medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours clear dark golden color with off white head. Aromas of pine and grass. Slightly sweet malt flavor with pine and grass and moderate bitterness. Medium body with average carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bomber - I really appreciate what they were going for here - it’s not every day you see an IPA with a focus on Noble and UK hops - they got the malt structure down fairly well - it is mildly sweet, but not overly so - clean sweetness, makes way for a fairly firm and crackery malt structure - tight but soft carbonation combines with this for a pretty nice mouthfeel - the German hops are what you notice in the nose - mildly lemony, with grass and herbs - this character is fairly present in the flavor - some lemon, grass, pepper - the UK hops come through just a tad underneath that (Goldings?) - a little sweetness returns in the finish for a kind of candied lemon peel character on the tail end - the one drawback here is that the bitterness and acidity are kind of sharp and abrasive on the tail end - this diminishes the experience pretty significantly, but this is still pretty solid.