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Victoria
Inland Empire Brewing Company
- From:
- Inland Empire Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.47 | pDev: 17.29%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 14, 2017
- Added:
- Oct 18, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 6
Dosed with orange zest and honey.
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Reviewed by Tilly from Kentucky
3.88/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
P: Dark amber, white head that dissipates quickly but leaves a decent lace around the rim.
A: Orange, malt, sweet.
T: Orange brandy, sweet honey, malt,
M: Full bodied, creamy syrupy, balanced to the sweet side. Fair carbonation.
O: For 11%, the alcohol is well masked. The 11% makes this a bit sweet for my liking. Still, worth the wait. If you can find it, drink it! Bravo Inland Empire.
Jan 07, 2016A: Orange, malt, sweet.
T: Orange brandy, sweet honey, malt,
M: Full bodied, creamy syrupy, balanced to the sweet side. Fair carbonation.
O: For 11%, the alcohol is well masked. The 11% makes this a bit sweet for my liking. Still, worth the wait. If you can find it, drink it! Bravo Inland Empire.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
2.51/5 rDev -27.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
2.51/5 rDev -27.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Dark orange-amber appearance, heat alcohol waft strong up under the nose. Lots of malt caramel bitter aroma, unbalanced.
Plenty bitter, plenty of heat. Like an even shittier bolt cutter if you will. Didn't really like anything about it. Too much heat, bitterness, not enough sweetness, not enough nuanced touches, its all just hammer bashing bitterness and burn.
Dec 24, 2015Plenty bitter, plenty of heat. Like an even shittier bolt cutter if you will. Didn't really like anything about it. Too much heat, bitterness, not enough sweetness, not enough nuanced touches, its all just hammer bashing bitterness and burn.
Rated by Duff_Man from California
3.96/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
3.96/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
I could see the taste being too sweet for some. I like it just fine.
Mar 07, 2015Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.18/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.18/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
On tap at Inland Empire Brewing Company in Riverside, CA.
Pours a murky dark orange with a foamy beige head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace slowly drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is of malt, orange zest, and alcohol aromas. Taste is much the same with orange liqueur flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and sticky mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer with a boozy orange presence, especially in the flavor.
Jun 13, 2013Pours a murky dark orange with a foamy beige head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace slowly drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is of malt, orange zest, and alcohol aromas. Taste is much the same with orange liqueur flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and sticky mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer with a boozy orange presence, especially in the flavor.
Reviewed by mactrail from Washington
3.1/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
3.1/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
I'm reviewing this as an American Strong Ale as it's clearly not any kind of IPA. You could call it a Fruit Beer, but it's just so strong.
Pours a dark amber red in the Duvel Tulip. Reminds of dark wildflower or avocado honey. Which is exactly what it tastes like. Big scent of orange which follows through in the flavor. Intriguing intense fruitiness with a sweetness that doesn't quit. The orange peel feels hot on the lips like an English marmalade. The bitterness is augmented by some sort of hoppy flavor. I think the word "unique" could actually be applied to this.
The honey is making me dizzy. After a brief seduction this gets kind of icky. Maybe the attractive robust babe who turns out to have mental health issues? From the 22 oz bottle purchased at the Olive Tree in San Diego. They call it 11% on the label.
Jan 14, 2013Pours a dark amber red in the Duvel Tulip. Reminds of dark wildflower or avocado honey. Which is exactly what it tastes like. Big scent of orange which follows through in the flavor. Intriguing intense fruitiness with a sweetness that doesn't quit. The orange peel feels hot on the lips like an English marmalade. The bitterness is augmented by some sort of hoppy flavor. I think the word "unique" could actually be applied to this.
The honey is making me dizzy. After a brief seduction this gets kind of icky. Maybe the attractive robust babe who turns out to have mental health issues? From the 22 oz bottle purchased at the Olive Tree in San Diego. They call it 11% on the label.
Reviewed by Beerandraiderfan from Nevada
2.59/5 rDev -25.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.59/5 rDev -25.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Ordered at the same time as another ipa, this one looked just as, if not more impressive than the other. That would be the last time that this beer would be better than any other for my week spent in LV/SD/OC.
Aroma was horribly lacking any hop aroma, it was all bittersweet malt aroma for me. Its a bunch of English adjectives that came out, woody, toffee, mild, brown malt???, but definitely not dry hopping.
Taste, eh, this is plenty bitter, but its kind of an obliterating bitter that doesn't yield itself to much in the way of flavors, much less ones you've come to love and expect from southern california breweries. Just not impressed at all here, nothing really adds up to well. Disjointed. And let's not forget about that alcohol burn to top it off and insult your taste buds a little more. Had just this, imperial red malty ale smell and taste that never jived for me, and doesn't sound like something up my alley anyways when I describe it.
It wasn't the worst beer in the world, sure one of its biggest problems that night was that I was drinking tons of other world class brews at a world class location, but for me, it was below average in almost every way, just a coppery bitterness with alcohol that doesn't give me any reason to ever recommend.
Dec 27, 2012Aroma was horribly lacking any hop aroma, it was all bittersweet malt aroma for me. Its a bunch of English adjectives that came out, woody, toffee, mild, brown malt???, but definitely not dry hopping.
Taste, eh, this is plenty bitter, but its kind of an obliterating bitter that doesn't yield itself to much in the way of flavors, much less ones you've come to love and expect from southern california breweries. Just not impressed at all here, nothing really adds up to well. Disjointed. And let's not forget about that alcohol burn to top it off and insult your taste buds a little more. Had just this, imperial red malty ale smell and taste that never jived for me, and doesn't sound like something up my alley anyways when I describe it.
It wasn't the worst beer in the world, sure one of its biggest problems that night was that I was drinking tons of other world class brews at a world class location, but for me, it was below average in almost every way, just a coppery bitterness with alcohol that doesn't give me any reason to ever recommend.
Victoria from Inland Empire Brewing Company
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
30 ratings
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