HopDevil Ale - Victory Brewing Company

FickleBeast

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

12 oz bottle poured into a Smuttynose pint glass

A - pours copper-orange with two fingers of off-white head. Foam sticks to side of glass.

S - powerful citrus hop aroma backed by a malty sweetness

T - initially on the sweet, bready malt side, then BAM the hops kick in. The bitterness is substantial but not overwhelming, with a great hoppy flavor before the bitterness hits the back of your tongue

M - sticky, lightly carbonated, just coats your mouth with hoppy goodness

D - an excellent IPA, I could drink these all night. Just enough malt presence to balance the hoppiness, but not enough to make it cloyingly sweet.

One of my go-to beers. A fantastic IPA.

Serving type: bottle

07-11-2009 01:30:01 | More by FickleBeast

dnoahg

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-25-2013 02:43:26 | More by dnoahg

AMCPhD

Florida

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-25-2013 02:38:46 | More by AMCPhD

jaweed1

Maryland

4.75/5  rDev +15.6%

05-25-2013 01:44:38 | More by jaweed1

dancaplette

Massachusetts

4.34/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

bottle poured into a pint glass. I would call it not so much copper but a light bronze

it smelled of hops, but with a sourdough bready aroma, with a slight aroma of pine needles coming in late. and a sweetness from the malts as the beer reached more towards room temperature.

you can taste the bitterness in your first sip, but then it disapates and comes back again as you swirl it in your mouth. you get a yeast full bready taste, also a slight sweetness from the malt

m- it has a rich full bodied feel with slight carbonation, you can definitely sense a high abv, but, not overpowering. wouldn't kick this beer out of the fridge, can drink it everyday.

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2013 21:51:46 | More by dancaplette

Jsher

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-24-2013 20:43:45 | More by Jsher

Jonbw

Mississippi

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-23-2013 21:24:43 | More by Jonbw

Absolut

California

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

05-23-2013 19:25:31 | More by Absolut

CoryR

Oregon

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-23-2013 17:08:07 | More by CoryR

Wally

Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +15.6%

05-23-2013 00:23:51 | More by Wally

SebD

Ontario (Canada)

3.79/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Appearance: It has a nice deep hazy orange color to it. It has a nice off-white head that dies down slowly and leaves some lacing.

Smell: The aromas definitely give out hints of citrus, floral hops, some pine, sweet bready malts and some caramel.

Taste: Like the aromas, it has some citrus, floral notes, a bit of pine and sweet bready/caramelly malts to balance it out.

Mouthfeel: It has a low/medium carbonation with a nice overall balance and feel.

Drinkability: It's a very smooth drinkable beer accompanied with good flavors and aromas.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 21:36:19 | More by SebD

Novabrewer

3.5/5  rDev -14.8%

05-22-2013 20:47:18 | More by Novabrewer

woostergooner

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

05-22-2013 20:40:25 | More by woostergooner

DeekNayvuz

Montana

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

05-22-2013 19:35:11 | More by DeekNayvuz

MarkQ617

Massachusetts

4.65/5  rDev +13.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Had this poured into a pint glass. Awesome beer to have in the Spring or Fall months, but really any time of year. Super crisp, outstanding flavor of hops and citrus (especially big on the hops as the name would lead you to believe). Really nice copper color with a whitish foam head. Just enough boozy flavor to let you know it's there without getting into the range of an imperial or anyhting like that. One of the best offerings I've had from Victory, very nice beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 17:02:42 | More by MarkQ617

DStoked

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -14.8%

05-22-2013 13:46:25 | More by DStoked

mitch3114

New York

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-22-2013 02:12:57 | More by mitch3114

DudMan

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -14.8%

05-22-2013 01:28:55 | More by DudMan

Alextricity

Michigan

4.2/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

*March 23rd review from RateBeer*

First off, this bottle says best by March 18th 2013, so it’s about a week past its prime.

Appearance: Pretty clear beer with some small particles floating around. Two fingers worth of head that stays at about one through the glass. Very nice lacing.

Aroma: The aroma is of spice and malt with hops there, but definitely in the background and more subtle (I presume because of the age of this beer).

Taste: The taste is... interesting. Truth be told, it tastes like V8 juice to me as far as the "spice" is concerned, but without any vegetable notes (thank God). Sweet through the front of each sip, with a slightly bitter, spicy finish. Really, I get a LOT of peppery notes in HopDevil, and I don’t mind. The mouthfeel is smooth, and a slight coating is left in the mouth on each sip.

HopDevil’s a very good beer, and this one’s not even fresh. I would try this again out of a fresher bottle.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 00:58:29 | More by Alextricity

Captain_Rapp

New York

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-22-2013 00:28:09 | More by Captain_Rapp

johntfox

Florida

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-20-2013 22:01:37 | More by johntfox

jbeervt

Vermont

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-20-2013 19:13:04 | More by jbeervt

tipfortap

New York

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-20-2013 17:20:26 | More by tipfortap

dar482

New York

4.41/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

The color is a dark amber red.

If you can get this nitro, please do. The head is fluffy pillowy white.

The aroma has a pine bigness, sweetness from malt.

It starts off with mild to strong on fruits and sweet flavors. The hops finish nicely, but leaves a bit of a bitter aftertaste. There is a big pine and red grapefruit flavor because of the crystal malt gentle sweetneess.

The mouth feel is so smooth and low on carbonation. The nitro really makes this beer roll around the mouth well.

This is almost a mix of an amber ale and IPA.

One of the better IPAs I had have.

Serving type: nitro-tap

05-20-2013 06:55:38 | More by dar482

wonothesane42

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

05-20-2013 02:08:16 | More by wonothesane42