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rAvg: 3.98
pDev: 11.56%
Reviews: 758
Hads: 609

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Brewed by:
Victory Brewing Company

Pennsylvania, United States

Style | ABV
American Black Ale | 8.70% ABV

Availability: Winter. bottle (632), on-tap (100), cask (14), growler (12).

Notes:
According to the brewery's website: "A dark IPA".

Available November to January.

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Reviews by AmitC:

AmitC

Indiana

4.25/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Another Victory product and it seems exciting.

Deep brown color while pouring and dark chestnut , ruby brown inside the glass. Hazy, translucent. Some hop residue settled at the bottom of the glass. Over one finger thick bubbly and fluffy tan colored head that stays for sometime and then forms a thin layer. Lacing is excellent and sticks very well. A lot of bubbles are seen rising up inside the glass.

Aroma: Grassy and floral aroma that is subdued to an extent by roasted malts that come up just very faintly. No booze is observed in the nose for this 8.7% brew, which is good. Grape fruit and mild piney character. This one is hell complex for me to discover. Too many things going on. Caramel may be, some chocolate and some citrus hops.

Taste: Very upfront bitterness. Wrecks the palate to a certain extent. Enters like a piney and citrus IPA. Middle is when you get a glimpse of roasted malts and some sweetness. Ends again with bitterness. Some booze is felt. Very nice display of intricacies and conflicts going on between hops and malts. Aftertaste is full of bitterness. Bitter dry finish.

Mouth feel :Medium to slightly full body. Oily character is apparent and somewhat abundant. Bitterness leads to some astringency. Well hidden alcohol. Moderate to slightly high on carbonation but it works well. Palette is left numb for a good amount of time. Provides excellent warmth through alcohol and hop sensation.

Nice black IPA. Complex - yes. Heavy - certainly. For what it is, it is excellent.

Personal Rate: 4.25

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2012 02:58:39 | More by AmitC

More User Reviews:

InspectorBob

New Jersey

4/5 rDev +0.5%

05-19-2013 15:43:31 | More by InspectorBob

themilkman87

Pennsylvania

3.5/5 rDev -12.1%

05-19-2013 15:33:19 | More by themilkman87

beatlefan56

Pennsylvania

4/5 rDev +0.5%

05-18-2013 16:05:49 | More by beatlefan56

HarmonMW

Michigan

4/5 rDev +0.5%

05-18-2013 01:46:16 | More by HarmonMW

Tom-Peters

California

3.5/5 rDev -12.1%

05-16-2013 15:33:00 | More by Tom-Peters

JG-90

New Jersey

3.79/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75

Bottle into glass pours a large foamy head that is tan in color. The beer is a deep mohagony/amber color with hints of red and copper in light. Head settles at a moderate rate to leave heavy lacing. Smells of deeply roasted malts, pumpernickel bread, bitter dark chocolate, and faint hops with a bit of tobacco.

Taste starts with suprising but welcome citric hops (didn't get much smell of these) which are quickly overtaken by roasty malts with bitterness, chocolate, and tobacco, has a bitter, roasty, hoppy finish. Mouthfeel is medium to light with moderate carbonation for a black IPA.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2013 01:58:10 | More by JG-90