Yakima Glory - Victory Brewing Company

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1,392 Ratings

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rAvg: 3.98
pDev: 11.56%
Reviews: 759
Hads: 633

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Brewed by:
Victory Brewing Company

Pennsylvania, United States

Style | ABV
American Black Ale | 8.70% ABV

Availability: Winter. bottle (633), 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 Emerson1310:

Emerson1310

Virginia

3.13/5 rDev -21.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from a bottle with a use by of Nov. 30, 2012.

Appearance: Mahogany in glass, basically clear. Thick 3-finger foamy light brown head. Plenty of lacing in glass, minimal carbonation/bubbling.

Smell: Definite fruity hops, but with another rather strange smell within, malty, yeasty.

Taste: OK, I know this sounds strange, but here goes: A (very) quick taste of fruity hops which is immediately overwhelmed by malts and...well...the taste of liquid fiberglass (!!!) The bitterness very quickly builds up on your tongue. I am drinking this on a fresh palate. The alcohol is fairly well hidden and not dominant, like you'd think in an almost 9%ABV beer. I just burped...Empty stomach, but the flavor of this beer-burp was like redoing a surfboard!! I have never experienced a flavor like this in a craft...

Overall: If you like extremely bitter hop-beers, then you'll like this one. The bitterness factor is growing at an exceptional pace as I continue drinking this.
As I prefer crafts with a mother-lode of fruitiness (Like Pliny and Alesmith-X), I'll pass on this one.

Serving type: bottle

02-03-2012 21:54:51 | More by Emerson1310

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4/5 rDev +0.5%

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gleemonger

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4.75/5 rDev +19.3%

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wiegs4life

Pennsylvania

3.88/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Dark mahogany with elegant white head that just sits calmly above the top like ducks on the pond. As Stewart Scott once said it is "Cool as the other side of the pillow.

S - I don't really judge a beer off smell but if i did it would probably lose some points. Smells kind of like a lot of hoppy beers (like shit).

T - This is where the beer gains its points. The beer tastes like a perfert version of a nuru massage (I had to use an Asian reference.

M - Simply splended.

O - Second time having this beer. This isn't much of a summer beer but i remember sipping this during Christmas Eve one year and thats when craft beer became a passion instead of a hobby. Not to sure that this beer tops by 10 but this beer will always be remembers because of how it turned me into craft beer.

Serving type: bottle

06-08-2013 16:17:55 | More by wiegs4life