Yakima Glory - Victory Brewing Company

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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 brystmar:

brystmar

New York

3.8/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle into a pint glass. Full disclosure: I don't particularly like IPAs.

Deep brownish amber with healthy amounts of head; good retention and moderate lacing on the glass. Smells of dark fruit, caramel, malts, and an earthy scent that reminds me of walking through an evergreen forest...sans teenage vampires.

It's an IPA, so malts and hops galore. Pretty well balanced with a touch of sweetness creeping up halfway through, but this all gets pushed aside once the hoppy bitterness steps up to dominate the aftertaste. I could honestly become an IPA convert with this brew if the aftertaste weren't so strongly hoppy. Mild boozy warmth, but surprisingly subtle for an 8.7%.

Much heavier in the mouth than most IPAs, yet still oily. Good on drinkability even though I can't see myself ever drinking more than one of these (taste preferences). Fans of the style should love this brew.

Serving type: bottle

10-09-2010 22:43:48 | More by brystmar

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