Yakima Glory - Victory Brewing Company

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rAvg: 3.98
pDev: 11.56%
Reviews: 758
Hads: 608

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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 rangerred:

rangerred

Tennessee

4.31/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

12oz bottle into a pint glass.

Pours a clear dark ruby with a one finger dark tan head. Nice fluffy head retention and decent lacing.

Aroma is different than any other ABA I have had. Very nutty, almost like hazelnut, along with cocoa and a little bit of caramel and cinnamon. Nice Earthy hop undertones to prop it up. I don't know how they got that aroma without the use of spices!

More cocoa and hazelnut in the taste. Lots of caramel too almost reminds me of cinnamon roasted almonds or something. Wonderful light earthy hop flavor along with assertive bitterness. Mouthfeel is on the slick and sweet side but just barely stays restrained. Finish is a little sticky but understandable given the abv and amount of specialty malt.

Overall, a really great example of an American Black Ale. Great, unique, malt character and wonderful interaction between malt and hops. I really need to get some more of this this winter.

Serving type: bottle

01-15-2013 02:11:03 | More by rangerred

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