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Hop Wallop
Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown
- From:
- Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.09 | pDev: 11.98%
- Reviews:
- 1,930
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 05, 2021
- Added:
- Dec 17, 2003
- Wants:
- 138
- Gots:
- 297
Citra and Simcoe Hops impart fruity and earthy notes for a new twist on a flavorful friend. This IPA packs a hoppy wallop.
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Ratings by albern:
Reviewed by albern from Massachusetts
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
This was an eminently drinkable and enjoyable IPA. The beer has a nice creamy consistency, medium bodied, loads of hop, and a nice pungent and mouth puckering tartness. The hop is resinous, oily, piney, and tart. There is some florals and grapefruity pungency that made the experience all the better. I appreciate the bready, biscuity malty creaminess in the rear. The lacing, appearance, aroma, finish, and aftertaste are all worthy of a fine IPA. The went down very smoothly on a hot summer day and the high ABV was well masked. L'Chaim.
Jun 08, 2008More User Ratings:
Reviewed by brewme from Massachusetts
4.5/5 rDev +10%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +10%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Reminded of this beer by the How many Beers of Fame have you reviewed? post. Surprised that I have not reviewed this before, have probably had a case of this. Miss this beer.
Mar 20, 2021Reviewed by 1009 from Massachusetts
3.96/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A smooth drinking IPA that pours into a gorgeous golden haze with about a 2 inch white frothy head. The head lingers for a while in the glass which is great. The beer gives off wonderful hoppy.earthy aromas with a tropical twist. The taste follows the nose giving pine and floral like notes, but with some tropical fruit notes too. This definitely packs a wallop at 7.5%, but does drinks more like a session. Could definitely have more than one, but I would not advise, as the alcohol could sneak up on you. Enjoy the drinkability and smoothness of this wonderfully crafted IPA!
Feb 12, 2021Reviewed by GaBeerGarden from Georgia
4.85/5 rDev +18.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.85/5 rDev +18.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
I’ve been saving this bottle for a few years only to pull it out after a Hop Devil. It is still one of my favorites. Great flavor, color, nose, and flavor. Victory excels again.
May 25, 2020Reviewed by PathofChaos from Maryland
3.47/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance:
Liquid gold. Pure, clean, and translucent. Looks like an ale you'd expect to see in the tavern of a great dwarven kingdom, just don't drink too deeply, or too greedily. Puffs up a layer of choppy white foam that disappears after introductions are over, living on only as a pattern of sticky, striated lacing.
Bouquet:
Floral, earthy notes but their aroma is dainty and distant, like flowers far away on a mountain. Traces of dried pine occasionally waft in on that far-off mountain breeze. Pleasant, but falls profoundly short of being impressive.
Feel:
A cold, babbling brook of bubbles cascade gently on this light-bodied ale. Crisp with a dry, tangy finish that promises to linger but ends up dipping out early.
Taste:
Bright, semi-sweet pine, quiet notes of pepper, and a wisp of lemongrass all stand before a crackery malt backbone.
Overall:
Meh? It’s pleasing, refreshing, and there's nothing wrong with it but it’s meek and doesn't add anything new to the genre. A serviceable, middle-of-the-road IPA that'll never stand out but sometimes that's just what the menu calls for.
Mar 27, 2020Liquid gold. Pure, clean, and translucent. Looks like an ale you'd expect to see in the tavern of a great dwarven kingdom, just don't drink too deeply, or too greedily. Puffs up a layer of choppy white foam that disappears after introductions are over, living on only as a pattern of sticky, striated lacing.
Bouquet:
Floral, earthy notes but their aroma is dainty and distant, like flowers far away on a mountain. Traces of dried pine occasionally waft in on that far-off mountain breeze. Pleasant, but falls profoundly short of being impressive.
Feel:
A cold, babbling brook of bubbles cascade gently on this light-bodied ale. Crisp with a dry, tangy finish that promises to linger but ends up dipping out early.
Taste:
Bright, semi-sweet pine, quiet notes of pepper, and a wisp of lemongrass all stand before a crackery malt backbone.
Overall:
Meh? It’s pleasing, refreshing, and there's nothing wrong with it but it’s meek and doesn't add anything new to the genre. A serviceable, middle-of-the-road IPA that'll never stand out but sometimes that's just what the menu calls for.
Reviewed by Peach63 from New York
4.28/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
4.28/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
Pours golden yellow with a 2 inch white head with good retention. Heavy lacing to end.
Strong aroma of pine, grapefruit, earthy, floral.
Taste is resiny, pine, slight spiciness, including pepper.
Medium bodied, light carbonation. Dry, bitter finish.
This is a damn good IPA! One of the best.
Mar 14, 2020Strong aroma of pine, grapefruit, earthy, floral.
Taste is resiny, pine, slight spiciness, including pepper.
Medium bodied, light carbonation. Dry, bitter finish.
This is a damn good IPA! One of the best.
Hop Wallop from Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
3822 ratings
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