Single Hop IPA - Vic Secret
Burlington Beer Co.
- From:
- Burlington Beer Co.
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 5.7%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.07 | pDev: 6.63%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 16
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 18, 2020
- Added:
- Oct 03, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Vic Secret IPA is a single hop IPA brewed with Australian grown Vic Secret hops. The extremely high oil content in this new hop varietal produces a broad range of bold flavors. From passionfruit, pineapple, pine resin, and herbal.
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Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado
4.46/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Thanks goes out to larryi86 for this brew.
16 oz. Can
Canned On: 032818
Poured into a Tree House glass a pretty nice cloudy yellow color, very nice carbonation, with a very nice thick/creamy one-finger plus off-white head, which leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, pineapple, passionfruit), really nice diesel like. The taste is hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, pineapple, passionfruit), very nice diesel like, Medium body, ABV is hidden very well, with a really nice dry/bitter finish, did I say bitter. Overall, a pretty tasty brew. Glad to have gotten a chance to try it. Orange Julius! Addictive! Milkshake!. Thanks Larry!
Jul 15, 201816 oz. Can
Canned On: 032818
Poured into a Tree House glass a pretty nice cloudy yellow color, very nice carbonation, with a very nice thick/creamy one-finger plus off-white head, which leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, pineapple, passionfruit), really nice diesel like. The taste is hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, pineapple, passionfruit), very nice diesel like, Medium body, ABV is hidden very well, with a really nice dry/bitter finish, did I say bitter. Overall, a pretty tasty brew. Glad to have gotten a chance to try it. Orange Julius! Addictive! Milkshake!. Thanks Larry!
Reviewed by larryi86 from Delaware
4.3/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
16 oz can, dated 3/28/18, poured into a teku
A- A hazy golden straw color with two finger white head
S- Tropical fruits, pineapple, dank, some pine, citrus.
T- Pineapple, oranges, citrus, some tropical fruits, touch of pale malts, dank/piney finish.
M- Smooth, light body.
O- A great APA, nice hop profile, very well balanced.
Jun 29, 2018A- A hazy golden straw color with two finger white head
S- Tropical fruits, pineapple, dank, some pine, citrus.
T- Pineapple, oranges, citrus, some tropical fruits, touch of pale malts, dank/piney finish.
M- Smooth, light body.
O- A great APA, nice hop profile, very well balanced.
Reviewed by CanConPhilly from Pennsylvania
4.42/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
L - 2-finger very sparse offwhite head atop an incredibly murky orange juice-looking body.
S - oranges, pineapple, pine, cotton candy, some tropical fruits.
T - juicy oranges and pineapple. A lot of yeast burn, which I personally love. A bit of pine, a little sour lemon. Moderate-high bitterness, no sweetness, no booziness.
F - medium-full body with minimal carb. Some graininess in the feel, presumably due to the excess yeast.
O - I love this type of yeasty ipa, but beware if you’re sensitive to excess yeast.
Jun 29, 2018S - oranges, pineapple, pine, cotton candy, some tropical fruits.
T - juicy oranges and pineapple. A lot of yeast burn, which I personally love. A bit of pine, a little sour lemon. Moderate-high bitterness, no sweetness, no booziness.
F - medium-full body with minimal carb. Some graininess in the feel, presumably due to the excess yeast.
O - I love this type of yeasty ipa, but beware if you’re sensitive to excess yeast.
Reviewed by digboy from New Hampshire
4.27/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours an opaque pale yellow gold, like grapefruit juice. Off white thin head.
Smell is mostly stone fruit with some citrus and an odd earthy-candy mix. Funky.
Taste is similar. A little sweetness behind it - enough to balance the intense hops. Malt is tough to pick out with the peppery tang of this beer.
Feel is very soft and creamy
Very good beer. Different from the citrusy standard and done very well.
May 11, 2018Smell is mostly stone fruit with some citrus and an odd earthy-candy mix. Funky.
Taste is similar. A little sweetness behind it - enough to balance the intense hops. Malt is tough to pick out with the peppery tang of this beer.
Feel is very soft and creamy
Very good beer. Different from the citrusy standard and done very well.
Reviewed by Mainardit from Vermont
4.32/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.32/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Look: honey gold, hazy, even opaque
Smell: big pineapple notes, citrus, not a ton of resin
Taste. My first Vic hop. Wow, very different. Yes on the oily resin flavor. The tropical fruit and citrus flavors are there, but that resin is huge, lacks everything in the back
Apr 18, 2018Smell: big pineapple notes, citrus, not a ton of resin
Taste. My first Vic hop. Wow, very different. Yes on the oily resin flavor. The tropical fruit and citrus flavors are there, but that resin is huge, lacks everything in the back
Reviewed by angrybabboon from Massachusetts
3.73/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Consumed 1/7/18
A: Tangerine gold - hazy, turbid - pours with a medium size white head, fades to a wispy cap, maintains a small collar and leaves some nice lacing
S: Australian hop soup - some floral and herbal citrus with notes of citrus rind - herbal, earthy hops - woodsy - pine resin. pine needles, and a touch of oil - some tropical notes, primarily a dry pineapple -
T: If you've ever tasted Vic Secret, you are halfway there - floral and herbal citrus - pine resin as well as some sharp pine needles - earthy in a hoppy way, not a malty way - raw hop pellets and some hop particulate, a bit rough - above-average bitterness - pale malts at the base with some oat
M: Medium body. smooth and chewy, lingering hop oils
O: Secret Agent Vic
Some single-hop IPAs are quite tasty, but they seem to be rare. BBC's Vic Secret is not one of those rare beers. Burlington uses Vic Secret quite well in some of their other IPAs, but alone, it does not quite do it for me. And yes, I am openly biased against single-hop IPAs.
Jan 08, 2018A: Tangerine gold - hazy, turbid - pours with a medium size white head, fades to a wispy cap, maintains a small collar and leaves some nice lacing
S: Australian hop soup - some floral and herbal citrus with notes of citrus rind - herbal, earthy hops - woodsy - pine resin. pine needles, and a touch of oil - some tropical notes, primarily a dry pineapple -
T: If you've ever tasted Vic Secret, you are halfway there - floral and herbal citrus - pine resin as well as some sharp pine needles - earthy in a hoppy way, not a malty way - raw hop pellets and some hop particulate, a bit rough - above-average bitterness - pale malts at the base with some oat
M: Medium body. smooth and chewy, lingering hop oils
O: Secret Agent Vic
Some single-hop IPAs are quite tasty, but they seem to be rare. BBC's Vic Secret is not one of those rare beers. Burlington uses Vic Secret quite well in some of their other IPAs, but alone, it does not quite do it for me. And yes, I am openly biased against single-hop IPAs.
Reviewed by TheDoctor from Canada (QC)
3.75/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.75/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Service: Can
Canned: Nov-29-2017
A:
The turbid-est NEIPA I've ever seen. I can understand thinking this was hideous. Milky yeast color with a big, tight, white head. (3.5)
S:
Bright, fresh, clean citrus and floral aromas. Grapefruit, pineapple, some peppery spice, herbal. (4)
T:
Hard water, a little chalky, grassy dank hop bitterness, some citrus pith. (3.75)
M:
Chalky and thick feeling with soft carbonation and a slow hop-bitter finish. (3.75)
O:
A nice beer, but I think this one might have been recently jostled (probably by the mailman!), cause it was a little over-yeasty.
Thing is, though, I loves me the yeast. I am a proud proponent of shaking most beers a little. It makes little negative difference. Unless it does. This one could have been a touch better had it sat upright longer, but it was still a good beer. Fruity and floral nose with a green bitter taste. I'd have it again, but I'd sit it upright over night first.
I don't think I should have to do that, but I would. (3.5)
EDIT: As it warmed the unpleasant parts came out more and so I took off .25 on taste and overall from what I had originally given.
Dec 20, 2017Canned: Nov-29-2017
A:
The turbid-est NEIPA I've ever seen. I can understand thinking this was hideous. Milky yeast color with a big, tight, white head. (3.5)
S:
Bright, fresh, clean citrus and floral aromas. Grapefruit, pineapple, some peppery spice, herbal. (4)
T:
Hard water, a little chalky, grassy dank hop bitterness, some citrus pith. (3.75)
M:
Chalky and thick feeling with soft carbonation and a slow hop-bitter finish. (3.75)
O:
A nice beer, but I think this one might have been recently jostled (probably by the mailman!), cause it was a little over-yeasty.
Thing is, though, I loves me the yeast. I am a proud proponent of shaking most beers a little. It makes little negative difference. Unless it does. This one could have been a touch better had it sat upright longer, but it was still a good beer. Fruity and floral nose with a green bitter taste. I'd have it again, but I'd sit it upright over night first.
I don't think I should have to do that, but I would. (3.5)
EDIT: As it warmed the unpleasant parts came out more and so I took off .25 on taste and overall from what I had originally given.
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