No Brainer
Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown

The clear light golden yellow colored beer pours out into a Duvel glass with a 1/2” foamy off-white head that slowly but visibly recedes to a cap and then a thin irregular island of foam and small ring around the glass while leaving a web, some rings and patches of lacing on the sides. Sipping creates two arches and some scattered small patches and legs of lacing.

The clean crisp aromas have lots of citrus, including tangerine and lime. There’s also some citric zest and tropical fruit such as mango and pineapple. In the background there’s some crackery malt and just a bit of pine.

The flavors are pretty much as expected from the nose with some tangerine, some lime, some pineapple, some mango and some citric zest. The clean crisp bitterness from the hops is softened a bit by some light crackery sweetness from the malt that does nothing to conceal the bitterness that is mostly citric zest with just a bit of resin..

The mouthfeel is medium bodied a bit prickly from the moderate, persistent, finely bubbled carbonation. The finish begins as the sweetness, fruits and malt flavor begin to recede and allow the citric zest and bitterness to move forward a bit before they too recede to a moderately long clean dry lightly bitter ending.

Overall this is a clean, crisp drinkable IPA that is fairly dry throughout and has just enough sweetness to smooth out the bitterness but not to interfere with the clean dry bitterness. This is an enjoyable beer that is an IPA to have when you want more than one. I expect I’ll be picking up a few more.

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12oz can with best-by and pckg-on dates

This bad boy is filled with pils and carapils malts, those are coupled with a large variety of hops (mandarina, citra, centennial, and azacca). The brewmasters knew what they were doing here, it's like a Summit Saga with the pine dialed down and the fruit flavor turned up... In non-Minnesotan dialect: this is a top 95 percentile beer in every which way possible

Thank God for beer. And Twin Peaks.

Pours a relatively light yellow with a fluffy head into a pint glass. Aroma is subdued, primarily grassy notes. First taste on the palate is actually sort of malty, with some piney hops coming in with a metallic tasting finish. Mouthfeel is pleasant but a bit thin.

Overall it’s okay. It reminds me of something that would be a generic Costco IPA. It doesn’t have those deliciously vivid hop profile that other IPAs have.

From the can, it pours a lightly hazy yellow color with a nice white head that lasts and leaves lacing. In the nose, it is slightly piney, but I don't get a huge amount of scent. In the mouth, it is ever so slightly bitter, with tastes of lemon and other citrus.

 

-foggy yellow-orange can pour with a 1 cm foam cap.
The aroma is mostly tangerine and lemon. There is a hint of pine.
The flavor follows the nose. Citrus first, then pine and some strawberry sweetness.
The brew is lighter-bodied with low to moderate hop bitterness.

The beer is a hazy yellow with a decent head. On the nose, it is floral and fruity with honey like sweetness mixed in. On the palate a graham cracker like malt that is sweet. It is balanced just enough by hop bitterness. The hops are also bursting with floral and mango-citrus notes. The taste is very pleasing. The mouthfeel is full but but thick. It could use more carbonation, but is still good. Overall, this a a very good take on IPA.

(12 oz bottle, from cold six-pack, best by APR 23 21... poured into a fat tulip)

L: pale amber, mostly-clear liquid with a mild haze; ultra-tight, marginally off-white foam, sticky, rocky... head holds firm for a bit, then collapses into messy cap/collar; a few thick, jagged rings of lace

S: earthy, pine, dried pineapple, spicy herb, citrus blossom; dried fruit-forward, with supporting herbal, spicy notes... maybe a mild, doughy malt poking through

T: mildly-peppery spice sitting in the middle of a broad floral hop expanse; fruit oil essence, with little underlying sweetness; notably dry, again peppery, spicy aftertaste... quite dry, with a mild toasty cracker grain flavor lingering... initial flavor impressions prevail throughout; dry and spicy, with subtle underlying citrus notes... cellar temp is crucial here in order to allow its nuances and balance to shine; a colder pour I made yesterday resulted in a more bland, two-dimensional, colorless fruitiness

F: rather light-bodied and verging upon sharp via its dryness, mildly medicinal alcohol, and pungent hop character; delicate amount of resinous, oily roundness in each sip

O: to me, it's yet another quintessentially-Victory, German-(bock/pils)-minded approach to an IPA, an execution which I have long enjoyed, but the expressions of which would unsurprisingly turn off contemporary (fruity, smoothie) IPA audiences... think of this more as a (mai)bock-strength German pils with a perhaps continental IPA angle (1724)

EDIT: quite fruity (peach, passion fruit, dried mango) swilled from the bottle cold... hmm...

 

 

Bright "carapils" yellow with a solid 1/2 inch head of clotted white foam, nice lacing and excellent retention.
The aroma is clean and bright, lemons and green tea with a faint white sugar background but not aggressively hoppy or IPAish.
Flavor is on point with the aroma but with more enthusiasm. Thin for style and light on the tongue the flavor is off balance to the bitter hop side.
Not unpleasant but somehow disappointing. Some mild grain notes push through and there is some malt here... I think I tasted some ..... oh well. It's a bit better and more drinkable than I make it sound... maybe. Your results may vary.
The finish is long and dry, which makes me dive in for another swallow hoping I missed something.
Nope.
It lacks malt in flavor, body and character. Malt in beer is like fat in food. Both = FLAVOR. This ain't got no fat man.
It gets a little better as it warms but this no brainer is no Hop Devil my friends.

 

 

Pours golden yellow with a 1 inch foamy white head, which lasts. Heavy lacing.

Aroma of pine, grapefruit, musk melon.

Taste is grapefruit zest, pine, orange.

Medium bodied, light carbonation. Dry, bitter finish.

An excellent IPA.

7/3/20...pours light pale gold. Heavy white foam. Juicy fruity nose. Loads of fruit. Light lemony citrus bitter. Oranges throughout. Light carbonated mouthfeel. Easy drinking flavorful IPA.