DirtWolf | Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown
Brewed by:
Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown
Pennsylvania, United States
victorybeer.com
Style: American Double / Imperial IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 8.70%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
HOPS: Citra, Chinook, Mosaic, Simcoe
MALTS: Pilsner, Ligh Caramel Malt, Dextrose
Flavor: Citrus, pine, resin, tropical fruit, loaded hop nose from heavy Mosaic and Simcoe dry-hopping. Full bodied with hop bitterness and resinous hop flavor. Leaves a lasting impression. Citra: heavy citrus aroma, fruity flavor; Chinook: grapefruit, resinous pine; Simcoe: dry, piney; and Mosaic: earthy and mildly floral, with notes of sweet citrus and spice.
Added by aengleman on 09-27-2013
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Ratings: 6,607 | Reviews: 856
4.66/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.55/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.38/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Tastes good. Gets ya twisted. I felt hungover fairly easily after drinking it but, could have been related to something else. Pretty good overall
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Tastes good. Gets ya twisted. I felt hungover fairly easily after drinking it but, could have been related to something else. Pretty good overall
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4.35/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12 oz bottle
L: Color about what I would expect for DIPA nice white lacing on pour
S: Good citrus mango smell notes
T: Balanced for style, nice bitterness but not overdone...... very well done
F: about what I would expect from the style for DIPA, not too boozy, alcohol is well hidden-but there... does not compete or nullify the hops bitterness
O: This is one of my go to IPA's Love this one. Does not get all the acclaim that Victory's Hop Devil IPA seems to receive, but in my opinion DirtWolf is clearly superior
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12 oz bottle
L: Color about what I would expect for DIPA nice white lacing on pour
S: Good citrus mango smell notes
T: Balanced for style, nice bitterness but not overdone...... very well done
F: about what I would expect from the style for DIPA, not too boozy, alcohol is well hidden-but there... does not compete or nullify the hops bitterness
O: This is one of my go to IPA's Love this one. Does not get all the acclaim that Victory's Hop Devil IPA seems to receive, but in my opinion DirtWolf is clearly superior
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1.08/5 rDev -74.7%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
My father likes it, IPA, little bitter, 8.5% something like that.
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look: 1.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
My father likes it, IPA, little bitter, 8.5% something like that.
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4.25/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
3.12/5 rDev -26.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
4.08/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured a golden / yellow color; head was about a finger’s worth that died at a nice pace; adequate foamy lacing; smell is pure bitter piney / resinous hops showcasing a nice citrusy sweet background; the taste is an absolutely almost perfectly balanced citrusy bittersweet flavor; superb bittersweet aftertaste that fades into a dry finish; not as heavy as I expected on the palate good and bitter as I like my DIPA’s; overall - a very well done DIPA that I would have again.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured a golden / yellow color; head was about a finger’s worth that died at a nice pace; adequate foamy lacing; smell is pure bitter piney / resinous hops showcasing a nice citrusy sweet background; the taste is an absolutely almost perfectly balanced citrusy bittersweet flavor; superb bittersweet aftertaste that fades into a dry finish; not as heavy as I expected on the palate good and bitter as I like my DIPA’s; overall - a very well done DIPA that I would have again.
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5/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
It doesn't get any better.
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look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
It doesn't get any better.
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4.01/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.69/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.25/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Quickly receeding head on this golden see through brew. This beer has a strong scent of citrus and pine. Good flavor translation with sweet citrus with tropical flavors and slightly bitter pine edge. Less than average carbonation and a sticky feel on this wolf. The slightest heat on the finish. This is a good brew here !
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Quickly receeding head on this golden see through brew. This beer has a strong scent of citrus and pine. Good flavor translation with sweet citrus with tropical flavors and slightly bitter pine edge. Less than average carbonation and a sticky feel on this wolf. The slightest heat on the finish. This is a good brew here !
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4.1/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Outstanding display of hop reduction going on here. Thick bodied double IPA that will put hair on your chest. Smells of nice hops potpourri and citrus pith. Taste is overwhelming lupulin and hops cone medley. Coats the pallate with a oily hop slickness.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Outstanding display of hop reduction going on here. Thick bodied double IPA that will put hair on your chest. Smells of nice hops potpourri and citrus pith. Taste is overwhelming lupulin and hops cone medley. Coats the pallate with a oily hop slickness.
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3.55/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
DirtWolf from Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown
4.27
out of 5
based on 6,607 ratings.
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5