Victory Vital IPA

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  1. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Dirt Wolf is pretty good, but certainly not mind blowingly good.
     
    #41 nc41, Jul 24, 2015
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  2. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    I stand corrected. I shouldn't have bothered with the first half of my post.
     
    #42 zid, Jul 24, 2015
  3. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    DirtWolf is waaaaay better than Shape of Hops to Come but that is just like my opinion man.:slight_smile:

    Cheers!
     
    #43 JackHorzempa, Jul 24, 2015
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  4. dagimp

    dagimp Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2008 Pennsylvania

    Hop Ranch and Dirt Wolf are awesome IPAs. Their Hop Ticket IPAs and the 19th Anniversary IPA have been great too. So I'm looking forward to this a lot and will buy at least one sixer to try it out. BTW, does anybody know if the 19th anniversary will come back next year? One of my favorite session IPAs. On the other hand their moving parts series tastes like the rejects of their IPA experiments :slight_frown:
     
    #44 dagimp, Jul 24, 2015
  5. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Nuh uh. :slight_smile:

    Have to say this years shape is really a bitter bomb, smells of tropical fruits then it assaults your taste buds. I went true Dirt Wolf when it first came out and I liked it well enough, better than Hop Ranch IMO.
     
    #45 nc41, Jul 24, 2015
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  6. johnjohnbeer

    johnjohnbeer Initiate (0) Oct 27, 2012 Ohio

    Doesn't Hop Ranch use Pilsner malt?
     
    #46 johnjohnbeer, Jul 24, 2015
  7. Ranbot

    Ranbot Pooh-Bah (2,463) Nov 27, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    #47 Ranbot, Jul 24, 2015
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  8. BeerBeast

    BeerBeast Pooh-Bah (2,491) Oct 9, 2012 Florida
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    Unlike.
     
    #48 BeerBeast, Jul 24, 2015
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  9. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Just an opinion.
     
    #49 nc41, Jul 24, 2015
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  10. hillind

    hillind Savant (1,007) Apr 24, 2010 Pennsylvania

    Any word on a release date for Vital? Haven't heard anything since this thread was started.
     
    #50 hillind, Sep 4, 2015
  11. Valleyview06

    Valleyview06 Pundit (850) Oct 13, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    I heard "later this fall" when I was at the brewery this week. Open to interpretation I guess, I didn't press for an exact date.
     
    #51 Valleyview06, Sep 5, 2015
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  12. pinyin

    pinyin Savant (1,119) Sep 19, 2013 New York

    Dirtwolf is excellent when their hops are first harvested. As they produce it later on the hop season it's just ok. I think they also overproduced Dirtwolf and there has been a not so fresh inventory laying around, at least in NEPA.
     
    #52 pinyin, Sep 7, 2015
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  13. jwheeler87

    jwheeler87 Initiate (0) Oct 27, 2011 Massachusetts

    I just really want Hop Ranch and Dirtwolf in 16oz cans. That would be killer.

    This sounds good too though.
     
    #53 jwheeler87, Sep 7, 2015
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  14. Mineo

    Mineo Savant (1,115) Jul 7, 2010 New York

    maybe this explains some of the inconsistency I've had with Dirtwolf -- some of my memories have it as a genius dank creation, while others are remembered as somewhat pedestrian and more malt-forward. always a good brew though.

    definitely falls off very precipitously
     
    #54 Mineo, Sep 8, 2015
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  15. BigMike

    BigMike Pooh-Bah (2,334) May 8, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    I agree. I'm a huge Victory homer but dirt wolf has always struck me as middle of the pack as far as DIPA's. I'm a much bigger fan of hop ranch.
    Hop devil was one of my intros to craft beer and IPAs in General about 15 years ago. I rarely if ever drink that any more.
    That being said I look forward to any new beer from victory. I'll definitely try it. I'm not a fan of cans though. I hope they bottle it as well.
     
    #55 BigMike, Sep 8, 2015
  16. rjd722

    rjd722 Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2013 Maryland

    Dirtwolf is one of my favorite DIPAs and Hop Devil was the first IPA I ever had...I'm sure Vital will be another great addition to the Victory family.
     
    #56 rjd722, Sep 8, 2015
  17. PSU_Mike

    PSU_Mike Initiate (0) Sep 6, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Kind of off topic but does anyone know if they are doing Harvest Ale again? I loved that beer.
     
    #57 PSU_Mike, Sep 8, 2015
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  18. gmoneyproductions

    gmoneyproductions Initiate (0) Aug 12, 2015 Colorado

    cant wait to try
    on a separate note
    cant find victory v12 lately here
    any idea if they still make this?
     
    #58 gmoneyproductions, Sep 8, 2015
  19. ECdOc

    ECdOc Initiate (0) Nov 9, 2004 Pennsylvania

    They had it on draft at the brewery when I was there yesterday. http://www.victorybeer.com/brewpubs/downingtown/ Should be bottles as well I would think, but I dunno how far they go.
     
    #59 ECdOc, Sep 8, 2015
  20. gmoneyproductions

    gmoneyproductions Initiate (0) Aug 12, 2015 Colorado

    thanks good to hear
    i am in colorado and used to find this in a bomber all the time but havent seen the v12 in sometime
    will have to check around
    bet it is fantastic on draft
     
    #60 gmoneyproductions, Sep 8, 2015
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