There's no denying I love my IPAs. While Victory Hop Devil has not been that high on my list, I do enjoy it every now and then. I'm certainly more of a fan of their yearly Fresh Hop Double IPA Hop Wollop. I have also been a fan of the many wonderful funky sour ales that are being produced with Brettanomyces yeast, a strain which wine makers consider to be an infection, but many brewers now carefully cultivate to produce some very intriguing brews. My first beer brewed with Brett was Russian River Temptation, which was reminded me of Eye Poppers candy, a very interesting and enjoyable beer. Ommegang Ommegedon is a Wild Ale that is becoming not that hard to find, it has some qualities of a Belgian Saison with a nice Brett funkiness. This is the first IPA I have seen that is brewed with Brett, so I am very intrigued to try it. I poured the beer into a Duvel snifter and a soft pour produced an abundant frothy head that was very slow to diminish. Aroma was a nice blend of funky spice, Earthy hops and the German malts that are familiar to Hop Devil. Taste was an absolute plethora of flavor, crisp citrus hops, funky Brett sourness and sweet malts dance nicely together and leave a nice sour bitterness on the tongue. The beer is quite light and refreshing with decent carbonation and is very refreshing. I came into this one expecting to be intrigued, but surprisingly, I REALLY like this beer, this is one of the best beers I've had yet from Victory. I have to say, I would LOVE to see a limited release of Wild Wollop this fall.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Beer Review: Victory Wild Devil (Hops Gone Wild!!!)
There's no denying I love my IPAs. While Victory Hop Devil has not been that high on my list, I do enjoy it every now and then. I'm certainly more of a fan of their yearly Fresh Hop Double IPA Hop Wollop. I have also been a fan of the many wonderful funky sour ales that are being produced with Brettanomyces yeast, a strain which wine makers consider to be an infection, but many brewers now carefully cultivate to produce some very intriguing brews. My first beer brewed with Brett was Russian River Temptation, which was reminded me of Eye Poppers candy, a very interesting and enjoyable beer. Ommegang Ommegedon is a Wild Ale that is becoming not that hard to find, it has some qualities of a Belgian Saison with a nice Brett funkiness. This is the first IPA I have seen that is brewed with Brett, so I am very intrigued to try it. I poured the beer into a Duvel snifter and a soft pour produced an abundant frothy head that was very slow to diminish. Aroma was a nice blend of funky spice, Earthy hops and the German malts that are familiar to Hop Devil. Taste was an absolute plethora of flavor, crisp citrus hops, funky Brett sourness and sweet malts dance nicely together and leave a nice sour bitterness on the tongue. The beer is quite light and refreshing with decent carbonation and is very refreshing. I came into this one expecting to be intrigued, but surprisingly, I REALLY like this beer, this is one of the best beers I've had yet from Victory. I have to say, I would LOVE to see a limited release of Wild Wollop this fall.
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