Dirt Wolf (Victory Brewing Company)

    My old friend Victory Brewing. Resist prohibition we will, and we have. You have brought me such joy as Hop Devil, Hop Wallop, Storm King, The Headwaters Series and my personal favorite up until now, Old Horizontal. That last one is as strong as it sounds, he make you lay down go sleep. If you look back through my earlier blog entries I may have even reviewed one of Victories libations before. Podcast beer folk say libations a lot, I'm going to give it a go. I was a bit confused when I saw a new IPA from victory, and had to try it.    

    I was instantly in love. This has to be one of the best most well balanced IPA's from this side the missisip I have had in a while. I will not be reviewing Hardywood the Great Return for fear of brewery over saturation, but also is in the same category. I checked, as was encouraged by their website to check rate beer, beer advocate, and untapped. This joker has a 96 on rate beer, a 98 on rate beer, and a 4 out of 5 on untapped. It isn't just me, people agree this is a good beer. That agreement is more rare than pliney. I will spend the rest of the night trying to find the asshole who doesn't like this beer. I also believe it is easy to find and maybe around for a while. Mark my words John Q. Public, we will be seeing a lot more of mind blowing IPA's this year. The supply of Citra, and Simcoe is stronger than ever! These beers was the first non single beer purchase I have made in some time, I'm just lucky like that I guess. Good work Victory! I am sure we have other new treats to come, maybe a barrel aged old horizontal? Stay tuned to www.victorybeer.com to find out.