Tuesday, November 5, 2013

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. 
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  1. UnknownNovember 28, 2013 at 5:47 AM

    I'm not "the asshole who doesn't like this beer," but I do think that it's rated a bit high on those websites for my tastes. Don't get me wrong, it's an excellent beer that I'm happy to drink any time it's available, but I didn't think it was exceptional. I'm definitely in the minority on this, but it's not in that elite category of IIPAs to me.

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    1. Blueox70December 2, 2013 at 11:54 AM

      I agree with what you are saying. As an active participant in craft beer, I was delighted to see Victory bring a new beer to market. I picked dirt wolf up based on my support of the brewery. When I wrote my post, I researched their website which led me to rate beer and beer advocate and was surprised yet happy for the scores they are receiving. In my line of work I often find myself building a relationship with customers to support brands that maybe aren't so supported. We live in a time where far to many people depend on these rating sites to help steer them to a product. It seems to me that some breweries or the wholesalers are using the same big beer tactics to divert people from being more adventurous. I totally agree Dirt Wolf is not an elite IPA, but I think it is far superior to hop wallop and hop devil.

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