Victory 132 Cent IPA

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

I’m not sure that this is really a 4.2 beer, but a glass at the brewery, fresh from the cask, pulled with a hand pump, was a pretty remarkable thing. The head, the lacing, and the palate of a hand pulled beer is just wonderful and it probably adds a couple of tenths to the overall rating; bottled, or even kegged, it might not be quite the same. Taste and nose are in harmony, floral hops, bitter hops, citrus hops, sweet caramel, malts, and more hops.

Draft on cask. Slight hazy deep gold pour with off-white head. Nose is piney hops, citrus, pineapple, grapefruit. Crisp, hoppy flavor with caramel malt, lots of tropical citrus fruit, and piney resiny notes. Very good.

On tap at Victory. Cask. Poured a medium and hazy golden color with a small sized white head. Aromas of citrus, orange peels, floral, and some pine. Tastes of citrrus, floral, light pine with a nice grapefruit bitter finish.

Cask at Victory. Pours a translucent golden with a medium creamy off white head that laced. Aroma of pine, floral notes, orange, grassy, grapefruit and cereal grains. Flavor of the same with a nice smooth hop bitterness. The fresh centennial hops are really showcased in this beer.

On draft at Teresa’s. Poured clear orange with thin head and slight lacing. Piney nose. Nice citrus, resiny hop bite and plenty bitter finish. Very nice IPA.

On tap at The Drafting Room’s Hopfest (Spring House, PA). An odd, somwhat off-putting aroma, but a delicious floral taste on the palate. Hops are somewhat in the background and the floral taste (a bit like jasmine tea) predominates over the hop bitterness. Very tasty. One of Victory’s better beers.

On cask at the Victory brewpub. Hazy gold topped by a creamy white head. Floral, grassy, citrus nose. Taste is pine, citrus, grass. Lots of bitterness. Yummy.

[Cask @ Victory] Poured a hazy golden color with a medium sized white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of pine, grapefruit, citrus fruits, floral hops, light toast, and toffee. Taste of citrus, grapefruit, light pine, some honey, lemon, some grass, and a dry, bitter finish.