Denny Conn wrote:
> Victory's Hop Wallop finally showed up here and after hearing all the
> kudos it's gotten, I was eager to try some. Great beer, great balance
> of malt/hops, nicely bittered..but where's the wallop? I don't _think_
> it's just a case of PNW hop burnout. I expected to be assaulted by hops
> and I had to really work to find much more than a nicely balanced
> bitterness in the beer. Followed that up with a Terminal Gravity IPA.
> Now, THERE'S a hop wallop, but still with a strong malt backbone to it!
> Anybody else been a little disappointed in Hop Wallop? Agaian, I'm not
> saying it's in any manner a bad beer, but I wanna get walloped!

Jeez, I tried it and found it basically undrinkably hoppy. It was
painful. I don't think I finished the pint.

I much prefer the Hop Devil.

Dave

mmmm Hops. I enjoyed the Victory's Hop Wallop even though it was not quite
as hoppy a I had expected.

I am still searching for a beer that I consider too hoppy. Any suggestions
out there? The Wyerbacher Hops Infusion is the closest that I have come,
the highest IBU that is, while maintaining a balance.
"Dave Stallard" > wrote in message
...
> Denny Conn wrote:
> > Victory's Hop Wallop finally showed up here and after hearing all the
> > kudos it's gotten, I was eager to try some. Great beer, great balance
> > of malt/hops, nicely bittered..but where's the wallop? I don't _think_
> > it's just a case of PNW hop burnout. I expected to be assaulted by hops
> > and I had to really work to find much more than a nicely balanced
> > bitterness in the beer. Followed that up with a Terminal Gravity IPA.
> > Now, THERE'S a hop wallop, but still with a strong malt backbone to it!
> > Anybody else been a little disappointed in Hop Wallop? Agaian, I'm not
> > saying it's in any manner a bad beer, but I wanna get walloped!
>
> Jeez, I tried it and found it basically undrinkably hoppy. It was
> painful. I don't think I finished the pint.
>
> I much prefer the Hop Devil.
>
> Dave

Dave Stoller wrote:

> mmmm Hops. I enjoyed the Victory's Hop Wallop even though it was not quite
> as hoppy a I had expected.
>
> I am still searching for a beer that I consider too hoppy. Any suggestions
> out there? The Wyerbacher Hops Infusion is the closest that I have come,
> the highest IBU that is, while maintaining a balance.


The hoppiest beer I've had thus far is Dogsbody Ale. (I had it at the
Winking Judge in Hamilton, Ontario.) There's a link for it in the 3rd
paragraph at the site given below. It is described there as "a
refreshing hop field in a glass".

http://scotchirishbrewing.ca/

I've not had any of the other brews mentioned in this thread, so can't
say how they compare. I can say, however, that Dogsbody was a bit too
hoppy for me.

--
Bruce Weaver

www.angelfire.com/wv/bwhomedir

Bruce Weaver > wrote in news:3719roF57qsu7U1
@individual.net:

> The hoppiest beer I've had thus far is Dogsbody Ale.
....
> I can say, however, that Dogsbody was a bit too hoppy for me.

As that beer is quite likely under 40 IBU, you'll definitely want to stay
FAR away from IPAs from Stone, Bear Republic, Pizza Port, Oggi's, Three
Floyds, LaConner, Diamond Knot, etc., etc., etc.

Cheers,
Ern

"Bruce Weaver" > wrote in message
> The hoppiest beer I've had thus far is Dogsbody Ale. (I had it at the
> Winking Judge in Hamilton, Ontario.)

God, I love that bar.

--
Lew Bryson

"GOOD or SHITE?" -- Michael Jackson, "Thriller", 1982
www.lewbryson.com

Dave Stallard > wrote in
:

> Denny Conn wrote:
>> Victory's Hop Wallop finally showed up here and after hearing all the
>> kudos it's gotten, I was eager to try some. Great beer, great
>> balance of malt/hops, nicely bittered..but where's the wallop? I
>> don't _think_ it's just a case of PNW hop burnout. I expected to be
>> assaulted by hops and I had to really work to find much more than a
>> nicely balanced bitterness in the beer. Followed that up with a
>> Terminal Gravity IPA. Now, THERE'S a hop wallop, but still with a
>> strong malt backbone to it! Anybody else been a little disappointed
>> in Hop Wallop? Agaian, I'm not saying it's in any manner a bad beer,
>> but I wanna get walloped!
>
> Jeez, I tried it and found it basically undrinkably hoppy. It was
> painful. I don't think I finished the pint.
>
> I much prefer the Hop Devil.

To me it wasn't the hops (I've enjoyed much hoppier beers), just that
Hop Wallop didn't have an adequate malt profile to back it up. Beers
like Ruination, Hop Rod Rye, or Dreadnaught all seemed hoppier than Hop
Wallop, but they had a malt backbone. --
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