Hop Wallop-where's the hop wallop?

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!

--------->Denny

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Denny Conn
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Please indicate the Wallop Level (4 being the highest) desired:

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  3. Mom and Dad just realized those weren't sage plants growing in your room.
  4. A carboy in the hands of Denny ;-)

Brian

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Brian Lundeen

Probabaly just below 1!

I realize that my post may look like a troll, but I'd really like to hear opinions about this beer, if anyob=ne has one. Am I totally wrong and missing the beauty of this beer?

-------->Denny

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Denny Conn

Maybe yours lost something in transit? I have some at home and it's mighty hoppy all right, but is too unbalanced for my palate. I prefer either Hop Devil or Old Horizontal, which have enough malt to push back against the hops...

Bill G

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Bill Goodman

Maybe so..if it was unbalanced, it was toward the malt side, not the hops. But overall, I'd have to say it was superbly balanced...it's just that I don't expect balance in a beer aleed "Hop Wallop"! OTOH, there's no reason they have to brew to my expectations... Thanks, Bill.

--------->Denny

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Denny Conn

I wasn't even vaguely impressed by Hop Wallop. Thought it was uninteresting and a bit harsh, malt and hops didn't blend well at all. I wanted to be impressed as I'm a big Victory fan, but it's not a beer I ever need to visit again.

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Dan Iwerks

Pretty much the same wway I felt, Dan, although I didn't notice the harshness. Thanks for your thougvhts.

---------->Denny

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Denny Conn

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

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Dave Stallard

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Dave Stoller

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".

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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.

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Bruce Weaver

Dave Stallard wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net:

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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Dan Iwerks

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

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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

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Ernest

God, I love that bar.

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Lew Bryson

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