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| Wild Devil Ale. Photo: Victory Brewing. |
For years, one of the top sellers for Downingtown, Pa.'s Victory Brewing has been HopDevil Ale, a forcefully floral India pale ale with a smack of malt sweetness. It's pleasure by the pint. Instead of toeing the status quo, Victory's brewers tweaked the HopDevil formula by incorporating a batch of virulent Brettanomyces yeast.
Left unchecked, the wild yeast wreaks havoc on beer, turning brews funky and sour. If handled correctly, on the other hand, it results in nuanced flavors (for tasty examples, sample California's Lost Abbey or Russian River Brewing).
"We were nervous of [the loyal HopDevil] audience's reaction to WildDevil," Victory cofounder Bill Covaleski has reportedly admitted.
He need not worry. After releasing the 750 ml bottle's metal cage and popping the cork, the WildDevil (6.7 percent ABV) pours fast and fizzy: Go slow, or you'll get a glass full of foam. The citrusy hop aroma is muted by a ripe blanket of earth, hay and a touch of fruit tossed in for fun. The taste pinballs from brown sugar to pine to sour cherry -- the spicy hops riding back-seat before finishing tart -- and is dry and super-drinkable, proving the Devil is indeed in the details.
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8-10-2009 @6:18PM XDXJX said... this is one of the best beers ive ever had. not being a fan of hop devil i was surprised at how smooth and mild this is compared to it. it amazing how simply changing the yeast tames the kick you in the face quality of the hops and turns it to such an easily drinkable beer.
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8-10-2009 @9:34PM christopher said... sadly science fiction meets consumer products and you are breathing them in as you read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutagen
That aside this sounds like an awesome beer. Sours are supposed to be the next big thing if they aren't already and this reads like a winner. Thanks for the review.
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8-10-2009 @9:43PM internetRserious said... i cant decipher what chris is trying to say. Anything is a mutagen. Sunlight is a mutagen. Please clarify. Should the FDA ban sunlight? Remember kids, wikipedia is neither a proper source nor a proper argument.
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