Victory Ranch IPA:
Howdy partners and welcome to the ponderosa where we round up beer reviews like cattle going to market.  You know, I’m feeling hoppy today so let’s take a gander at an IPA. No, wait, a DOUBLE IPA, yeah buddy, now that’s the stuff and I think the gang at Victory Brewing with their Ranch Double IPA.  This experimental beer was poured from a tap with a slightly cloudy golden color, a thick bone white head of foam, impressive lacing, and a nose of piney hops and resin.  The beer’s initial taste is a good mellow citrus and pine combo that grows to dominate the mid tongue while the citrus bows out on the back end succeeding its place on the palate to a strong bitterness.  The aftertaste swims in a sour resin flavor that carries a slightly creamy undertone of malts but make no mistake, the hops own this beer.  This is an impressive beer but it’s a shame that this beer was a single brew but hopefully that will change in the near future.  If you can find this beer on tap, GET IT and enjoy a beer that will only appease your hop craving but satisfy that rare beer itch that you maybe getting.  Cheers fellow hop heads.