Victory Abbey 6

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Draft at the brewery, in a tulip glass. Bronze and still with a barely laced head. Light metallic nose. Smooth drink, caramel malt with a light hop flourish. Barely in the background is a hint of the Belgian-y spice, but it’s quite subtle. Training wheels dubbel. (#3193, 11/10/2007)

Draft sampled. Pours a copper color with a thin white head. Aroma of citrus, fruit, yeast, and some spices. Flavor is sweet with caramel, toffee, raisins, and dark fruits with a nice balanced between the malts and hops

On tap at the Victory brew pub. Pour a translucent golden amber with a smaller off white bubbly/creamy head. Aroma of orange, Belgian yeast and spices, bready with a nice floral note. Flavors of pilsner malt, bready, the Belgian yeast and spices are there. Some hop flavor and bitterness. Not sure this meets the Abbey Dubbel style guidelines though. Still a well done Belgian Ale.

Tap at the Blue Nile. Thanks Al! Aroma of light spice and orange peel. Mildly floral. With a hint of yeast. Pours rich amber with minimal head. Fairly dry on the palate with a nice amount of citrus hops and Belgian yeast. Creamy on the tongue with good carbonation.

Draft @ Spuyten Dyuvil that I won on a bet with a guy at the bar, either someone who worked there or a regular it was hard to tell. Pours oragne with a thin bright white head. Aroma is extremely yeasty with very faint hints of other things. Sweet taste that rolls over the tongue overall pretty nice.

A mild abbey dubbel from the great folks at Victory. Had this at the brewery, nice Belgian type yeast aroma and good hop bit. Again, this is a like a "light" abbey dubbel" but again worth grabbing a glass of.

On tap at the Blue Nile in Minneapolis. Hazy copper color with a thin layer of white head. Malty nose with faint apricot and hops. Thick dry malt body with faint citrus in the delicious hop midpalate. Some spice on the finish.

Draft @ The Belgian Room. Nice looking when poured but poor head retention in a tulip glass. Aroma is fresh peach and apricot sprinkled with some farmhouse flavors. Taste is a bit off and a bit metallic. Dry and slightly sour orange, this misses the mark.