Victory Abbey 6

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

(draft) Crystal clear light amber body with small white head. Aroma is medium sweet, Belgian yeast, candi sugar, light peach. Taste is medium sweet, peach/nectarine, some Belgian yeast, light candi sugar. Light-medium body.

(Draught) Pours a lightly hazy orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of orange peel, peach, banana, and light herbal notes. Flavor o orange, caramel malt, baked apple, banana, raisins, and light spices.

On tap at Victory. Poured a deeper and clear golden / orange color with a smaller sized head. Aromas of yeast, fruity, and light spices. Tastes of fruitiness, lighter spices, and some grains. Nice and drikable.

Tap at Barcade. Pale aber beern with a slightly sweet, bready/crackery malt aroma. Soft earthiness and light spice with a touch of banana and apricot character. Soft, minerally character. Light earthy/woody hop flavour with a a fair yeasty spice component and some peach and banana fruitiness. Light sulphury character on the back that is fairly interesting in this style. Good beer and surprisingly refreshing for something that is 6.5% ABV. Earthy and spicy with a soft bitterness. Nice beer.

Draft at Capone’s. Medium coppery dark strawish pour with off-white head. The nose has a lot of funky yeast notes, plus spicy floral hops, citrus, peach, and some berry notes. Tastes malty, funky, spicy, with mid-palate hopcitrus and floral spicy notes, and a medium palate. This one tastes pretty Belgian, and is a great example of this style. This one surprised me.

2009-08-01. Dark orange amber body with a modest beige head. (3+) Aroma is surprisingly mild, touches of dry malt. (6+) Flavour is similar, pleasant dry malt, lightly alcoholic finish. Toasty malt touches. Modest malty base. Average plus palate. (3+) Enjoyably quaffable, but relatively mild and fails to wow in a crowd of much bolder beers. Still, I could seeing drinking a few of these in an evening quite happily. Seems like a cross between a dubbel and an abbey ale perhaps? On tap at BCTC 2009

Draft. Pours an orange body with a white head. Fruity esters peach, citrus, and some wheat notes. Apple and malt with a medium mouth feel and a light spiced finish. Nice session ale.

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)