Victory All Malt Dark Lager

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Dunkel
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Bottle: Pours a reddish amber, I expected it to be a bit darker in hue. Small and fading head as well and almost no lace. The aroma has notes of toffee and caramelized malts, overripened pear and apricot, floral hops, and earthy esters. The taste is also surprising with it fruity notes on top of the malt base. The finish is a bit chalky and spicy with some bitters. The feel is smooth and refreshing enough but does get a bit boring after half the bottle. Okay brew with enough qualities to make it quaffable worthy.

bottle from Rich. dark amber, reddish-brown in color with virtually no head. mild caramel sweetness with hints of banana and some clove. very mild hops. a very nice dunkel!

Out of the bottle, pours a deep amber with a quick frothy head that sinks with ease. Not a heavy nose to it at all, malty though. Nice even balance to it could easily be a daily drinker.

Thamks to rich, this bottle poured a dark clear chestnut, with foamy white head leaving good lacing. Nice malty roasted nose. Nice malt flavor here, just enogh hop in the back ground to balance this. Smooth and easy to drink.

Draught sample at Victory. Mild fruity aroma, light caramel maltiness and brewed tea. Rosewater and buckwheat honey. Hops aren’t very strong. Dark amber honey clear with thin off-white lightly lacing head. Medium bodied with mild-medium carbonation. Starts sweet and dry with biscuit, buckwheat honey and mild carbonic tang. Mild sweet finishing notes, light floral hop character. Dry sweet nutty after. Just of bit of Twizzlers in the finish.

Lager, lager, lager, I made you out of grain. Lager, lager, lager, this lager I will drain. A nice lager, malty as balls. Deloosh.

I rather like Victory Brewing. They make a number of fine beers. What I especially like about them is that they make rather tasty versions of beer styles that I am not high on. Dunkels for instance are not one of my preferred styles, but this was pretty tasty. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a chestnut color with a medium tan head. The aroma is sweet roasted malt. The flavor is bitter, nutty and has a strong roasted malt presence. The roasted malt lingers on the tongue.

12 oz bottle from BuckNaked. Tasted from a lager glass at 41°. Orange, brown, red colors with an of white head. Malty, caramelly, bready aroma. The taste is malty and sweet with some grassiness?, nutiness, and caramel. Nice body. The finish has a touch of bitterness to keep it from being cloying. Seems very good for the style, but just not one of my favorite styles.