Victory D-Town Brown Ale

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Very good brown ale. A little on the sweet side with hints of chocolate, carmel and nut. Had this on tap at Victory.

On cask at Victory. Nice color. Good dry aroma and flavor. Very nutty and complex. This is a northern brown ale. Apparently so is Newcastle. Having them back to back, I don’t think I could tell. Maybe it’s just really great warm on cask, but I think people are shooting a bit low.

The brown ales are my favorite beer type, so maybe I’m overly harsh. It wasn’t a bad beer, smallish head but nice lacing, nice appearance...but lacked a little in the taste department. I definitely didn’t detect much of the "nutty or caramel" taste that others have noted. Good, but unremarkable. The other 3 people in my party really liked it alot, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

A dark copper apperance with little head. The aroma was mainly caramel. The flavor was very nutty with some caramel and chocolate notes. The palate was a bit thin but it wasnt too bad for a brown ale.

One of the better brown ales I’ve sampled in a long time, reddish-brown color, not all that much head though, very little lacing around the glass, not much of an aroma but did have notes of malt & chocolate, medium-light body, pretty smooth & drinkable, would make a nice session beer, nutty taste with other notes of chocolate & malt, balanced finish with more nutty flavors

(draft) Beige head atop a clear dark red-brown body. Aroma is medium sweet, chocolate, caramel, cherry. Taste is medium sweet, cherry, light raspberry, caramel earthy, chocolate, faint sourness. Some roasty in the finish. Smooth light-medium body.

Poured a typical brown-orange color with a normal head and with a touch of lacing (although, nothing impressive there). The flavor was only mildly nutty and was dominated by a caramel type malt. The hops were too strong for this style. The mouthfeel was properly carbonated and medium bodied. Would have another, but there are better brown ales out there. Also had the "cask" version and that one was much more out of character for the style. Served at a warmer temperature and with more carbonation, the hops were much imbalanced with the malts, which isn’t my idea of a brown ale (more like an amber ale on cask).

On tap @ brewery: Slightly hazy caramel brown with a tan head. Aroma: earth, caramel, malt, nuts. Taste: light fruits, sweet malt, honey, grains, nuts, with a hint of roasted malts. Finishes sweet and malty.