Victory Dampf Beer

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: California Common
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Tap at Barcade. Amber gold colour. Lightly malty aroma topped by a kiss of grapefruity cascadey hops. Fairly clean with a touch of soft fruitiness. A bit of light cascadey hop flavour. Good balance, pretty solid brew.

Draft at Victory. Pours dark straw with nose of hopcitrus, some grainy malt, spices. Tastes mildly hoppy, orange zesty, with cereally malt, and mild spiciness, and a medium to light palate that loses aroma and flavor notes as it warms. This one is not bad, but not great either.

Poured a clear amber color with a small, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of nuts, metal, caramel, and some toasted malts. Taste of toasty dough, caramel malts, grains, some nuts, with light fruitiness, and low bitterness in the finish.

On tap at Victory. Pours a translucent golden amber with a creamy off white head that left some lacing. Aroma...I really didn’t get a whole lot. Some grains, light caramel and citrus. Flavor was much of the same. REally not much going on. An enjoyable beer...just nothing special.

Draught at TDR Ex.: Aroma of malts, grains and fruity hops. Poured amber with a hint of gold in color and a creamy, rocky, white head that lasted throughout. Clear. Not sparkling. Small lacing. Flavor was light to medium sweet and medium bitter. Tastes of malts, rye, pretzel, grains, and bitter hops. Medium body. Lightly sticky texture. Average carbonation. Malty, medium-dry finish.

Tap at Barcade: Deep golden pour with a fading off-white head. Has a nice sweet/citrusy hop character in the aroma with some caramel soaked oranges. The flavor has some American hop notes upfront- mildly perfumy orange and subtle peach. The malt character comes through later on giving it some mild toasted notes, with a nutty touch, yet it remains fairly clean. The finish has a balancing, seemingly Euro-hop dryness. Well rounded.

Tap at Barcade. Normally I am very unenthusiastic for small batch victory beers and wouldn’t go out of my way for them, but I’d just mentioned in the forums the day before hearing of this beer that I’d go out of my way for any Steam Beer that showed up, as the style is so rare. Well, I had no choice at that point, so I made the trek for this. Blech. Deep copper pour with a flimsy head. Very clean aroma, german hops, peanut. Fresh, clean flavor, some big steam. Drinkable, but kind of boring. I will say that it does the style very well.

On draft at the GL. Pours a clear light copper with a medium white head. Aroma of grapes, hops and grains. Taste of watery green grapes with a hoppy aftertaste.