Victory Grand Cru

Formerly brewed at Victory Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

2004 SE Gathering: Tangerine flavor with a hint of champagne. Wonderfully smooth with a warm alcohol finish. Great!

Pours tan honey with gorgeous head. Smells of honey, clove, citrus. Flavor blows my mind: lime, orange, grapefruit, touch of caramel, candi, yeast, cinnamon. Finish sweet, mellow honeyed lavender goodness. Boo-yah!

750 mL brown corked bottle purchased from Armanetti’s, Mundelein, IL. ABV 9%. Aged two years from bottling date. Hazy reddish amber with small diminishing white head with fair lacing. Succulent aroma bouquet of fruity esters, raisin and toffee. Soft carbonation. Full bodied that starts with fruity, sour/sweet flavor of raison, toffee and some sharpness. Finished dry with lingering sourness. Deeply satisfying Belgium-style ale, one of the best that I’ve had thus far. Delicious aroma lingered for a very long time and it was tough to put down the glass.

Nice amber color,medium sized off white head that lasted for a nice long time.Malty fruity aroma with a mild amount of spice and very nice hop presence.The taste is fruity and lightly malty with a nice amount of hops but not to strong,and a slight bubble gum taste as well.This is a fantastic tasting brew nicely balanced and refreshing,definately better then alot of the brews i've been indulging in today.The after taste is fruity and mildly sweet with a nice mellow feel that leaves you wanting more.

5/15/03 vintage. Copper color, fruity nose with a whiff of yeast and some hops, medium white head. Flavor is quite yeasty, not too sweet, with noticeable hops and a fruity backbone. Some bitterness in the finish. Interesting spin on the style; the hops+yeast have almost an Orvalesque character, although the beer itself has more sweetness than that Trappist classic.

Poured a hazy orange amber color with a nice amount of foamy white head. Aroma is citrusy and malty accentuated by hues of alcohol and slight bits of yeast and spices. What I really liked about both the aroma and flavor is that I did not feel it was dominated by yeast or spices like so many other belgians seem to be. Instead it was a very smooth, enjoyable, balanced beverage that did not offend the senses in any way. The flavor mix of fruits, caramel, and spices were exceptionally balanced and it had a nice warming finish that lasted. Overall, I really really enjoyed this beer and I definitely want to go buy another to cellar for a bit.

The beer as it evacuates the 750ml bottle pours a luminous orange color, the head preposterous in size, frothy in texture and a toothsome light tan in color, the lace a glutinous and thick sheet to smother the glass. The aroma of fusel alcohol greets you along with ripe pineapple, sweet malt and a slight acidic crispness at the back, start is ambrosial, thick in malt, top is moderate to full in its feel to the palate. Finish is prickly in its acidity, the hops dynamic in their spicy presence, and a sure fire belly warmer, and a fine drinking beer, another winner from Victory, but that’s nothing new is it?

Cloudy amber, with a big white head. Nose is tangy, sweet, with yeasty notes and mandarin oranges. Flavor is sweet, with a solid bitter kick and caramel, hazelnuts, cork or yeast funk, and black tea.