Victory Old Horizontal

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Bottle. Malts have a moderate aroma of caramel and light bread, hops have a light note of perfume and grapefruit peel, yeast has a moderate smell of dough, and pepper and solvent were also noted. Head is creamy, a little off white, it has almost no lacing but the body of the beer coated the glass fairly well, and the head was mostly lasting. Color is a clear mahogany. It starts heavily sweet and lightly acidic, then finishes moderately sweet and bitter and lightly acidic. Body is medium to full, creamy textured, and has a lively carbonation. It finishes lightly dry without astringency. The aroma threw me off a little, but the great flavor more than made up for it. Nice rounded flavors though out.

Nice amber color and low carbonation. Like they say, perfect for a cold night. Drink a 6 pack and you’ll feel warm and fuzzy swimming naked in a vat of icewater, assuming you don’t die. I’d recommend letting it age a bit, just cracked open a bottle from 2005 for comparison that I enjoyed a bit better.

The color was amber/ruby. The head was creamy, off-white, and thin. The aroma was sweet malt, tart, dark fruit, and alcohol. The flavor was English sweet malt, dark fruit, aged, and alcohol. The palate was thick-bodied and smooth. The finish was warm and long-lasting.

Pours a reddish amber with a thin orange head. The aroma is sweet, light, playfullly fruity, not as serious as the Big Worse I just had. Much less offensive, light alcohol, hidden behind a white wine fruitiness. The flavor is sweet, rich, slightly waxy, alcohol, fruity, less basementy than some English BWs. Nice warm palate and waxy lasting finish.

12oz bottle.Pours deep red,. Tan head, good lacing, aroma is hops and toffee. Taste is sweet with lots of hops. Big beer but no tast of alcohol. Awesome beer.

12oz. bottle - pours deep red with a very small head which quickly all but disappeared. Aroma has quite a lot of hops and sweetly fruity malt with toffee and caramel in the background. Flavour is very similar and very smooth, with the warming alcohol perfectly integrated at the back of the throat along with honey. It’s not syrupy but the mouthfeel is extremely full and thick...wonderful! Great barleywine.

My first ever barleywine, and still my favorite (unless I get my hands on an Angels Share perhaps). Local store has 2005 and 2004 vintages available for sale, though they are similar in taste as far as I can tell. Deep red in color with very light head, lacing throughout. Very sweet but incredibly well balanced. Smooth going down, no wonder Victory has a limit on how many draft Horizontals you can buy! Alcohol very well hidden

Bouteille de 12 oz obtenue via un échange avec Dmac621. Arôme: Odeur de malt caramélisé et d’houblons. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée foncée avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un moyen col mousseux et d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel et d’houblons avec une pointe de miel. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence d’houblons en arrière goût. (Rating #1359)