Victory Old Horizontal

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

On tap @ Coles Buffalo NY. Pours deep reddish brown. Sweet aroma with floral hops, dried fruit character.with hint of rubbing alcohol smell. Pretty full flavor & body. Sweet malts followed again by dried fruit & some alcohol taste. Definately a sipper

Bottle from Spirit Haus. Amber body. Short head. Caramel and malty nose. Taste of dark fruits, also hops. Malts towards the end. Strong alcohol level well-hidden. Excellent.

Bottled Dec. 29, 2004. Pours a cloudy burnt orange. Tan, thin, quickly disappearing head. Nose is sweetly hoppy with a light caramel and citrus quality. Initial alcohol burn is replaced by a warm sweetness, somewhat like brandied oranges. Traces of winter spices show as it warms. Suprisingly clean, crisp finish for a heavier beer. SO easy drinking! Be careful, all that alcohol will sneak up on you! An excellent barley wine. A Victory indeed!

Bottle at Chris’, thanks joet. Reddish brown, fizzy with little head. A nice sweet and malty barley wine with plenty of hop balance. Alcohol present throughout. I detected some mild vomit character that I also got from Hop Devil, odd. Still very nice

Body is a brownish ruby, with a cream head that lasts. The aroma is dried fruit, chocolate, and honey. Taste is sweet with butterscotch, caramel, chocolate. Very nice barleywine.

Not as impressed as I thought I’d be. Looks beautiful, with a mahogany body and large khaki head. Spiderweb lacing. Complex aroma: sour malt, floral perfumed hops and a touch of wet dog. Lots of alcohol up front in the nose. Flavor is moderate malted sweetness along with a vinous sourness. Not great... simply good.

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Thanks to beachbum for this bottle! Pours a hazy shade of amber with fluffy head and wonderful lacing. Woody alcoholic aroma. Malts, caramel, and figs and a toffee dry finish.

As it turns out my exhuberance for this one was quite irrational. The more I have had it, both fresh and aged, the more dissapointed I am. It seems to develop phenolic properties very quickly as it ages. It also seems to oxidize quickly. I am not sure if this is a recent trend with this beer s I first tried it in 2003, when it was very good fresh. The 04 vintage was no nearly as good. Bummer.

(10/4/9/5/19 - 4.7) 2003 Vintage - Sparkling clear ruby orange body topped by a gorgeous creamy off-white head. Lacing is superb. Aroma is massive floral-citric hops backed by a nice balance of spicy caramel malt. Wow this smells good! The flavor is also amazing, all the aroma develop into a burst of flavor on the palate. Bitterness and sweetness are perfectly balanced. The body is huge and thick, the 11% ABV is masked but it really warms the throat after the swallow. Overall a top 5 beer for me!