Victory Old Horizontal

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

Sweet fruity aroma, mahogany colour, no head. Very thick beer with an almost imperceptable flood of bubbles that tingle my lips as I sip. My mouth gets coated by this beer. It almost seems like candy, very sweet with a hint of hops. I can see why this beer is in the top fifty.

bottled 12-03-04dumped into a snifter glass to give off an orange/redish body with a white ring around the glass.i gathered a lovely aroma of red liquorice,hops,and cotton candy.the flavor was much in the same.i was surprised at how well balanced this was considering its age.very smooth and drinkabke,yet still full of that barleywine flavor.yummy.RE-RATE 3-07-07-WOW either this went down hill (like storm king did)or this just isnt the b.w. ithought it was.a little thin,a little watery...damn is it me?

pjk33 is worth a Deuce! (In a heterosexual sense, of course.) Pours nicely with a strong head, and the strength doesn’t let up. Syrupy dark fruit consisting of raisin, plumb, and black cherry swirled together and fermented with a nice touch of sweet malt. The bittering hops keeps it from being to cloying. Alcohol is more noticeable as it warms. Make sure you have nothing pressing to do for a few hours after this one. Awesome.

Bottle. Dark amber colour with a big beige head. Heavy malty, caramel, hoppy aroma and taste. Medium to full body with a sweet light dry, light alcoholic finish. Great!!!

Pours deep amber with a small amount of yellow-tan head. Sweet and spicy aromas, with deep orange hoppiness. Ripe plum fruitiness and alcohol show as it warms. Rich, sweet and fruity tastes, with a nice clinging hop bitterness. Pleasantly warming. Mouthfeel is big and chewy without being syrupy--a tough thing to pull off in this style. Generally, I’m not a huge barleywine fan. So many seem overly sweet and one dimensional. This however, is a superior brew, full of interest and very well crafted.

Brownish garnet in color. Large head for a barleywine - creamy, about 1/4" thick, off-white to grey. Aroma is sweet floral hops, honey, brown sugar and roses. Flavor is sweet and hoppy; honey and granny smith apples. Body is smooth, good levels of carbonation. Thins and mellows a bit near the end. Good hops and malts balance. Finish is mouth watering and light. Hard to believe that this one’s 11%. Thanks to lamas for the bottle!

Excellent beer, very strong. Great dark red color with little to no head. Aroma is alcohol and hops. Flavor is very hoppy, with a bit of sweet caramel malt and a nice palate cleaning alcohol finish.

Bottle courtesy of HogTownHarry. Bottled Dec.’04. Pours a very bubbly murky dark amber-orange with a lasting average size off-white head. Fantastic aroma of sweet malt, caramel, lots of floral hops, pine, brown sugar and alcohol -- lots going on there and it’s very lovely. Delicious flavour follows the aroma -- it isn’t as big as some Barley Wines, not as hoppy or boozy, but in a good way -- it’s really smooth and goes down really easy. Medium to full bodied. A truly wonderful Barley Wine, one of the best in my opinion, and definitely one of my favourites.