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Victory Prima Pils

Victory Prima Pils - Pilsener

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 Percentile 
92
overall
Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Pilsener

Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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14563.59/5.03.58/5.05.3%99.5Flute, Footed Pilsner
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Commercial Description:
Bottle: Filtered.
Ingredients: 2 row German pale malt; Czech Saaz, German Northern Brewer hops.
Heaps o’ hops are hiding under the full, frothy head of this elegant Pils. All German malt subtleties linger beneath a long dry finish of this classy quencher.
One of Michael Jackson’s 500 Classic Brews
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emgesp (10), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Feb 24, 2009  
Pours pale yellow with a nice fluffy white head. Some lacing that falls down. Aroma of noble spicy hops. Some lemon as well, but not much malt. Taste starts off with a lemon zest that follows through with a nice spicy bitterness that just tastes excellent. Not much malt complexity, but it shouldn’t be expected from a Pilsner. This beer with be appreciated for fans of noble hops, because this beer has noble hops aplenty. A light bodied and super refreshing beer. This is probably the best American Pilsner syle beer I’ve had. I also believe this is much better than Pilser Urquell, Czechvar, and Sam Adam’s lager. If you like true hoppy pilsner beers then you owe it to yourself to pick this one up.


Abeersnob (16), Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 24, 2009  
A good pils,pours a pale yellow little white head.Grassy aroma with a slight taste of spice,bitter refreshing aftertaste very decent pilsner.


 tarheels86 (703), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/515/20
Feb 24, 2009  
330 mL. Pours a clear pale yellow with a very nice two-finger off-white head that is thick and frothy and has good retention. Leaves very good lacing. Aroma of lemongrass, grain, corn, and a nice punch of Saaz hops. Taste is medium-bodied with biscuity malt and lots of bittering hops that creates almost a metallic taste but is not unpleasant. Creamy to metallic mouthfeel. Sort of spicy, bitter aftertaste. Good rendition of the Czech style.


jebb12 (39), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/55/103/511/20
Feb 23, 2009  
If a person wanted to purchase this product just for the smell they wouldn’t be wasting their $1.79. Grassy and earthy these hops are masterly incorporated into the brew; think wild clover, think freshly tilled soil or newly mowed hay in the morning glistening with dripping moisture or the lingering residual essence of vegetation on your hands after working in the garden, think summer and green leaves and bark on a sugar maple. I couldn’t get enough of putting my nose right in the glass.


foosnbrews (33), Parker, Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/105/511/20
Feb 19, 2009  
Beer pours light pale with lots of bubbles and a slight white head. Aroma is subdued with mild hop presense and pilsner malts. Flavor is not very descript. Hops are of grapefruit and their sharpness covers any malt presence. Beer finishes clean. Overall this beer is OK but nothing that stands out for the style


 nickd717 (1276), Palo Alto, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 10, 2009  
12oz bottle. About as good an example of the pilsner style as you can get. It’s just not a very interesting style overall. But I like that Victory nailed it (yeah Pennsylvania!). Golden-yellow color with a slightly fizzy white head that dissipates. Grassy aroma with nice sweet malt. Crisp and refreshing with slightly bitter grassy hops on the flavor and pale malty sweetness with some honey. Extremely drinkable.


 patrick767 (2016), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Feb 8, 2009  
bottle - Pours slightly hazy light gold with a one finger white head. The aroma is of floral hops and some bready malt. The flavor has that bready malt taking a backseat to the dry floral and grassy tasting hops. This light bodied brew is a pretty good session brew. I’m not convinced that rating it higher than the classic Pilsner Urqell is justified though, so I won’t.


 Ceebs25 (217), Naperville, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Feb 5, 2009  
12 oz bottle. The aroma on this is decent, but not overly impressive, very grassy, light citrus, and a good amount of mellow grains. Pretty pour for a pilsner with a medium starch white frothy head, decent carbonation, and a translucent golden yellow color. Right away in the taste, there a nice basic citrus bitterness, that gives way to the expected crisp grassy hop. Mellow grain malt is more interesting and sweet than most of its kind with a little bit of corn and honey. Nice feel, not too watery, quite crisp, with a good finish that brings everything together well. There are a few subtle things about this pilsner that make it fairly special for the style. Would be a go-to beer in the hot sun of the summer.



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