Victory Prima Pils

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Pilsener
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Bottle at Eulogy, Philadelphia, in the company of Loz, Casey and Traci on my fortieth birthday, 16-11-08. This was our second visit of the evening we walked just 5-6 doors away to have a Mexican meal and then we were back. This was one another one of Caseys beers and again a decent shout. Pours a lemony yellow colour with a white film head. The Saaz hops are really strung out, good classy, crisp bite to this, some sweetness, its very simply but well done and I my opinion that is how a Pilsner should be. A6 A4 F7 P4 OV16 3.7

Bottled. Pale yellow. Airy, lemony nose. Thin body. Citrus, vanilla and metal flavour. Reminiscent to Jämtlands President. True micro brew but more of a German Style than Czech.

Bottle poured a clear pale yellow with a diminishing white head. Aromas of bread, straw, light citrus and a hint of corn. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of straw, graininess and light citrus with a crisp lightly bitter finish.

Bottle. I’m not a Pilsener fan but I trust Victory to surprise me. Pours a clear bubbly gold with an average size lasting white head. Very nice looking. I’m not loving the aroma, there’s something about it that I don’t care for very much. The flavour is that of a Pilsener but you can actually taste hops and it’s quite tasty. This is probably hoppier than a Pilsener should be but I’m not complaining, it’s an improvement. Kudos to Victory for making a Pilsener that I really like, it’s probably the best one I’ve had -- now if they could do something about that aroma.

Thanks to ClarkVV for this brew. Bottle. Pours hazy yellow with some slow small bubbles and a frothy white head that minimize. Sweet yeast (dough, sweat) and malt (hay, straw, meal) aroma with citrus hop notes. Bitter acidic citrus hop flavor with a dry yeast finish. Light and fizzy palate, dry.

Draft at Gordon Ramsay’s at the London, New York. Great that even two star restaurants have craft beers nowadays. Full malty flavour, hoppy aroma, dry crisp finish. An ideal food companion.

The description says full frothy head, they ain’t sh*ttin’ here. Straw yellow color with light lemon zest taste. Bitter hops behind the earthy flavor. Light and nicely done. <Rerate 8-18-08>. Every time I have this beer, I like it more and more. Fresh hops and doughy malts. Crisp and as addictive as crack.

Bottle best by May 2006 (rated in April 06). Pours a very lightly hazy golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma of sweet malts, honey, grains and some light hops. Flavor was dry and bitter. Also with some citrus, grains and grassiness. Really nice Pilsener (not a style I get too much out of but this was one was very solid).