Victory Prima Pils

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

Pours a beautiful, brilliantly clear dark gold, with a pure white head of dense foam that remains a small cap on the beer throughout the glass. Aroma is hugely hoppy, with notes of green grass, some apple, and hints of alcohol. On subsequent sniffs, malt sneaks in as an afterthought. Flavor is hoppy upfront, with lots of noble character, backed by a significant malt backbone and a nice medium body to support the strength of the flavor profile. Overall, this is a very clean lager, with a nice clean tail, emphasizing noble hops throughout, but with a significant malt background. Did I mention all the hops?

Wow what a pilsener! Huge hoppy aromas, earthy/grassy. Clear Golden in color with a large white mostly lasting head. Very bitter hop flavor with a very crisp and clean finish. One of the best pilseners out there.

Pours a very pale gold with a thin snow white head. Not much head retention but some persistent lace. Fizzy but not overly so. Smells of grassy pale malt. Nice hop aromas, floral and citrus in the nose. Taste is grassy and with a crisp, bitter hops finish. Floral and hints of grapefruit in the flavor profile. While crisp, the malt is actually a bit sticky in the mouth. I would like the mouth to be a bit more crisp and the stickiness to be muted but this is a damn tasty pilsener anyway. Really smooth and very drinkable. Oh how refreshing this beer is on a warm Georgia afternoon and oh how bitter I will be when this six-pack is gone and there is no more Victory of any kind to be found in this state.

12oz bottle at Williams in Uptown, Minneapolis. Poured gorgeous, bright straw-blonde into a shaker glass with a small, creamy white head and a hint of chill haze that quite enhanced the color. Aroma is wonderful without being too obtrusive: crisp and lightly hoppy, pleasant teensy whisp of DMS. Flavor is bitter and fairly crisp with just the right faint touch of DMS. Bright hop bitterness but not quite the clean, spicy hop flavor I’d expect in a pilsner. There is a surprising rich maltiness but without sweetness. Finish is moderately long and dry, quite refreshing, with lingering bitterness. Palate is rich and velvety but not heavy, very surprising and quite nice (though it does make the beer a bit less quaffable than a traditional pils). Overall the hop flavor is somewhat lacking the classic pilsner character but the beer is otherwise superb.
After finishing the glass, I noticed "Enjoy By Nov 21 05" on the label, which may explain the missing hop flavor. I hope to try a fresher bottle sometime, because I was very impressed on the whole.
Subsequent fresher bottles have showed excellent spicy hop character. This is probably my favorite beer suitable for everyday drinking with food (sorry, Stone IPA!)

Victory Prima Pils 12 oz bottle Medium pour in a Pilsner glass Recent brewing, primed 11/06 Poured a hazy bright yellow with an average white mostly lasting frothy head. Smelt of moderate bread, dough and perfume. Taste was upfront moderate pine and light sweet pineapple followed by a strong pine bitterness and a light white bread kick on an long bitter flowery finish. Palate was light to medium bodied, crisp and dry, fizzy and lightly astringent. Overall, this is what a pilsner should taste like. No doubt.

Right from the Victory Brewery tap. Poured a nice light clear and golden yellow. The head does not stay long but there is lacing from start to finish. The hop aroma is wonderful and spicy. The carbonation is not overbearing and is a pleasant change from those less carbonated heavy beers. The hop flavors dominate initially but give way to a bready/malty bitter finish. This beer is very drinkable, light and refreshing and does not overdue the bitterness. I don’t consider myself a "hop-head" but this beer just does it right. Excellent!

very hoppy aroma/flavor...goes down fairly smooth...definately a good beer to drink

Another great beer from Victory. Excellent hops and bitterness. Someone else mentioned "crisp", not sure I can describe it better.