Victory Prima Pils

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

(12 ounce beer - pint glass) Pours a light yellow golden color. Light head but it still has a great thick lacing. Aroma is an equal balance of malt and hops. Citrus hops matched with a hay malt. Taste is more hops but it is not overpowering like alot of ipa’s I have had. Downside to that is the mouthfeel is a little watery. Lively carbonation, thin body and oily texture. Overall I think this will make a great session beer.

Bottle. Yellow with a nice white head. Tastes like grapefruit, bubblegum, and is very sweet. Hoppy dry finish. Very drinkable, excellent example of the style.

Bottle. Cloudy yellow with loose white head. Aroma is floral with grass, grain, and citrus. Flavors of grapefruit, melon, strawberry, and bubblegum. Very hoppy with dry finish. Not very malty. Soft texture with light body. An inviting drinkability.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a golden color with a decent white head. Surprising aromas of pine. Also aroma of dough on a deep inhale. Grapefruit and grassy flavors. Tastes like a hybrid b/w an IPA and a Pilsener. Light to medium bodied. Pretty heavy carbonation. It’s overall rating is high due to its nuances and textures.

(bottle). Cloudy golden color. Medium white head. Light citrus aroma. Flavor of light malt, light hop spiciness, and light lemon. Avg duration. Slightly dry finish. Thin texture. Moderate carbonation. Fair lacing.

Sweet grassy bread hop aroma. Big white foamy head that disappeared quickly with bubbles clearly seen thru yellow golden body. Sweet, bubbly, clean hoppy taste.

12oz bottle. Pours clear pale yellow with a small head that goes away a bit fast. Nose quite citrusy, quite malty and quite hoppy. Taste is malty and crisp. quite bitter, especially on the finish. Quite dry. Quite drinkable. Overall this looks quite bitter and not as fruity and malty as some other good pils I had. Let’s blame it on the uncertain freshness of the bottle !

I have very little experience with Pils, most of it unimpressive, but I was quite pleased with this beer. The aroma in a Pils is usually my least favorite part, but Prima has a nice mild citrus aroma that I find capable if not downright pleasing. The head is quite impressive, and the color is exactly what you’d expect from a Pils; I don’t really know what a 2 score for appearance would be, and I’m trying to be fair to the style on the score. Taste has the somewhat spicy note of the Saaz that you usually see in Pilsners, but it’s a bit more aggressive and has nice lemon zest finish. This is a very good beer, even a great one, and it’s eminently drinkable. I just wish this was the kind of beer we could buy for 7 bucks a sixer, or at least 12 for 12.