Victory Ten Years Alt

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

From a 12 oz. long neck brown bottle with a blurb on the left side of label and enjoy by date, Aug/01/06. Made a tasty appearance, poured a hazy reddish copper with a large foamy beige head that settled into a thin foamy lacing, fair amount of sticking, medium carbonation. Had a nice roasted malty nose, nutty and fresh german dark bready with a good herbal spiciness. A malty crisp, slick, textured and creamy smooth medium bodied mouth feel, good drinkability. Deliciously malty, roasted nuts and grain bready, followed by a spicy herbal hoppiness, cutting just under the malts to help maintain balance, a nice warming alcohol presence shows up towards the end and a dryish spicy and malty finish with a herbal alcohol warmth lingering in the palate. An excellent Altbier from Victory, tasty and balanced, dangerously quaffable.

Not too bad of a way to celebrate Victory’s ten-year anniversary. Has a deep orange body with a nice, thick beige/tan (take your pick) head. Very hoppy and quite malty (but not too much) .

Deep copper body with minimum carbonation and a sudsy beige head. Vinous red wine notes in the aroma plus plums, toasty bread, and alcohol. Medium, well-restrained sweetness with Munich malt character, a roasty edge, and somewhat coarse wood stem bitterness in the finish. Medium, somewhat flaccid body. Decent rendition of an alt.

Poured a dark amber with a cloudy body leaving a thick tan head in its wake. The smell is sweet initally caramel, pecan, grape juice with a freshly peeled grapefruit aroma. The taste starts with a sharp bitter bite very nice hop presence that excites the tongue. It is followed by a balancing sweetness of caramel, cooked sugar, sweetness. The finish is tannic with a whip of bitterness that has a tongue smacking presence in it. This is a great brew love this style and interpretation. Happy 10th Victory, keep up the good work!

12oz. bottle. Murky dark orange-brown with a thin film of light tan head. Ruddy, faintly toasty malt and spicy herbal hops in the aroma. Heavy herbal/vegetal hop component, tapers to fairly sweet malt with caramel and toasty tones. Lemony, grassy hop astringency in the finish with a fusel alcohol oiliness and some grain huskiness. Mouthfeel is medium, rather dry.

12 oz. bottle, sent by awesome trader slob - thanks Bert! This pours a cloudy medium chestnut color with a small but creamy beige head. Aroma of toasty-sweet malts and citrus with a slight yeast and dust character. Flavor is big time hoppy, but balanced well by the rich toasty malt undertones, hops are lemon, spruce and spice with a slight alcohol burn and a lingering citrus-astringent finish. Mediium body and gently foamy carbonation. Quite nice and a bit of a surprise based on my other experiences with the alt style. Very nice!

Bottle poured out with a copper color with a large tan head.The smell was of malt,sweetness and light hops.The taste was also refleceted in those smells,but I noticed as it got warmer it almost tasted like a barley wine.Good.

Bottle courtesy of doclock. Pours amber with a thin tan head. Smells of chewable vitamins, grapes and lemons. Tastes of pine, peppers and some sweet oranges and malt.