Victory Ten Years Alt

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

Hard to put a finger on this one. It’s good, just different. Sort of hoppy and bitter with a slightly thick sweetness. Had a strange aftertaste. I haven’t had many of this style though, could just be me.

Bottle- Pours a dark brown muddy color. Small off white heead. Crisp clean but flavorful body. Hints of chocolate and dark fruit present themselves nicely with a german hop finish.

Clear Dark Orange. 1 finger head. Malty cherry nose. Little dry on the palate. Good balance between malt and hop. Quite enjoyable.

Nice deep ruby/rust color. Off-white creamy regular-sized head. Malty bread aroma with some allspice. Slightly bready malt with a touch of hops, some estery sweetness and cinnamon spice. Good overall and balanced beer.

Pour is hazed amber with a tthin dense tan head...dark fruits and grain pour out of the glass and into my nose...alcohol is quite apparent in the flavor...along with some more dark fruits...alcohol becomes even more prevalent as it warms...finish is lingeringly bitter...

24.07.06 Re-rate This beer has become stinky with a sour body odor aroma. Background has gained notes of butter and legumes (lima beans), peppery spices, and soy beans. Long, lingering spice ans sourness persists. I still think it’s authentic, but I’m less enthused about where it’s headed. 5 4 7 3 12, RB score averaged.

05.16.06 12oz bottle, undated but apparently a special release for the anniversary. Hazed stuff, ruby-copper colored with glowing amber highlights. the head is small but lasting in a tan film. Aroma is encouraging with a round mixture of earth (mineral, wet grain field), spice (black pepper), and fruit. The hops are potent enough that they mask any trace of the high ABV. The flavor is exciting as it fills the mouth and returns strongly in the retronasal -- slightly boozy, reminding of mildly rummy raisins or prunes when they’re quite young and juicy, not bitter hops but earthy, and ever present, and richly endowed with delicious and toasty malts. Creamy and full mouthfeel is outstanding and carbonation seems perfectly done with only the slightest tingle at the back of the tongue, complimenting the wonderful finish of lingering pepper, mineral, and toasty barley. This beer is good enough to bring new life into a style I’d been bored with as of late. Wish I bought more than two bottles.

Dark copper body with a small tan head. Malty aroma with faint dark fruit and a mild hops. Flavor: blend of malt and hops - slightly bitter, mild bread, a faintly peppery; dry aftertaste includes alcohol and bread.

On-tap at Dee’s. Like a smooth barleywine. Interesting and good. Tea light brown colour, nuts and malt, grapes,molasses, vanilla. roasted barley. Hop in aroma. Medium mouthfeel. Suitable carbonation.