Victory Ten Years Alt

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

Pours to a deep caramel color with a quickly dissapaiting head. The aroma is faint, sweet and yeast like. The taste is very good, well balanced between hops and malt. The finish is bitte, with a very nice dose of hops. Another solid brew from victory.

Glass: Concave Pilsener Purchased at: Canal’s Discount Liquors, Burlington, NJ - Thanks, Mike! Price: $1.89 Size: 12 fl oz ABV: 8.5 % IBU: Estimated Calories: 175 C RateBeer Rating: 84 Aroma 8 out of 10 Intensity: Medium Balance: Sweet Impression: Nice Malt Flavor: Grain Bread Sweet Toast Hops Flavor:Earth Floral Other: Hops, bit of mold Notes: A very nice aroma, though somewhat faint for the flavor. Appearance 5 out of 5 Color: Copper Clarity: Brilliant Head Retention: Persistent Notes: A stunningly beautiful beer. It is a deep copper under an off white head that won’t quit. Very nice. Flavor 9 out of 10 Intensity: Strong Balance: Nicely balanced between Sweet and Bitter Impression: Nice Malt Flavor: Grain Bread Sweet Toast Hops Flavor: Earth Floral Herbal Other: Wheat, hops, honey Notes: A surprisingly hoppy beer, and delicious. Dark, roasty, and deep. A great beer. Palate 5 out of 5 Mouthfeel Sensation: Creamy Warming Body: Full Carbonation: Lively Finish Length: Long Intensity: Strong Balance: Bitter Notes: The finish is one of the best parts of this beer. Thanks again, Victory. General Impression: 18 out of 20 Craftmanship: Excellent Freshness: Fresh Personal Taste: Liked Notes: A great achievement in both your history and this beer. Fine job, and keep it coming.

I did not realize this was getting released again. Wahoo!! This beer is beautiful. Deep reddish brown hues with a strong, thick, creamy beige head that leaves nice lacing. Smells a bit weird, with some sulfur and sewage notes, but mostly its a hop bomb in the nose with citric, piney and floral notes. Some sweet caramel and chocolate undertones hide in there as well. Super smooth and creamy taste. Very complex and hoppy, but enough subtle malts to balance it all out. A little bit of cardboard is my only complaint. Caramel, cocoa, butterscotch, pine, orange and loads more. This is a really great beer, but far from anything I’d consider an altbier, sticke or otherwise.

I found this to be excellent and couldn’t buy enough before it was gone. An impressive, full bodied alt with roasted malt and hop aroma and flavor. Spicy lingering hop aftertaste.

Bottle: pours a redish brown with a thick, frothy white head, aroma of hops, caramel and roasted malts, taste is malty as would be expected, lots of burnt caramel flavor as well, a nice bitter aftertaste as well, fairly full mouthfeel. Pretty good stuff.

This has to be a really old bottle because it poured an opaque orangy color with barely any head. Flavor seems a bit oxidized. Overall this isn’t a fair rating, because i’m positive this is a really old bottle.

Bottle. Brown pout with a small head. Roasted malt aroma and taste. hops lingering in the back. Not bad

Another beer shared by Robert!!! Overall different but good. Brownish in color. Taste was roasted malts, a little dry and hoppy. Sweet as well. Medium texture. Good beer. Thanks again robert!