Victory V12

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

750 ml. Color is a deep, murky honey brown. Pours with a nice two finger, creamy head. Aroma slightly sweet, hints of citrus, also malts. Moderate amount of carbonation, slightly slick mouthfeel. Taste is spicy, with a nice balance between bitter and sweet, with bitter winning out towards the finish. Hints of yeast and floral flavors too. Nice brew, you can definitely feel the 12% after drinking a bit.

750ml bottle. Pours a nice amber, thick tan foam. Smell of bread, citrus, some spices, very sweet and malty but very much like a Belgian. The 12% abv is well hidden in the flavor, but gives a nice pleasant tingle in the gut. Love this stuff.

750ml bottle corked, one of the hardest tops to get off i’ve ever seen... (thats what she said), but for serious the cork broke and i had to use a screw. Anywho, The pour was about average for the style, maybe a bit better. Nose is of coriander, citrus, hops. Taste is what makes this brew stand out spicy, floral, and yeasty notes blend near perfectly.. hard to pick up on the 12%. Leaves a short bitter finish. Body is medium.. vaguely syrupy.

Bottled Oct 6 2007. Smells like maple syrup, with caramel and toffee aromas. Cherry, dough and date notes as well, with noticeable alcohol. Elegant burgundy red with a tiny tan head. Super hot taste, with tons of strong sugars and unbalanced malts. Very sticky, spicy and sweet, with notes of ginger and clove. It’s quite tasty, with many fruit layers unfolding and a hint of graininess, but it needs many years in order to be tamed. A great take on an Abt for sure.

Bottle. Pours a clear copper with a small quickly fading white head that leaves minimal lacing. Aroma of sweet malt, light caramel, light fruit, and alcohol. Taste is the same as aroma. Full mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness and warm but never hot alcohol. Very good.

13 months in the bottle. Clear copper color with a fleeting head. Nice cotton candy sweet, mildly boozy smell. Med. bodied with a prickly mouthfeel. A tangy, citrusy fruit taste stays tart to the end. Finishes as a boozy gut warmer. As the brew warms the flavor turns syrupy sweet. Belgians are still masters of the Quads. 92205(82704 bot)

From a 750ml bottle--Poured a deep amber-copper body with a thick white head. Nose of candy sugar and Belgian yeast. Apply and bitter sweet. Some bubblegum hints in there, too. Strong burst of alcohol in finish as beer warmed up. Very nicely constructed brew.

Hey Big Boy, strong and powerful. Deep ruby jewel tone crowned by an inch of thick white foam. Nose is candy, watermelon, apple, and floating alcohol. Slick, soft mouthfeel. Flavor is cherry pie filling. One dimensional. A potent sipper but lacks the depth and complexity to make it a compelling beer. The backbone makes me think it’d be a good one to verticalize.