Victory Wild Devil Ale

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

Bottle:   Deep amber, redish tint, large rocky off-white head, sticky lacing.   Cross between a hoppy and Belgian like nose.   Tastes like a Pale Ale crossed with a Belgian.   Decent hop bite, a little bready, fiery.   American Pale Ale with a distinct Belgian flair.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Decent balance between Belgian and American Pale Ale.   Not a big fan of the style, but this one does a decent balancing job.

750 ml bottle from Bev4less. Pours a cloudy copper color with a big rocky white head that has fair retention. The aroma is strong with spicy fruits, perfume and something decidedly medicinal. The flavor has more perfumy floral crap but with a sour edge. The palate is full and smooth, with lively carbonation. The finish is short and dry. Overall: Not my cup o tea.

750ml corked and caged bottle. Pours a translucent, amber with a thin white head. The aroma was a good mix of IPA and sour, a little funky, a little grassy, some lemon hops, some pine. Flavor was well balanced, lemons, grapefruit, grass, earth, slight caramel, light cracker, some lactic sourness. Medium bodied with a slightly sour finish. I might have tried this too late for the hops and too soon for the funk.

750ml corked and caged bottle.Amber-brown color with a massive off-white head. Lots of sour funk in the aroma, as well as some crisp hops with citrus tones. Wow, the wild yeast really turn this one into a new creature. Bitter and hoppy still, there is an in your face sour edge to the beer, not quite as sour as an authentic lambic, more merged into the big picture.. There are also some smooth caramel malt tones. This is quite a unique beer, with a lot of flavors going on. The aroma has probably turned a little, considering the bottle is almost 9 months old. Very new school, experimental, and quite fascinating, I find myself reinterpreting this beer after each sip, noticing some other subtle nuance.

Dumped this into trappist glass with a thick white head, the color is a cloudy orange amber with some suspended particles in it. The nose is very floral and sour, You can really smell the hops used as well as the funky yeast strain. As you sip on you can taste the caramel malt and resin hops, blended with the funk. The acidity and funk sticks to the side walls of your mouth. Overall it has a great carbonation and well blended flavor, really like the use of the funky yeast strain.

750ml bottle. Pours amber with a lively two finger off-white head. Maintains a nice cap down the glass. Some nice lacing. My first brett experience. Aroma is yeasty, bready, some light fruits, banana, citrus, some spice, and that funk I was expecting. Flavor follows suit, funky, yeasty, bread, citrus, somewhat sour, and spice. Mostly dry finish. High carbonation. Nice, I’m intrigued.

Draught (keg) at the White Horse American Beer Festival, July 2009. Ginger colour. Weirdly sweet and sour. The sour funk mingles with candy floss. Lots going n here but much of it is quite difficult to describe. Unusual, interesting and strangely appealing

Bottle Thanks to ditmier for sharing. Pours out a dark amber with some orange highs. Topped with a tall cream head. Aroma is of brett, bread, some yeast and spic. Taste a lot more of the bread yeast and spice. A little citrus zest and some malt.