Victory Yakima Twilight

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

12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear deep reddish copper color with a large pillowy beige head that collapses into a blanket of fine bubbles and leavesthick lacing. The aroma is citrus and spicy hops with mild amounts of dark malt, caramel and honey. The more I swirl the glass provides additional pine notes. The flavor is more hop heavy with citrus and pine seeming to stand out. Bitterness is moderate with maybe not enough sweetness to balance things. The malt comes off as a secondary partner in this brew and is bready with caramel. Mouthfeel is medium-full, lingering bitterness with no sign of alcohol. Light yeast, resin and some bready notes. Rating #199 for this beer.

Bottle: The aroma consists of chocolate, roasted nuts, and lots of grapefruit and piney hops. It pours a very dark reddish-brown that is mostly transparent when held to the light along with a small off-white head that fades quickly to a thin film. The flavor starts with chocolate and faint caramel. The finish has moderate notes of roasted nuts along with pine and grapefruit hops. Medium bodied with mild carbonation .

Very hoppy character. Aroma is of hops and pine. Complex beer that finishes sharp. Has a lot of character... grassy, roasted, pine, slight hint of caramel. Very hoppy IPA with alittle extra edge.

Bottle, $2.25 from Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville. Pours a slightly murky brown with a 2" tan head. Sour hop notes in the nose. Flavors of soap and sour hops. OK, not great.

Don’t judge a beer by its label. Lable. Damn, they both look wrong. It must be all the beer I drunk. Drank? Shit. Thought this was going to be amber hop bomb, based on the... bottle. Pours dark frigging red brown with latte colored thick head. Nose is stinky sweet malt and hops. Stinks damnit. Taste is nice sharp malt and hops. Good spiciness. Wet sweet in mouth. Leaves gritty feel on palate. Hoppy and sweet, but with darkness behind. Interesting brew. Complex, but not amazing. Good beer. Whole is greater than sum of parts.

Bottle thanks to blutt59. The smell is hops, pine, caramel, and pretty good. The look is amber in color and has an ok off white head. the taste is bitterness, pine, caramel, and fruits.

Like an American Style Barley Wine with less body, still rich and sticky with a lot of crystal malt and some Munich character, hops are there mostly in flavor and bitterness, but are not crisp or identifiable. Typical Victory house yeast character is apparent is this one. Good but not outstanding. Needs more hop aroma for what they are going for, try more dry hops or more late addition hops. Cheers, Alex

Slammed this bastard from the bottle. Full body. Lots of bitterness upfront. Some pine needles and oranges and then WOAH. Holy alcohol. You can taste all 9%. Slammed a couple and felt good.