Victory Abbey 5

Formerly brewed at Victory Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Not a great beer at all, not terrible, I wouldnt buy it again. I was expecting substantially more. tasted like a second runnings of Victory V12. sweet, thin, boring.

On tap, at brewery. Pours a clear dark copper body with a small fizzy off-white head that faded to a thin film. Light nose, some light fruity malt and soft belgian yeast character. A touch of light caramel sweetness. Light and airy flavor with some floral perfumy hops over the lightly malty base. I like the spicy hoppy mix. Mouthfeel is light and airy with nice fizzy lively carbonation. Lingering floral hops. Very nice, went well with my fish and chips.

Light amber color with small fleet white head. Very standard for the style, like sweetness to it. Prefer the Abby 6 or 8.

On tap at La Cave du Vin
Spending a relaxing Sunday evening at La Cave this was my first pint. The price might have been a little steep but it wasn’t a bad beer. Depending on the price it would make a great sessionable Belgian ale. At the very least I could drink two or three as it has enough flavor to be interesting but not enough to wear down the palate.

Aroma / Appearance - The golden rosy body was hard to see in the dim light but still had a certain light airiness. Yeast with a meld of fresh hay, white bread hot from the oven, and low key hops filled the air with a mellow experience.

Flavor / Palate - Honeydew melon, straw, yeast (like that you would use in sourdough), and a light tartness give this a nice punch. Without being aggressive it has more presence than your typical fizzy lager in a can. The dry finish tastes a bit like brett might have been added but it is hard to tell. Too many of these would certainly wear you down but two or three would make for a nice evening.

20100306 tap at brewpub. Light amber color with small fleet white head. Aroma is nicely phenolic with bubblegum yeasts and some earthy and leafy notes holding up Belgian floral overtones. Spritzy eff lightens up the palate in a pleasant way. Not at all sweet, just clean, solid, easy mild Belgian ale across the board. It actually strikes me as a milder, Belgian inspired Hop Devil. How nice. They should can this and sell it for cheap. I’d buy the heck out of it.

On tap at HopCat, Grand Rapids. Hazy orange-brown body, thick buff head. Herbal nose with strong, soapy, perfumy, bitter hops and toast. Dryish, creamy body with herbal hops and a bitter finish. More-or-less a pale ale with a subdued malt profile.

Tap at Victory and BCWC 2010 back to back days for tasting. Pours a nice clear light copper- thin lasting white head. Aroma is refined prickly phenolic belgian yeast, nice vienna and toasty biscuit-like malts, light toffee and caramel, some fruity peachy esters as it warms, hints of pepper and earth as well. Flavor is clean- toasted malts, biscuit, bready, slight sharp caramel-toffee, earth phenolic, light earthy pepper- and moderate fruits- seemed almost too refined and too clean, but still damn easy drinking and nice.

Clear amber nice lacing fading head.. Aroma dominated by belgian yeast with some clove... Flavor of belgian yeast, banana, clove, with a dry finish with notes of a winter spice, possibly allspice... Notes of fruits, lots of carbonation... Not a big fan of belgian amber ales...

I think this may be more specifically a Belgian pale ale, because of the hop presence in this beer. There was quite a bit of hops in the nose and in the body. The beer poured an amber color with a huge off-white head that laced around the egdges of the glass. Besides the hops present, the nose also featured a bit of caramel, earth and Belgian yeast. The flavors were very balanced and smooth. If you could include a Belgian beer in the session category, I think this would definitely make the grade. The Abbey 5 was very smooth and drinkable. It’s one of those beers you could sit down and enjoy all night. Along with the hoppy flavors, I got a good tone of Belgian yeast, a bit of candi sugar, caramel, bread and earth from the flavors. This was definitely a very enjoyable and drinkable beer.

Draft at Victory. Poured clear amber in color with a sticky white head that left great lacing on the glass. Aroma of sweet caramel malts, Belgian yeast esters, lightly fruity. Tastes of caramel, dark fruits, banana, nuts, toasted bread. Nice mouth feel and body. Not bad.