Victory Festbier

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

Pours deep golden with amber tints and no head at all, just soapy white rings around the surface of the beer. Nose was pilsner malt, caramelled malt, slight hops, moderate apple juice, and cereal. The taste is mild apple juice, pilsner, cereal, and slight hops. Mouthfeel is refreshing. Decent marzen but not great, something is wrong with this beer but can’t pin it down.

Sample at the Oktoberfest tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 9/23/10. Clear amber pour with a thick tan head. Aroma of malt, thick caramel and earthy hops. Malty aroma with some nuttiness and some crisp, bitter hops.

Pours a very clean copper color with a thin, quick fading, off-white head. Aroma has a modest fruity nose with notes of apple, tobacco and a solid toasted malt presence that seems to compliment the sweetness. Flavor starts off with a very nice toasted note, some light nuttiness, mild spicy noble hops presence late along with a very light fruity sweetness to finish it out. Brew has a modest body with a low amount of carbonation and a pretty crisp texture. An enjoyable brew as a whole and an above average example of an Oktoberfest. Very good brew with cigars as the light noble hops and malt really compliment the cigar smokiness.

Pours burnt orange with white head. Aroma is caramel and grass. Taste is sweet and malty. Smooth mouthfeel, nice crisp finish.

Victory Brewing Company Victory Festbier--A Rich Amber Lager In The Tradition Of Oktoberfest--2010 12 oz. Bottle. 5.60% ABV. 30 IBU’s? (4.25 / 5.0) Oktoberfest--Marzen. Lacy medium off white head. Clear bright pretty rich thin fizzy head sustaining amber color. Immediately Quenching mild sweet biscuit caramel fruit hint tasty smooth Marzen Fest body. Mild sweet hop East Coast Lager malty fruit hint Fest! end. Sampled 9/13-14/2010. 6-Pack for $6.99 Purchased at The Ballard Market, Seattle, Washington 9/2/2010.

A very clear, orange-amber body with an off-white khaki head of moderate density and low persistence. A strong pilsner aroma with toasty malt sweetness, some apple-juice undertones, and a slightly hoppy sting. Smooth, medium body with a moderate hoppy sting. The flavor is deep pilsner and toasty graininess, with a mild carbonic bite at the end. A deliciously well crafted and smooth oktoberfest, with a sharp but sweet finish.

9/3/10. On tap in a pint glass. Plain, grainy aroma with a grainy, almost chocolatey flavor. Not bad.

A clean amber orange pour with a very light off white head. . A flavor that is a bit malty with a decent bitter finish. Mouthfeel is prettty solid. There was something not right with this one. Just don’t know what it is.