Victory Festbier

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

bottle - Pours clear light amber with a one finger off white head. It has a bready, caramel malt aroma. The flavor is sweet, rich caramel malt with just a touch of fruitiness. it finishes with very mild hops presence. This very quaffable medium bodied brew is a good example of the style.

Pours out a nice clear orangy amber that reminds me of pumpkins and ancient bugs. Also has disappearing white head. Smells like a nice Oktoberfest which is past its prime, which makes sense since this is several months out. It’s got nice sweet malt, roasty, chestnut, and bread notes. The taste is like the aroma good bready malt, with Oktoberfest sweetness. The palate is pretty thin, but enjoyable. Overall this is a fine brew, another good one from Victory.

Bottle. Pours a crystal clear pale brown with some small bubbling. Bready pretzel-like nose with a strong malt character (caramel?). Flavors are very sweet malt. Very simple. Mouth is a little sticky from all the sweetness. Nothing special but an okay brew!

On tap at the Jet Rock bar in the Philadelphia airport. Ambar colour with slight head. Nice malty sweet aroma. Balanced malty flavour and hops.

Clear amber, moderate white head. Straighforward caramel malt aroma and flavour, with a hint of fruit (cherries?). Surprisingly average, coming from Victory.

12oz bottle. Pours a clear reddish copper with a one finger head that dissipates leaving little lacing. The aromas are bready malt, earthy hops and slightly metallic. The flavor is dry with biscuit malt, with a light sweetness that is matched and balanced by a herbal and earthy hop flavor. The body is medium with a crisp carbonation that sits well on the tongue

The amber bodied beer was amply carbonated, and readily formed a durable three finger thick, head. The smell was sweet and malty with slight hints of cooked corn. The taste was driven by honey dipped bread sweetness of the malt with some counter taste by spicy hops. The body was thicker than typical for the style and aftertaste had a touch of sourness. One of the better festbiers I’ve had.

Bottle from Stan at Lone Hill. Color and aroma are decent, but flavor is super average. Not quite red, just grainy with minimal malt. Refreshing because its so thin, which is the only attribute.