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Victory Festbier

Victory Festbier - Oktoberfest/Märzen

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 Percentile 
65
overall
Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen

Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5323.19/5.03.19/5.0Autumn5.6%79.9Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein
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Commercial Description:
Seductively smooth, this medium-bodied amber beauty is akin to the great Oktoberfest beers of Munich. All German hops make this lager true to style. Patient cold aging makes it wonderfully smooth. In bottles September through February
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 ChainGangGuy (2523), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 3, 2007  
Appearance: Pours a clear, reddish-brown body with a white head. Smell: Aroma of toasted malts with a bit of caramel and a light fruitiness. Taste: Bready maltiness with only a light caramel sweetness to it. Very, very light hint of roasted grain. Faint yeastiness. There’s a soft, tea-like bitterness on the dry, crisp finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Make no mistake, this beer may not be overly complex, but it is exceedingly drinkable, in every possible way. In fact, it’s the best Oktoberfest beer I’ve had all year (only two, as of writing this).


 SSSteve (2046), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Aug 30, 2007  
clear reddish/brown with a large creamy yellow head. aroma of biscuity malts and a touch of hops. flavors of toffee, toast, hops, and malt. medium bodied. nice toffee, biscuit finish. nothing spectacular, but a solid example of the style.


 bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Aug 29, 2007  
(Bottle) Pours a clear copper body with small yellowish beige head. Aroma of caramel, grain, grass, and light toastiness. Flavor of caramel malt, mild grassy hops, and some fruitness.


 mj (4973), Colorado, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/510/20
Aug 27, 2007  
Clear copper colored body with almost no head formation at all. Smells of sticky, sweet maple and sweet white corn, with a heavily sweet caramel and caramel corn note as well. Some faint cherry wood also shows up at times. Low carbonation, slick and oily, with flavors of semi-sweet maple malt and light plum and cedar. Medium dryness in the finish. Ok to below average.


 DeadGuyFrank (347), http://westchesterbeer.com, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Aug 26, 2007  
A quality Ocktoberfest beer, nice German standard lager, mkaes me want to pour it into a huge mug!


hoooraybeer (48), Cranford, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 25, 2007  
A little heavy on the German metallic flavor. But my objection to that faded about 1/2 way through the bottle. Great color. Really tastes like fall. I enjoyed it, but I don’t know that I really like it.


 CheersMate1 (767), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 24, 2007  
A nice copper, faded leaf color. A real fall looking beer. I can’t believe they are alreading selling it this early in the year. Well, it is the end of August, and this is Atlanta, and we have had a record breaking month as far as the heat is concerned. All tha aside, the beer is transparent, has a weak caramel, and crystal malt smell to it. The malt is definitely noticeable. A creamy and smooth beer, but boy does that malt shine through. Wow, very malty very very little hop flavor. The "kiss of hops" on the description must be a butterfly kiss or something, because this lacks hops. Smooth, malty, and not up to the Victory standards.


 Hangover (764), Atlanta, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Aug 24, 2007  
Amber pour with a small light brown head. Caramel and vegetable aroma. Medium bodied. Carbonation is about right. Malty taste. Dough/bread. Standard ofest. Finishes a bit thin and watery.



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