4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 mL brown corked bottle purchased from Armanetti’s, Mundelein, IL. ABV 9%. Aged two years from bottling date. Hazy reddish amber with small diminishing white head with fair lacing. Succulent aroma bouquet of fruity esters, raisin and toffee. Soft carbonation. Full bodied that starts with fruity, sour/sweet flavor of raison, toffee and some sharpness. Finished dry with lingering sourness. Deeply satisfying Belgium-style ale, one of the best that I’ve had thus far. Delicious aroma lingered for a very long time and it was tough to put down the glass.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cloudy amber pour with a thin white head. Sublime aroma of candy, fruits and yeast. Very good flavor of candy, fruits and yeast with a sweet and yeasty finish. The body is light with a dry texture and soft carbonation. Very good, it feels like candy on top of a yeasty fruit cake. Thanks Rich !
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Unimpressive, slightly sour taste, weak body, boozy grapefruit, might be OK with the right food, but not much by itself.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A strong hint of sourness if I recall correctly. Vinous and acidic notes mix (but not particularly well) with raisins, toffee, and lots of slightly funky yeasty flavors. Apart from Golden Monkey I have never been particularly enamored of Victory’s Belgians and this is not an exception. Big head, diminshing, on top of a cloudy reddish-dirt-brown body. Slightly overcarbonated for my taste.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
bottled on 5/15/03 - Cloudy orangish pour with typical white head. Citrusy aroma, yeastly flavors, citrusy and alcoholic. Strong hop presence middle-late. Bitterness to finish. Spritzy, thin, dry mouthfeel.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled on 5/15/03. Citrusy orange-like aroma with hints of bubblegum and a bit of booziness in the nose. There are also floral and spiced undertones as well. Pours a pretty hazy copper/orange color with a nice long lasting off-yellow head. Starts citrusy with orange and grapefruit flavors dominating. This turns dry, grainy, and malty to finish. Wow, this stuff is very dry and pretty boring.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber, poured cloudy amber. Off white head. Nose had fruit and yeasy. Taste was yeast, with with caramel. Spice comes out, and the % is well mixed.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled on 5-15-03. This bad boy is over 2 years old. Pour is hazy deep orange, large white head, lots of visable carbonation. Aroma is fruity, with Belgian yeast tones. The yeast is a bit more pronounced in the flavor. I’m not sure what else to say, I’ve always had trouble describing Belgian ales. I want another one.
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