Victory Kolsch

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Kölsch
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Draft. Pour is a a bright gold with a nice white head, good rentention. Aroma is grassy/floral hops, biscuit. Taste is lightly sweet and bitter, fruity, lots of cereal. Palate is clean, slight hop bite, high carbonation. Just a great summer beer.

Draft. Poured a mostly clear golden color with a medium sized, foamy white head. Aroma was a bit hoppy, crisp, clean malts, yeast notes very mellow. Flavor was crisp slightly sweet, but mild malts. Crisp, enjoyable, refreshing.

Clear and pale yellow with a white head. Aroma has nice light earthy hops with mild grain notes, too. Flavor is light and airy. Mild grain, mild earth hops. Body has crisp carbonation. Finish is mildly dry. A good kolsch.

18 July 2011, tap at the brewery. pale yellow, clear, occasional bubbles. really can’t smell much other than a faintly sweet malt aroma. thin body and mildly fizzy. tastes of a faintly sweet pils with a lightly bitter grassy finish.

I was told by a salesman for Victory, that this is a great selling beer for them at the brewpub. Good flavor, German style. Higher on the carbonation, but well balanced of hops and malts. Good clean, crisp beer, little fruit taste in the finish. Worth the try.

Tap at David Copperfield’s. Pours a clear yellow with a mild, white head. Pleasant aroma of toasted, cracker malts and light citrus hops. Flavor has a crisp sweetness with some mild lemon notes and faint hops. Light to medium in body with sharp carbonation. Finishes crisp and clean. There seemed to be a slight sour note and I wondered at the keg age, but overall not a major detractor. Good stuff none the less.

Growler from the brewery. Poured into a Kolsch glass. Appearance is a crystal clear pale golden color with a foamy white head that lasts throughout. Excellent lacing. Nice grainy aroma with an light hoppy kick. Taste is a subtle pilsner malt with a nicely balanced noble hop flavor. Light to medium body. Highly carbonated. Crisp and refreshing. Short, slightly bitter finish. Easy to drink.

on tap at the brewpub, pours light gold with a medium white head. Aroma is very light pale malts, some hay and lemon. Flavor is very clean pale malts, dry finish of mild citrus hops and yeast.