Victory Old Horizontal

amber red pour with a medium tan head...sweet fruity aroma of raisons and dried fruit...caramel, brown sugar and dates taste..very nice warm feel with the finish...light bitter finish balances the sweet fruity taste...I could definately chill out or warm up on a cold night with a couple of these

bottle:pours a beautiful chestnut brown with a cream head that lingers as a line a top the beer. the aromahits from arms length away and i was immediatly happy.the sweet caramels adn dark fruits wafted my way. on a closer wift it became even better. the dark fruits of figs and raisins, toffeee malts,just slight ly burnt sugar. what i want in a barley wine.. the flavour is warm,slick, sticky and slight alcohol. starts out bready and gades into toffeee malts on the middle palate and then finishes bitter and dry. while all along hiniting at dark fruits and a little roasted to burnt malt. wonderful barleywine.

Labeled enjoy by 12/29/11. Pours hazy, ruby-hued amber with a thin frothy white head. Strong semi-sweet aroma of raisins, red berries, brown sugar, alcohol, and some piny hops. Flavor is also a bit on the sweet side upfront with lots of berries, some raisin, and caramel, but these are balanced nicely by fairly strong piny/grassy hops, and some warming alcohol in the finish. Palate is full, a bit sticky, warming, and bitter-sweet with a very long finish. Damn fine barley wine, and I will buy the crap out of this whenever it’s available in north Jersey again. So get on that Nash.

2/12/09 sweetness, fruit, and rich. no alcohol noted in aroma. chewy with plentiful carbonation. warming, sweet, and nice hops both bitter and citrus. solid.

10/11/2007 bottle poured into a snifter, beautiful ruby amber in color with good carbonation for a barley wine and a thin layer of frothy head on the beer. smell is alcohol, sweet, dark fruit, caramel, and malt. if the smell is indication of the taste then this is going to be real good. medium thick on the mouth feel, has a stickiness from the sweetness, and the alcohol lets you know it is not fooling around. really a good balance of sweetness and bitter, hops give a nice bite and the malts smooth the whole thing out.

Bottle at Sune - alst of the night !! Clear deep red - white head. High sweetness, sweet red berries, ryebread, medium hoppy, light grassy, medium malty, caramel, brown sugar, raisins. I need more power !!!!

pours ruby-amber with a tan head. aroma is citrus, some pine, some fruit. taste of some apricot, grapefruit, caramel, vanilla, & some pepper. a little bitter, a little sweet. mouthfeel is medium-thick bodied with a little stickiness. alcohol comes through gently on the finish with a nice warming sensation. nice bitter hops aftertaste. though BW’s aren’t my favorite, this one is pretty tasty, would buy again.

Secret Santa in July 2006, MIBRomeo. Thanks! Bottled feb 05. Pours a hazy red brownwith a nice off-white head. Some chunkyness. Heavy sweetness with lots of caramel. Light alcohol aromas. Also dates. Full bodied with a creamy texture. Soft carbonation. Sweet finish with som dryness and a hint of chalk.

I CAN"T believe I haven’t rated this yet as I ’ve had it MANY times livin’ in PA and all.... Pretty amber color with nice sized head. Light malty sweet hoppy aroma. The taste is fantastic. Sweet , fruity, and, malty with excellent balance between the hops and malts.