Victory Old Horizontal

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

12 oz. bottle. In corsendonk tulip glass, the beer is a dark brown-red liquid with very little to no head, even when agitated. Aroma is of sweet apple orchard, supressed alcohol, fruit mix. Flavor is of roasted grains (barley?), sweet fruits, and ends very hoppy, very dry. Mouthfeel is initially very tingly from carbonation, but then is very smooth going down. With time, this beer may get better and better. Sampled slightly chilled, and as it warms.

Aroma: Sweet, Thick, and Floral. Appearance: Red-Orange, cloudy, thick, and syrupy. Flavor: Thick, sweet, syrupy, slight honey taste, slight bitter aftertaste, and slight taste of chocolate malts. Palate: Tingly on tongue, thick--coats the throat, almost like a cough syrup. Overall: Probably the best barleywine I've ever tried. Would get another!

A very strong beer, with a noticeable taste of alcohol. Overall pretty decent, with a bitter finish.

Loads of sweet candy like malts in the aroma, lots of caramel, some maple syrup, sweet liquor, a nice spicy, earthy and quite dusty hoppyness to balance out the massive sweetness. Dark crimson body with a creamy and fat off-white head. Flavor starts out with a massive chewy maltyness, lots of caramel, good sweetness with some various fruits, oranges, grapes and plums. Light bitterness in the end to balance it all out, leaves the mouth a little dry. A nice touch of alcohol.

Im in a barley wine mood this winter, And this does not disappoint. Bottled 2001. Dark fruits, slightly sweet, very well balanced with good hoppy flavor..Finish is warming.

Had to let this one sit for a while to give it a proper rating. 11/03 bottle. Heavy sidiment in the bottle. Pours out a nice reddish hued brown with a nicely carbonated head. It has a hoppy aroma but is not over the top. It has a very complex flavor of malt and hops with some notes of alcohol. Goes down like a mature scotch and tastes just about as good! awesome brew. If you treid it when it was brewed, and didn’t like it, do let it sit a year.

2003 Bottle. Pours an opaque burnt orange body with minimal tan head. Aroma is very nice....cascade hops, lotsa sweet malts, with strong alcohol presence. Taste is even better, an Intense blast of sweet malts, hop bitterness, and some alcohol to boot. As it warms, you sense the great tasting malt backbone a bit more. Finishes with a pleasantly warming alcohol burn. It’s easy to see why this is on everyones "favorites" list.

Bottle. Beautiful brown pour. Translucent with a thin white lace head. Spicy aroma. A very crisp taste of hops up front. The finish is long and lasting.