3.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAR 12, 2011 12oz bottle - Interesting to try a pilsener from Victory. Smells pretty terrible and the hazy yellow doesn’t lend itself to a higher rating. The taste is substantially better than your average pilsener, but this beer still leaves me wanting something else. Nice mouth feel. Probably will not re-buy considering the cost. 2nd rating on 3.13.11 - slightly higher, really digging the mellow bitterness this time around. Nice drinkability / still smells and looks terrible.
3.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hazy yellow pour from a 12 oz bottle. Aroma dominated by grassy hops. Light body with strong hops kick in the finish. Nice, distinctive, and tasty, but lacks a bit in subtlety, grace, and balance when compared to other first rate pilseners.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Appearance: Light yellow with a proud frothy snow white head. Aroma: Serious grassy hops, lots of hay, some mild floral notes too. Flavour: Bitter at first, lots of nice bitter hops with an enjoyable grassiness (could my aversion to Saaz hops be abating?) quite malty too. What an enjoyable Pisener... very nice. Very refreshing.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampled in 12 oz bottle. Crisp and clear with small head on it. Aroma is very nice with sweet hops. Flavor is a classic pilsner with really nice hopping to it. Drinks really refreshing and smooth. By far one of the best pilsners out there.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
12oz bottle, best by May 8, 2010. Pours pale golden with a nice fizzy and frothy white head that maintains a small cap and leaves some clumpy, although short-lived, rings of lacing. Aroma is heavy on grassy, earthy hops, some floral hops, a little fruit, white grapes even, along with a little funk and sourdough bread. Flavor has some citrus mixed in with the other hop flavors and bitterness, balanced against some bready, malty sweetness. Very flavorful. Good body for the style, medium carbonation. Drinks very nicely and is quite refreshing. I think this is the best pilsener I’ve had to date.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I thought I would like this more as I love a good pilsner, but I was a little underwhelmed. It ours a nice clear golden color with a small fizzy white head. The aroma is grainy with some hops and apples in the background. The flavor is very dry and hoppy. A good beer but lacks a little style IMO.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours slightly hazy lemon-juice yellow, foamy white head. Armoa is grass, light citrus, and somewhat surprisingly yeasty bread. Initial flavor is bready, quickly giving way to grassy hops, a touch of citrus, and peppery spices. Light hop bitterness on finish, dry and crisp. Refreshing and drinkable, quite a nice beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
I call this beer "the converter" For the masses of uneducated beer drinkers who plug away every saturday drinking bud, coors and miller lite, I hand them one of these and watch. Within seconds they realize this full bodied beer is now their new favorite beer. Floral flavors and crisp hops are this beers trademark flavors.
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