Victory Prima Pils

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

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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12 oz. bottle. Pours clear yellow, thin and short lived white head. Smell is mostly skunky, with an underlying scent of hops. Taste is no different - immediate skunk, but if held in the mouth goes to an almost pleasant bitter and has a hoppy aftertaste. Mouthfeel is a bit thicker than other pilsners, and almost has a slight syrupy consistency. A very average tasting pilsner which I would have no problem passing up again.

12 oz. bottle from Total Wine in Chesapeake, VA. Pale yellow pour with a bubbly white head. Clean, piney hop aroma as well as the bready, Earthy, bitterness, and slightly skunky aroma typical of most lagers and pilseners. Taste is slightly sharp but clean with a mildly bitter finish. I’m sure that Victory makes a fine pilsener but I’m just not a fan of the style. If this was the only style of beer I would not get excited about beer. But for what it is I think it’s above average.

From bottle : Pours a slightly hazy light yellow, with a very white foamy head, about 2 fingers tall, that sticks around for a few minutes. Nose of esters, and skunkyness, and some corn. Taste has a slight bit of fruit, but continues with the skunkyness from the nose, and the corn. Medium body, with a lively palate. Aftertaste is of corn again. I cant say that i care for this very much.

Not much nose. Hazy gold appearance, almost looked like a Wit. Decent balance, a little on the sweet side. Heavy body for a Pilsner, was not very crisp. Overall not too bad, just seemed like a misdirected Pilsner.

12oz. right from the bottle. Flavor is hops, citrus, and something like corn. Not a big fan of this one. Watery and not balanced flavors.

Middle of the road for me... was expecting more. I get a lot of hop upfront and nice body but nothing extra. Was hoping for some citrus notes to balance out the metallic hops but didn’t get much. Maybe i’ve been drinking too many IPAs recently but wasn’t feeling the pils as much.

UPDATED: NOV 27, 2012 Poured from a 12oz. bottle. Clear yellow color. Little head. Very hoppy taste. Bitter finish with notes of citrus, with slight petroleum taste. I?m bit torn on this beer. While I admire the strength of the pilsner, its a bit too much for this style.

Good light hoppy aroma. Clear yellow pour with medium white head. Taste is a little more bitter than I’d like for a pilsner. Good (light) mouthfeel for the style.

Kinda generic pils/lager. More depth of flavour than your average carbonated macro-bumph I guess, but overall not that impressed.

The pilseners are not my favorite type of beer and I don’t really find much special about this one. It has a tart flavor with a grapefruit accent and malty undertones.