Victory Schwarz Pils

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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A: Pours an amber transparent color with a thin frothy white cap. This beer is supposed to be a hybrid of sorts, so the color is not meant to be "to-style" S: Lots of German yeast notes, grain, wheat, a urinal-cake phenolic-like note, and light earthy hops that make it floral. Not terribly complex, but very inviting T: The hops give a solid bitterness, grainy, earthy, wheaty, and very smooth. Everything works well together, including the yeast. Not necessarily to-style, but very good MF/D: Smooth feel to it despite the kind of prickly carbonation, the finish is of light grain and wheat. Body is lighter

A really unusual brew. On tap at Fat Heads. Pours a brown color with a medium white head. A light nose of pine and sweet Pils malt. The flavor is rich bitter hops, pine, roast, chocolate. All in a pretty small beer. Good. Interesting and drinkable.

Growler 1 day old thanks to MrChopin. Pours a clear, deep cola. Thick, coffee foam. Big retention and lace. Nose is grassy hops, hazelnut, whole wheat pizza crust, earth. Taste is dry, bitter, coffee, dark chocolate, waxy bitter chocolate bar. Really good. Palate is snappy, crusty, bready... bringing that Victory pils palate to a schwarzbier. Quite nice and very different. A special treat!

On tap at Holy Smoke. Pours a clear caramel with a medium sized white head. Lightly floral, toast and malt. Clean hop profile. Malty, big noble hop flavors coming through, with some more light floral notes. Nice big bitterness and toast. Long tannic finish with toast and more hop bitterness.

This one poured a dark brown color with a beige head. Aroma was lots of piney hops, light roast and some earthy notes too. Flavor was much the same, lots of flavor between the roast and piney hops for a beer that isn;t that big. Interesting, but not really on style, more like a session black ipa.

Draft at Victory, and the 2nd beer I’ve been the 10th rater of today, after having that happen only twice in the last 7 years. Pours deep brown. Nose is earthy malt, some hops, dark fruit, and cherry notes. Tastes malty, hoppy, with an earthy caramel note at the base, and earthy notes throughout. Unique, but I think we need to classify that Victory called this a pils, not a scwarz.

Tap at the Blind Tiger. I was critical of this name, I figured it must be a schwarzbier and not a pils, but the name turns out to be highly accurate. Though there are light roasty notes and the beer is dark brown (not black), the flavor and hop profiles are unmistakably pils. Crisp, spicy, earthy, mineraly, this beer is a pils in everything but color. Some celery, stale bread, and stinky cheese notes are present in the aroma. Fun beer.

Draft at liberty union. Pours black with medium sized tan head. The aroma has a nice mix of grass, roast, light smoje. The taste is nice and roasty with a nice hoppy kick and some fire in the finish. Very nice.

Draft at the source. Very dark maroon color, tan head, solid lacing. Aroma of dark cocoa. Taste is chocolate, coffee.

(Old BA rate - tap, BT 09) Orangey golden brown color; with a generous frothy slightly off-white head; no real lacing, but OK retention. Hoppy; sweaty gym socks and musty; kinda weird here; light maltiness. Great hoppiness; slightly earthy; bigger malt than some others in the style. Nice stuff. Lighter to medium body; good spritzy carbonation. Really darn good considering the flavors as well as the refreshing and dry finish. Overall, this was very enjoyable