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Victory Ten Years Alt

Victory Ten Years Alt

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An Altbier brewed by
Victory Brewing Company

Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
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on tap
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3563.5/5.03.5/5.0Special8.5%92.8Kölsch/Altbier P  Stats

Commercial Description:
The Victory version of this ‘secret’ offering is inspired by the rich brewing heritage of the alt beers. It is a dark ale exhibiting the love of hops and mastery of malt that Victory has displayed for 10 years. Initially assertive with spicy hops, Ten Years Alt concludes ever so comfortably in rich, roasted malts and burnished hop character.

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 Vas19 (223), Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/514/20

Jun 11, 2008  
Pours clear brown/amber with a thick tan head. Nice creamy, malty aroma but a little weak. Flavor starts with caramel malt and hops then finishes with some alcohol and an unpleasant herbal/hop note. Not a favorite from Victory but still interesting.

otismulligan (11), Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/516/20
Oct 10, 2008  
This is what good beer is about. Bottles poured a nice creme head, cloudy carmel red color. Mild hoppy odor with sweet floral undertones. Tasted medium body, creamy body. Nice long after tastesweet and bitty.


 EricE (258), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Clear orange-brown pour with a fluffy white head and nice carbonation and lacing on the glass. Sweet caramel and molasses aroma with some yeasty bread notes. Very sweet and syrupy. Malty flavor with caramel, molasses, and chocolate milk. Intense bitter hops dominate the finish. Bitterness lingers on the tongue for a while. Hides the alcohol well. Not bad, but too syrupy.


 Glouglouburp (2006), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Sep 15, 2008  
In short: An overtly syrupy sipper with good Altbier elements. Almost good.
How: Tap at Firewaters, Atlantic City
The look: Clear amber body topped by a medium beige head
In long: Earthy caramelized hazelnuts, unexpected milk chocolate notes, red fruits of all kinds, annoying alcohol presence, way too sweet, a little sticky, strong hop bite. I really enjoyed the earthy and nutty elements with the red fruits flavour but the sweetness and alcohol really took this beer down a few notches. This is not a highly drinkable Alt, and Altbiers should be highly drinkable. Here’s to another ten years of hopefully better beer than this one.


 beerbill (1321), Laurel, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 7, 2008  
12 oz. bottle courtesy of Summer Secret Santa. Pours a hazy amber brown with a moderate off-white head that lasted through mid-glass and left very light lace. Mild aroma of malt with just a few notes of hops as well. The flavor is very malty up front. The malt is not sweet though, and lacks depth. This is followed by some restrained hops that provide a dry finish and very little bitterness. There is an odd copper flavor towards the finish as well. Probably not something I would come back to.


 Gmoney (174), Manchvegas, New Hampshire, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/512/20
Sep 1, 2008  
bottle..dark amber pour,small white head.sweet caramel malt nose with a touch of fruit .very hoppy upfront followed by woody ,sweet caramel malts and fruit flavors . bitter ,metallic finish . decent not great



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