Victory V12

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Pours a beautiful murky brown color, with very small head. Big buttery, nutty, sweet malt, and biscuit. Big powerful sweet malt on the palate, with a good alcohol kick and nuttiness. Very nice and balanced, and with some time it will be even better.

Date: 03/13/2004
Mode: Bottle Conditioned, 750ml
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC

Appearance: clear dark amber, headless,
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma,
Body: thin body,
Flavor: rich fruity malt flavor, warming but otherwise litte sign of the 12% alcohol, not very complex, tiring,
-------- /> Date: 05/03/2008
Mode: bottle
Words: cellar party

Appearance: opens with a huge pop,
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with a big spicyness,
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, nice fruity esters, lots of spicyness to balance the sweet esters, light bitterness from the spices,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

I was very disappointed in this one. I love Belgians and Victory brews some wonderful beers, but this one just didn’t cut it for me. Perhaps the bottle was old. The aroma was quite weak, with only faint hints of bready notes and a too-moderate yeast nose. Nice amber color on pour with off-white head. This fell apart when I put it to my lips - it was too darn acidic, which assaulted my taste buds and left a lingering acidity on my palate after finishing the beer. Just very disappointing overall.

Bouteille 750ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur ambrée-cuivrée foncée et voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (agrumes sucrées, léger de pêches et de raisins, notes de bananes et de poires), malté de caramel assez sucré (notes de sucre bonbon et de sucre brun), moyennement épicé (clou de girofle, léger de poivre et de coriandre) et léger de houblon herbeux avec des notes d’alcool et boisées. Plutôt ronde-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-fort et une texture crémeuse et légèrement liquoreuse. Goût de levures fruitées (agrumes sucrées, raisins vineux, léger de poires, notes de bananes, de cerises, de prunes, de pommes et de pêches) aux notes terreuses accompagné d’un goût épicé (clou de girofle, léger de coriandre, traces de cannelle), légèrement boisé et avec des traces de fumée de tabac lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de malt du genre caramel assez sucré, léger de sucre brun avec des notes de pain et des traces de sucre bonbon parallèlement à un goût amer d’alcool moyen et assez réchauffant (notes vineuses et liquoreuses) puis en finale l’on retrouve un goût de houblon herbeux ainsi que de levures épicées (poivre). Post-goût long et aux notes sèches, amer d’alcool moyen avec un goût de levures fruitées (zest d’agrumes, moût de raisins et de cerises, pelures de bananes), léger de houblon herbeux ainsi qu’avec des notes boisées.

Atlanta, Ga. - Toco Giant Package Store - 750 ml corked bottle. Dark copper pour with a luxuriant soft, silky off-white head. Strong aroma - almost cognac-like, with sweet hints of chocolate and caramel. Flavor is as luxuriant as the aroma and the appearance with chocolate, raisins, baked brown bread, cherry juice....essentially all the good stuff you find in a well made ale such as this. More akin to a fine liqueur - and almost as strong. Velvety smooth creamy mouthfeel. Best I have had in a long time.

Gorgeous sparkling amber,small beige head. Alcoholic brandy nose. Smooth, complex, malt/brown sugar profile, medium hop finish. Alcohol very well masked

75 cl bottle. Hazy amber colour with a nice fizzy head. Lovely aroma of yeast, fruit, malt, caramel, berries and figs. Nice sweet flavour of berries, yeast, malt, alcohol and dried fruit. Very hig carbonation.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a medium sized head of foamy finely sized off-white colored bubbles that were long lasting and left behind a transparent softly carbonated orange brown colored body. The aroma was caramel malt and malt hop. The mouth feel was very tingly at the start and at the finish with a strong vinous aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of hops caramel and vinous. A wonderful best in class brew. A little too vinous for my tastes though. I would have like to cellar this one for a while.