5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
UPDATED: AUG 15, 2009 Easily the best of the Victory series. Being desperate to try this one, it griped me a bit to spend $95 for a 12-pack of this, but I had no idea of the treat I was about to be in for. The cork was very difficult to remove, but once I got it out I immediatley smelled the yeast and mild spices. It poured very dark with a thick brownish head. Despite being an ale it was astonishingly easy to drink. It didn’t have the usual dryness of an ale, instead it had the smooth drinkability of a lager. Incredibly mild flavor with an immense alcoholic punch. I could not finish the bottle for it had such an immense alcohol content. Will be sharing with someone next time I open a bottle. I certainly recommend this one for the experience and I hope I will be able to buy this again.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours amber with a big off-white head. Nose is yeast and spice. Has that classic belgian ale flavor with some raisin in there and a touch of alcohol. Easy drinker for 12%.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 bottle corked and caged poured into a Trappist glass has a light carbonation and a thin head that quickly dissipated. color is a dark ruby orange with a decent amount of fine sediment floating about. smell has dark fruit, cherry, some sweet and sour, and yeast. quite a nice nose of fruit spice and funk with the alcohol being totally hidden. mouth feel is medium and has a frothy carbonation making it more full. flavors of spiced yeast, less fruit then in the nose, malt, and some funk. definitely a no fooling around strong ale but does become a little boozy once it warmed too much.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a pretty dark amber/copper color with a thick and frothy off-white head. Aroma of fruit and spices as well as yeast and some caramel malts. Delicious sweet raison/fruity taste at first and a nice caramel body with only a little alcohol on the finish. Hides the 12% extremely well. Finish is ultra smooth.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a cloudy redish orange color with hardly any head watsoever. Aroma of sweet malt, candy sugar, and alcohol, Tastes sweet with a bit of a hop bitterness with a strogn alcohol finish.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 mL bottle from Harris Teeter Barracks Road in Charlottesville. Pours orange-ish with a thin head. Yeasty aroma with apple and grape notes. Nice taste of caramel and dark fruits. Lively and effervescent.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Spicy wheat aroma typical of its style. Dark amber-copper body with decent carbonation. Strong wheat flavor with hints of hops and slightly malty with refreshingly dry finish. Exemplar of Belgian Ale.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
i would drink 500 beer and i would drink 500 more...
my 500th!!! purchased at 99 bottles in federal way, washington.
pour is heavy carbonation, copper with a red tint, large light tan head, excellent lacing.
smell is pear, apricot, some caramel, some spice, floral.
taste is fruit, caramel, roasted walnuts, malt, some citrus, end is tart and sticky.
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