Victory V12

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

A light brown ale with a heavy mouthfeel . A distinct caramel flavoring that goes down smooth,

UPDATED: OCT 17, 2009 In the bottle from Logan’s Pre-GABF party. I’m glad that I bought some of this to age because this seems much more like a barleywine to me than anything else. Deep dark copper colored with an unrelenting head. Raisins and molasses attempt to cover up a huge ethanol burn. OUCH! I love it! UPDATE, October 2009 - Great chocolate flavor, great malt and hop balance. Same score of 4.0

Great spicy Belgian aroma. Wow, this is a nice beer. Strong, spicy, flavorful, a truly tasty beverage.

Bottled 4/19/07. Pours a prismatic clear copper, and rallies a humble head of creamy eggshell. Lace refuses to form. The sinus-clearing nose teems with sugared plums, watermelon schnapps, licorice, and solvent; latent lychee, powdered donuts, and tobacco impressions awaken seconds later. Upfront syrupy, but not cloying sweetness features peaty pear, toast, and strong black tea flavors. Staggeringly malty… yet finishes very tart, woodsmoky, and herbal… and an unexpected burst of lemongrass and brie. The mouthfeel: tactile and elastic, like licking tits, and sharpened not by CO2, but by mindf*cking fission-hot ethanol and leathery friction. A glassy, jackhammer shiraz/black cherry afterburn closes each sip like a staple through the tongue. Far less complex than I expected… and squinting through the overblown alcohol fog, I detect an ale closer to a Scottish wee heavy than anything else. In pursuit of strength, Victory has botched its goal of refined seductress, and instead Frankensteined a boozy whore of a beer, best viewed through its own self-creating beer goggles.

25.4 oz bottle, 3/29/05. Clear woody brown with a tan haze. Nose of raisins, yeast and candied fruits with a shot of brandy. Carb tends to foamy, body a little thin but still substantial and a bit sticky. Toffee and caramel with fruitcake. A solid offering when you need a Quad.

Thin, tan head. Sweet fruity aroma. Nice alcohol burn. Taste of candy and raisins. One of the better beers from Victory.

Bottle. Thanks Rick. Nice pour with an off white head. Sweet aroma with some fruit undertones. Nice alcohol taste as it warmed. Nice beer all around. One of my favs from victory.

Thanks to my friend Sam for passing this one on to me. Pours with a clear deep orange/amber body with a tightly packed head of off-white that laces nicely. Fruity Marzipan alcohol aroma. Sweet, thick, viscous, syrupy. Too cloying for me.