Victory V12

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

750ml bottle from June 05. Pleasant gold-amber pour. Sweet candy-apple smell. Sugary malted-sweet taste with a slightly tart and bold finish. Nice, tingly feeling and well-balanced taste that hides the 12% alcohol very well. I’m a big fan of the style and really like this beer. Only downside is that I had a HOTD Adam the other day and can re-confirm that THAT one is about as good as it gets, but V12 is quite nice.

Bottled Mar 29, 05. This Belgian Strong Ale pours a rich amber gold color form a cork finished 750ml bottle. Large sized, quickly diminishing white foamy head. Aroma is candy sugar, fruit, malts, bubblegum, and some alcohol. A medium bodied Belgian Ale. Malts are fruity and sweet. bubble gum, banana and brown sugar. Lively carbonation. Lots of brown sugar and dark fruit flavors emerge as it warms. There is a very persistent alcohol presence all over this beer. If you are sensitive to alcohol flavors you might want to skip over this one. Still it has a certain amount of smoothness to it. Nice dry finish. Probably could stand some additional bottle aging. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet with a big alcohol bite.

you can trust Pigfoot: "Appearance: gorgeous ruby/ garnet hue, and a short-lived white head. Aroma: fruit and magic, liquor and glory, sweetness and divinity, happiness, deliriousness, syrupy, sexy, and altogether unworldly! Angelic! Taste: good, tingly, tasty hops, thick, luscious, lasting malt....mmmm, tasty...Big fruit, big flavor...12%, I didn’t feel it at all!...THUD! No, it’s not tasted, but it does it’s damage! (The poweful booze, I mean) This was a magnificent ale, that I downed too quickly, and could’ve benefited from more time to mature, and perhaps the right conditions to consume it, but it was damned good,right here, right now! "

2006 750 ml. bottle. Pours an amber coppery color with a very thick creamy frosty white head. Aroma is of floral hops, yeast,candy and sugar. Taste is sweet,but not too sweet like a barleywine. Has hints of floral tones,fruit-especially banana,spice-along the lines of cinnamon and nutmeg and fresh hops. Excellent belgium style beer. The 12 % alcohol is hidden very well.

Looks and smells like a top=notch Belgian ale. Hoppy alcohol taste with a sour aftertaste make this brew a bit disappointing. Recomended serving temp is below 45 degrees, but this beer gets a lot better when it is allowed to warm a bit.
Earlier Rating: 12/22/2005 Total Score: 3.7
Extremely happy Victory Brewery finally made its way to Milwaukee. Celibrated by buying this tasty little gem. Nice flavor, and while you can’t taste the high alcohol (like you can with some beers), you know it’s there. Tasty

Hazy reddish color with a foamy head. A little bit fruity with noticable Belgian yeast overtones. Candy sugar, bananas, and molasses also come through. Alcohol is well hidden but creeps up on you about halfway through the beer. Seems pretty good for a Belgian knock off.

750 Ml Bottle-Bottled Jan 9, 06. Poured a beautiful cloudy amber color w/a moderate foamy off white head. Great basic beer aroma-full, hops, grass. Excellent flavor,somewhat fruity-hops, malt, grain- very basic but very good. Great balance-reminds you somewhat of a wheat. Long, long smooth finish. You really don’t taste the high alcohol, but it’s there-you feel it. Very easy drinking beer.

Bottle 5/03.....Pours out a hazy copper color with a well carbonated lively head. Aroma is fruity with a few notes of yeast and spice. Taste is nice and complex with notes of frit, alcohol and a very dry finish. Solid beer from a solid brewer