Victory V12

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Pours a dark burnt orange with a fairly small offwhite head. Aroma of brown sugar, cherries, plums, lemoncello, wood, and maybe some faint cheese in the background. Mellow aroma. Big sweet caramelly and brown sugar taste with a bit of wood, light cloves, a little bit of cherries and raisins. Yeast flavors are very clean. Finishes woody, warming, toffee-esque and bit tannic. Aftertaste is no different than the finish, which isn’t bad, but I’d prefer I slightly more complex fade on this beer. Fairly low carbonated for a Belgian beer, but I like that. Full to medium bodied, slick texture, but it’s enveloping enough, and as I said before, it’s just a bit more clean feeling (and tasting) than say Brasserie de Rocs. Mildly hot, but it’s balanced. Good stuff, I like the sweet flavors, but it could have had a more complex finish and more pungent yeast characteristics.

Pours out a nice darker brown color with a decent head. Aroma is sweet and fruity. Strange this BS did not have a lot of yeast in the aroma. Flavor was nice when it was cold. as it warmed, the alcohol became dominate. too dominate. This beer would be great at around 9% instead of 12, but i guess the name wouldnt be as cool.

750 ml bottle. The pour is a nice amber, with decent head and ample carbonation. The nose is faint, but carries scents of sugars, citrus floral, and a hint of yeast, which well mask the alcohol content. The flavor is mild and sweet, ruled by fruits, caramel and the faintest touch of alcohol warming. Overall I would say this is a well balanced brew, while complex enough to mask its high ABV.

750ml caged & corked bottle. Pours a gorgeous hue of amber - like liquid caramel - cloudy with highlights of caramel and orange. The head pours thick and light tan, with variously sized bubbles, though mostly small and tight bubbles. The head quickly fades into a tight, persistent layer of off-white bubbles. The aroma is sublime and sweet, big in alcohol, flowery (Saaz hops?), slightly grassy, and full of sweet fruit - particularly citrus and orange. The flavor starts with a lovely balance of flavors: fruity and estery, sweet and malty, balanced with notes of spice and citrus. And let’s not forget the dose of alcohol - noticeable, albeit quite mild considering this brew is packing 12%. The sweetness grows towards the middle of the tongue - caramel-covered biscuits with a touch of orange glaze. The esters and spices plateau around mid-to-back tongue, too. Towards the back of the tongue, grassy and hoppy flavors emerge - though malt and yeast are still the kings. The finish is medium and dry and has a tinge of ethanol flavoring. Needless to say, it has a slight warming effect as it goes down. The malt profile is very complex and delectable. The mouthfeel is also exceedingly beautiful. It is medium to medium-full in body, but it feels so light and delicate - thanks to alcohol and the right level of carbonation. The flavors in the beer also trick to the tongue into feeling a lighter and more delicate beer than really is in there. Genius. I most thoroughly enjoyed it.

0.65 l bottle, 13.2 %. Hazy amber color with creamy head. Sweet, perfumed, raisiny, flowery and lemony aroma. Sweet, raisiny, flowery, chocolatey and candyish flavor with warming alcohols.

Sampled at SBWF, 2007. Hazy amber. Small, white head. Sweet, fruity and slightly grassy aroma. Full-bodied with fine maltiness. Vinous with sweet fruits and some ashes.

I thought this was going to be too much alcohol in the taste but it blended well. Beautiful color and a great medly of flavor with the high alcohol content. I was very please with this beer.

great strong ale had this at ABR 2007 from a bottle. i was a big fan very smooth and balanced was d runk so cont recall details which os why ill be buying again! cheers