Victory V12

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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.

Pours hazy dark reddish-brown with a foamy and fizzy tan head. Pleasant doughy aroma of caramel, a bit of brown sugar, some musty yeast, a nice light hint of citrus, a fruitiness that hints at apricot, and even an odd woody overtone in there. Flavor is also quite doughy, with the fruity aspects more reserved but present. Light spicy overtone throughout as well as that odd woody note, and a slight bit of hops that sneak up towards the finish along with some alcoholic sweetness. Palate is full and dry with only a slight fruity sweetness remaining. Some bitterness remains as well, though alcohol dominates the finish. Though fairly balanced as well as complex, alcohol is kind of a hard hitter in this one making it harder to enjoy once the palate is saturated. Will give the next few some rest before trying again, seems this will certainly benefit from some time in the bottle.

750 mL bottle. Pours bold copper with beige head. The aroma is richly fruit with peach and banana, maybe some zest; some interesting spicy aromas bounce around, too, over some caramelly malt and alcohol. The flavor is quite spicy at first along with a quick, sharp acidic bite. Then some peach, caramel and yeast come out. The finish has a bit of a grainy element about it, and some alcohol burn. The alcohol still doesn’t seem like 12%, but it’s certainly evident. Very straightforward, but reasonably well executed.

Possibly one of the finest beers I’ve ever tasted. Tastes like heaven, plain and simple.