Victory V12

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

Overly carbonated pour, with a huge geiser of a head that just fountains out of the bottle upon opening and flows wildly over the rim of your glass upon pouring, no matter how carefully. I love the fresh, bright flavors...sweet, yeasty,fruity, spicy. Nice spritzy mouthfeel. Pairs well with food, yet refreshing on its own. Decent hop bite in the finish as well. Very enjoyable.

750ml. Aug. 27 2004 bottle. Translucent deep orange color with a quickly dissipating ecru head. Looks beautiful. High amount of alcohol esthers with sweet floral hops and slight banana. Not overwhelming belgian yeast on the nose. Very warming with the high alcohol. Rich malt flavors with light hoppiness. Alcohol is definitely noticed. May mask a little flavor. Finish is smooth and lingering. Very nice brew.

2005, cork finished 750ml. Wow, 12% is just a little warm for saison, or so I thought. This example poured gorgeously into a orange richness that tops itself off with a thick white head. Spices, baking, and cedar wrap themselves around an apple, pear fruitiness and balance off with estery belgian yeast breadiness. I wouldn’t treat this beer as a traditional saison, in the refreshing food friendly style. This is what I like at the end of the day, but be advised, 12% is very well disguised

’06 750, only a month or so old. This a cloudy copper and has a bigtime fizzy head.. The aroma is thick...spice, yeast, apple, and malt. The flavor is exactly the same (lots of yeast, spice, malt , and apple/fruit sweetness) ...the amount of alcohol is perfect. Mouthfeel was medium bodied and fairly carbonated... the finish was fairly dry.

Bottled in March 2005. Cork came off with a gunshot bang.Monster size head that looked like some creature in a B- horror flick.Aroma is semi sweet and yeasty. Hints of spice. Tastes semi sweet yeasty fruity mild spices nice somewhat thick mouthfeel. ABV is there but not over powering. Very well balanced brew. This stuff is worth buying a few for later dates.

Bottle. Belgian apple cinnamon yeast aroma, nice tufty eggshell head overy murky monkey brown body. intense apple malt alcohol flavor, more intense than many of this style, feels strong, warming, goes to the head. damn good. alcohol a bit sharp. generous head. me likee

From bottle. Bottled on March 29, 2005. 750ml

Poured a deep yellow/copper. Small bubbly fast dissipating white head. Aroma sweet, hints of spice, fruit, and alcohol. Flavor mildly sweet, vanilla, banana, and bready notes. I picked up a light alcohol taste all through my glass. Aftertaste is dry. Medium mouthfeel, Carbonation is good and a quick swirl of the glass releases more head and aroma.

Sweet, yeasty and peppery spice in the nose with a hint of orange peel; light carbonation and little head; one dimensional sweetness with a viscous body; maybe a little oaky vinousness; no detectable hops or balancing bitterness; well hidden alcohol. This needs a little more complexity and definitely more bitterness to provide some interest. Nice, sweet warmer, though.