4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: AUG 24, 2007 Pours an orangie amber with a smallish head. Aroma is mostly fruity, banana and citrus. Flavor is much lighter than I would expect from such a high abv. Some nice bread like yeast mixed with a sweetness. Hardly any alcohol flavor, but a nice burn as it goes down. An exceptional beer.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: FEB 6, 2011
2004 Vintage
8/09/2006: This beer is pure Belgian ectasy. It is a beautiful honey color with a sweet malty aroma with a bit of orange or apricot. The flavor is is sweet and slightly orange, peachy, and maybe a bit of cherry. The palate is amazing. It tastes sweet like syrup on the sides of the tongue, but it so soft, smooth, and not syrupy at at. The alcohol is amazing hidden. I’ve been told that this beer needs a bit of age to be really good, but at 2 years it is excellent. If you have some, please send me a message! This is a truly under-rated brew!
750 ML bottle (Bottled 8/22/2004) shared with OhioGuzzler. Score: 8/4/9/5/19 = 4.5
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2006 Vintage
2/06/2011: Victory V Twelve "Liquid Luxury"... Aroma: Sugary, fleshy fruits (PEAR, strawberry, peach, raspberry, plum); bubblegum; Hawaiian bread; dark honey; slight oxidation. Appearance: Delightful pour into my over-sized Duvel footed glass; peach-ruby color, mostly opaque; 3-finger head of beige foam that’s dense and slowly burns away; still plenty of visible carbonation. Flavor: Lots of dense caramel malt along with some notes of cooked apple and pear and hints of oxidation, bubblegum, and banana; nice residual honey-like sweetness; plenty of warming alcohol venting through the nose in the middle; dried apricot and some earthy and spicy (maybe a suggestion of herbs as well) bitterness in the finish. Palate: Medium-full; thick and heavy; smooth going down; slightly sticky on the lips. Overall: This beer has developed nicely over the years; it’s different then my previous encounter, but it’s still a FANTASTIC drinking experience!
1 ping 9.4 fl. oz. corked and caged bottle (Alc. 12% by Vol. / Bottled on: Jan 09 06). Score: 8/4/8/4/18 = 4.2
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Opened a 2004 bottle with Shigadeyo. This is one fantastic beer. Sweet, with hints of cherry, apple and yeast as it slides down down your throat like a belgian dominatrix. You’ll be begging for mercy and for more of this beer after the first sip. The alcohol is well hidden. MMMM, is all I have left to say. If you have a newer bottle, you may want to sit on it for a year or two because I could see where the alcohol could burn a bit early on....
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours deep amber into a tulip. Large, medium-bubbled tan head. Grass and dough notes. Creamy caramel with a lasting slight alcohol burn in the finish. 12 is nicely hidden.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Appearance: Dark amber with a splash of ruby thought the center and golden glow on the edges. It had a long last huge frothy head that faded to a frothy cap that lasted to duration of the beer. Nice heavy lacing.
Smell: The alcohol does clearly show through this beer. It like that aspect but it may be too big a beer for some peoples preference. In the aroma there is also very nice toasted butterscotch, brown sugar and caramel. Finally there is a fresh homemade bread smell that lingers in the nose. mmm.
Taste & Mouthfeel: Very smooth feel as it enters the mouth. It leads with a sweet malt character that is immediately backed up with some bold alcohol that is in no way offensive or cloying, it is just making itself known. There is a brilliant balance of exotic fruits and spices layered in the super smooth silky mouthfeel. Excellent.
Drinkability: This beer is extremely easy to enjoy but it is a sipping beer. It is very big. It also very classy and would easily suit as accompaniment to a fine dinner and guests.
Hope this is helpful.
Cheers!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
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.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
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.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
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! "
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