Dramatic ruddy-hazed Bavarian-styled autumn bock defers astringent alcohol density, spoiled orange waft and blustery wheat backbone to oncoming soured cherry tartness. Red grape scamper, sticky plantain nuance, plus fruit punch melange (red grape, quince, tangerine, wild berries) brighten center. Hefty sugar malting enhances tertiary banana, pumpkin, and prune swoon, scattering barest clove spicing inside creamy viscosity of engrossing off-dry fruit meringue.
VICTORY LAGER
Pale straw helles-style ‘all malt’ lager gives paltry red fruited softness typical Eastern European dank grain husk and dusky yeast musk. Soapy oxidized finish precludes green grape tinge and grassy touch.
VICTORY HOP WALLOP ALE
Heavily hopped orange peel bitterness grows precipitously above sugar cane remnant, sharpening fruited plain and deepening piney-floral notes. Apricot, grapefruit, and red cherry brighten gritty grained finish for full-bodied bluster.
VICTORY HOP DEVIL INDIA PALE ALE
Love the catchy li’l colourful label of this bold ‘n spicy, citric-juiced, full-bodied pale ale. Fine piney hop bittering, zesty grapefruit-orange-mango bite and deep dark-grained barrage reminiscent of California and Colorado microbrews. Lingering berry notes furnish moderately bitter citric-peeled finish.
VICTORY GOLDEN MONKEY TRIPEL
Creamy Belgian-styled tripel mixes honeyed barleymalt affectation with compost-wafted white-peppered white-wined white ale character. Candi-sugared fig-dried rye wheat backdrop and pecan-almond snip deepened by herbal fungi. Moderate hop bitterness tucks away clove-ginger-nutmeg undertones and teensy coriander-anise adjunct before potent curacao orange finish gets serious alcohol jolt.
VICTORY FESTBIER
Deep-grained copper-toned Dortmunder-styled Octoberfest lager balances sour wheat-breaded Vienna-malted frontage with bitter floral-hopped herbal tea nuttiness. Secondary biscuit-y nuance picks up subtle lemony berry-gourd dalliance at alcohol-soaked finish. Serve to indiscrimiate German Marzen fans.
VICTORY DONNYBROOK STOUT
Thick ebony-hued full body offers adequate black coffee bittering and dark chocolate creaminess. Nutty bottom sharpens woodsy hop char.
VICTORY BRANDYWINE VALLEY LAGER
Golden-hued lager with dark fruited pungency, flowery malt amiability, and sweet yeast grid. Smooth grain finish lost in the distance.
VICTORY BALTIC THUNDER PORTER
Obtuse smoked porter furnishes dryly oiled hop roast for burnt hickory-cedar singe, earthen peat smudge, soy bean drift, and black tea nuance. Sweet brown chocolate resonates beneath commencing bitterness as dried prune-fig souring and overripe black cherry tartness sneak in through bottom.
VERVIFONTAINE BLONDE
Voluptuous full-bodied billowy-headed champagne-like blonde in pudgy short-neck 11-ounce bottle leaves spider web-sized Brussels lace along glass sides. As original and inspiring as any hand-crafted bottle conditioned brew could aspire to be, its payoff is its distinctive contrast of orange peel tang and dark grain bitterness against cinnamon-nutmeg-doused malted wheat sweetness. Heavy carbonation never constricts floral essence. Filling, yet delicate on the tongue.
(VERHAEGHE) VICHTENAAR FLEMISH ALE
Busy oak-cask matured ‘red-brown ale mix’ brings surprising brandied cognac waft to snappy orange-grape tartness, expansive cider souring, and distant banana-clove respite. Sweet red apple and cherry confluence envelops dry wheat spine of lactic ruby-hued Flemish sour ale.
(VERHAEGHE) ECHT KRIEKENBIER
Swell pinkish-ruby West Flemish ‘red-brown ale’ matured in oak cask acquires delectable sour cherry tartness that sweetens by dry wood finish. Tannic grape mellowing allows vinous nature to surface as fizzy champagne flow re-enforces juicy black cherry sentiment.