Smoothly exemplary bourbon-barreled version of excellent Storm King Imperial Stout brings chewy molasses malting and peat whiskey waft to softly creamed cocoa-buttered black chocolate setting. Oaken vanilla laces sweet blackberry-brandied Kahlua, crème de cocoa and pureed cherry illusions to soothing bourbon finish. A marvelous nightcap.
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VICTORY YAKIMA GLORY I.P.A.
Wondrous updated version of Yakima Twilight (circa 2011) better defined as mahogany-hued Cascadian Dark Ale (or trendy Black IPA). Abundant citrus splurge and resonant stone fruiting more pronounced than blackened hop char. Smooth dark-roasted caramel malting and powdery cocoa acridity harmonize well with grapefruit-soured, prune-stewed cherry-berry conflux. Resinous pine nuts crease burnt toast bottom.
VICTORY HEADWATERS PALE ALE
Bold amber-hazed pale body closer to brisk piney fruited IPA. Sharp grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and rising lemon peel tang heighten hop-oiled juniper berry bite. Bright pineapple, mango, tangerine, kiwi, pear, and quince fruiting sweetens caramel malt backdrop. Resinous wood-grained alcohol assertiveness plies grassy hop bottom.
VICTORY HARVEST PILS
Rustic German pilsner pleats leathery barnyard astringency with wood-dried lemon rot, peach mold, and mildewed orange coarseness. Mowed grass, horsehair, hay, and alfalfa harbor raw wheat backdrop. Iodine-like alcohol acridity, vegetal anomaly, and cardboard papering nearly sabotage protracted citric pungency.
VICTORY SAISON DU BUFF
Brewed in conjunction with established microbrewers Stone and Dogfish Head, Victory’s version utilizes a boatload of complexities to disseminate parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme seasoning. Crisp water base underlies clover-honeyed floral-spiced lemon peel bittering. Subsidiary coriander, allspice, and ginger drape piquant peppercorn insistence. Tangy lemon-peppered grapefruit-tangerine-orange briskness shines through busy herbal finish.
VICTORY YAKIMA TWILIGHT ALE
Well-attenuated strong ale (recalibrated as Yakima Glory by 2011) celebrates West Coast IPA ‘hopping’ with luscious caramel-malted full-fruited tang. Loud wood-dried piney-hopped grapefruit rind bittering nearly overwhelms ripe peach-apple-berry conflux and vinous white grape esters. Brown leafs, green grass, and earthen minerals fill out citric-parched backdrop.
VICTORY HELIOS
Pour slowly hazy golden summery saison or billowy foam will coat glass of moderate-bodied compost-scented Belgian-styled farmhouse ale. Fulsome carbolic spritz indulges black-peppered grassy-hopped bittering, nearly overwhelming candi-sugared lemony grapefruit tang glistening above creamy mildness and dry earthen floral nuance. Tart lemondrop finish lingers over tertiary peach, apricot, and green grape illusions.
VICTORY OLD HORIZONTAL BARLEYWINE ALE
Stimulatingly hearty dark amber barleywine features oodles of brown-sugared yeast sediment and whiskey malt pungency. Prune-y chocolate creaminess intrudes frisky floral-hopped bouquet to impressive cherry-cognac finish. Detailed robust ‘seasonal’ gains medicinal warmth as it mellows down slowly.
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 PRIMA PILS
Perfumed floral-citrus aromatics, sharp nutty grain consistency, and extreme Noble-hopped pine-lacquered orange rind finish define excellent German-styled pilsner that’ll remind bitter hop-heads of a classic India Pale Ale. Gooey caramel malting sweetens syrupy peach-pear conflux, lemon-curried ambrosia tartness, and grapefruit-peeled apricot-tangerine regalia. Floral lavender-rosebud-sunflower wisp and dry grassy astringency complete world class pils.
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 DONNYBROOK STOUT
Thick ebony-hued full body offers adequate black coffee bittering and dark chocolate creaminess. Nutty bottom sharpens woodsy hop char.