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.
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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 ST. BOISTEROUS HELLERBOCK
Sturdy seasonal Bavarian golden lager comes across like a better crafted and more luxurious malt liquor. Creamy corn sugared honey malts swerve by apricot-cantaloupe enticement and muted floral-herbal spicing. Dry barley-wheat foundation constrains sweet vanilla dab.
VICTORY TEN ALE
Uncompromising Belgian-inspired ‘ruby’ rich barleywine-styled 10th anniversary ale gains strong liqueur appeal, buxom chewy yeast texture, and turbid cherry cola haze after cascading butterscotch bubbles settle. Plum wine overtones gradually recede to ester-y red grape dryness. Black cherry, clementine, and cider illusions thicken brandy finish curtailing soured raisin-date aftertaste.
VICTORY SUNRISE WEISSBIER
Dry barnyard-wafted hazy-yellowed Bavarian-styled hefeweizen layers highly fizzed banana esters atop lemon-candied tartness and recessive clove-coriander glint. White peppered mint-y ginger tingle picks up nifty pineapple-papaya zest. Just a tad thin and stylishly inconclusive.
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 WHIRLWIND WITBIER
Sour yeast-heightened wheat-leveraged light-body with spicy hop flow, lemony notes, and clove nuance less assertive than most imported competitors. Settling and mild, but not distinct.
VICTORY TWELVE ALE
Sheer heft of appreciable 12% alcohol splurge never disrupts funky orange sourness, tart quince pith, or counterbalanced sweet malt stickiness. Slightly turbid Belgian-inspired ale best serves enlightened double bock snobs.
VICTORY STORM KING IMPERIAL STOUT
Absolutely victorious mahogany-hued tawny-headed stout brings rich creme de cocoa, chocolate liqueur, and Kahlua creaminess to dry charcoal-burnt espresso-milked coffee bitterness. Blackstrap molasses malting thickens nutty bottom, dark floral hop tagline, and tertiary black cherry, black currant, and blackberry illusions. Raisin, prune, and fig round out complex heavyweight champion.
VICTORY MOONGLOW WEIZENBOCK
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 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 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.