Prima Pils
Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.82
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A crisp yet distinct Pilsner brewed with German hops that bring vivid notes of floral and spice with citrus and lemon. This is truly brilliant, bringing nuanced complexity together with smooth, easy drinking.
“Prima!” it is an exclamation of pure joy heard from brewmasters and beer lovers near and far each time they enjoy one of our most adored beers. It is also how she got her name. Like any proud parent, we have crowned her as one of our favorites. We lavish her with hand-picked hops, only the finest ingredients and painstakingly work to balance her distinct and nuanced complexity with smooth, easy drinking.
“Prima!” it is an exclamation of pure joy heard from brewmasters and beer lovers near and far each time they enjoy one of our most adored beers. It is also how she got her name. Like any proud parent, we have crowned her as one of our favorites. We lavish her with hand-picked hops, only the finest ingredients and painstakingly work to balance her distinct and nuanced complexity with smooth, easy drinking.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
[9/11] Bottle. Barely hazy pale gold with a large white head. Aroma has a little bread, plenty of earth, flowers and lemon, some spices. Very slightly sweet with hay and a little bread before firm bitterness. Quite lemony. Finishes dry and bitter with spices. Leans much more towards German than Czech in depth of malt. Very good. [edit] Drinks better at 10C than colder. [3.7] [3/15] Maybe not so dry at the end. Sweet classy but plain malt flavours nicely garnished with floral, spice and lemony notes. [2/17] I suppose the beer’s the same and interestingly I like it about the same, but balance seems less tilted towards bitterness, I’m less keen on the earthy notes and I wish the whole thing a little cleaner. [8/18] And the earthy notes bother me a little more, -0.1
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2011
at 05:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle from Mybrewerytap
Pours light yellow with a small white head. Quite light aroma has notes of hops, malts and parfume. Taste is slightly malty and bitter with notes of hops and mild fruits. Hoppy and bitter finish. Okay, quite hoppy and bitter pilsner.
Pours light yellow with a small white head. Quite light aroma has notes of hops, malts and parfume. Taste is slightly malty and bitter with notes of hops and mild fruits. Hoppy and bitter finish. Okay, quite hoppy and bitter pilsner.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2011
at 14:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottled. Big citrus hop aroma, with little to no malt character coming through. Huge hop flavor: lemony, then grassy and peppery, then huge bitterness that lasts forever. It starts off quite sweet as well, though not malty, something like lemonade. An impressive showcase for hops, to be sure, but overall, a bit unpleasantly bitter. Very light, soapy body. Interesting and tasty, but too much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2011
at 15:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Golden beer with a medium, long lasting and white hed. Aroma is fresh and pure malty, grass; simple but good. Taste is medium bitter made with grassy hoppyness, also biscuity malts, dry. Taste is also simple just as aroma. The great, strong bitterness made this Pils almost as IPA. Smooth and medium bodied. Lots of hops are used for this beer that surprise me, otherwise simple, but very succesfull and tastefull.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2011
at 05:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Bierzwerg. Poured clear golden with a thin white head. Aroma has some floral and fruity hoppy notes, along with some malt. Flavor is similar, fruity citrus, hops, malt and quite strong bitter finish. Refreshing and crisp brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2011
at 00:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Vibrant golden beer with a strong white head. The aroma is very lightly dry, and the flavour is very strongly hopped with heaps of dryness. Overall a very nice refreshingly hopped and deeply dry beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2011
at 16:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brown bottle, 12 ounces, purchased at Wegman’s during a trip to Syracuse, savoured on August 11 2011; eye: yellowish, clear, no effervescence, off-white head that turns into a really tiny ring, no lacing; nose: slight perfumy, slight floral hops, light soap gum; mouth: perfumy, light floral hops, slight malt, mildly dry perfumy finale, medium-light body, good carbonation, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 12 onces, achetée chez Wegman’s lors d’un voyage à Syracuse, savourée le 11 août 2011; œil : jaunâtre, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse blanc cassé qui se transforme en un très petit anneau, pas de dentelle; nez : sulfurisé, très léger parfumé, très léger houblon floral, léger gomme savon; bouche : sulfurisé, parfumé, léger houblon floral, très léger malt, finale moyennement sèche parfumée, corps moyen-léger, bonne carbonatation, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2011
at 13:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at Euston Tap, London. A murky golden coloured pour with a medium white head. Malty, musty lemon aroma. Tastes malty, lemon, yeasty, slightly hoppy. I like Victory but this is not one of their best offerings IMO.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2011
at 13:13