Victors MemoriAle Altbier
Two Brothers Brewing Company in Warrenville, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Altbier Regular|
Score
7.16
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We brewed this over blown version of an Altbier to celebrate the life of a modest, giving, and truly loving man, our grandfather. Victor was a dairy farmer in Nebraska. He took a lot of pride in the fact that he helped feed America. Victor cared about quality from the start and became the third Grade A dairy in all of Nebraska. When he retired, he spent his time in his wood shop making everything from grandfather clocks to cedar chests. He will be missed by many! This beer uses the family chest that we found in his house. The beer is much bigger and higher in alcohol than a traditional Altbier. It has nice malt sweetness and deep chocolate characters in the start. Then it finishes with a noticeable German floral hop bitterness. 17.9 plato 34 IBU
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8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bomber: Pours dark brown/ruby with a thick, dark, oatmeal head. Lactic, chocolate malt aroma. Sweet chocolate malt, dark fruit, sweet cola taste. Roasty, earthy hop flavor. Very creamy and rich. Very nice.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2014
at 16:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle poured into a shaker. Pours black with a ruby hue. Aroma is malty and Roasty. Taste is Roasty with coffee, a hint of dark fruit and some light floral hops. Full bodied with a creamy texture. Lively carbonation and a long finish. Pretty darn good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2014
at 17:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at World Of Beer. This beer pours a dark brown color with a medium tan head that recedes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt and dark fruit. Medium body with flavors of earthy malt, chocolate and dried fruits. The finish is sweet with a malty and nutty aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2013
at 19:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Raisin and brown sugar aroma. Dark brown with minimal head. Sweet chocolate/toffee malt and lightly bitter herbal finish. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2013
at 16:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Light roasty malt aroma. Mahogany with a small tan head. Roasty malt and sweet dark fruit flavor with a very subtle hop finish. Medium body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2012
at 17:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Purchased at Binny’s in Chicago, IL; enjoyed on a Friday night before heading out of the country next weekend. Appearance is a very, very dark brown with a thin white head that rims around the glass, moderate thickness. Aroma is mostly malty but also a bit faint, slight bit of sweetness/toffee. Taste is interesting, notes of chocolate malt, bit of caramel, bit of plum, it’s complex but also faint, as I’m not getting a ton out of the flavor, but it still goes down pretty nicely. It’s a good beer, but I feel like there’s a flavor that I’m missing with this one.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2012
at 16:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22 oz bottle @Vero Beach Throwdown-pours a disappearing off white head and mahogany color. Aroma is sweet medium/dark malt-toffee, some spicy hops, alcohol. Taste is upfront effervescence on front of the tongue, sweet medium/dark malt-toffee, some spicy /metallic hops. Slight alcohol. Medium body. An Alt/ASA cross. Thanks for sharing solan.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2008
at 09:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bomber - Pours almost black and clear with a one finger head. There’s a dark roast malt aroma. It reminded me very much of a stout with the roast malt, but not as darkly roasted. The flavor has some chocolate and subtle dark fruit. It’s medium bodied, easy drinking, and I had no idea it was nearly 8% abv. Good brew.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2007
at 21:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A beautiful deep ruby color that I shall not soon forgot. Dark cherries, milk chocolate, nuts and oranges jump out of the nose. Very smooth, if underwhleming for hops, mouth, that shows signs of cherries, chocolate and earth. A bit thin, though for its size, it is quit unbeliveable. Dry finish.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2007
at 04:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 oz bottle from Binny’s downtown, Chicago IL. Pour is a dark brown with a nice frothy khaki head. Aroma is nutty roast and some sweetness. Taste is initially somewhere between roasty and smoky. Middle has nice caramel sweet malt body and a clean, crisp bitter finish. A very light body that went down very smooth with sausage pasta. I have had very few Altbiers in my days, so no idea what they are supposed to taste like. Regardless, I found this one incredibly drinkable and quite delicious. Cheers Victor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2007
at 20:45