V Twelve
Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Special|
Score
7.29
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Taste true liquid luxury in this decadent and nuanced Belgian-style quad. Pear and apricot aromas blend with caramel, fruit and spice flavors in the full-bodied amber ale.
Warming alcohol notes mix with a lot of fruity fermentation profile on the nose. Big and bold, this beer is a boozy, savory treat. Rich caramel, clove, banana warming.
Warming alcohol notes mix with a lot of fruity fermentation profile on the nose. Big and bold, this beer is a boozy, savory treat. Rich caramel, clove, banana warming.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Light copper color, small head. Fading. Surprisingly clear with little apparent yeast sediment in the bottle, despite label's warning. Light aroma dominated by bubble gum and a slight fig presence. Flavor is pretty sweet, with fig and other slight fruit. Powerful and nearly harsh finish. Lingering burn of pure ethyl alcohol. Pretty disappointing...the alcohol presence is not masked nearly well enough. I believe the beer may have been overly attenuated producing too much alcohol while leaving too little residual sugars. Despite low hopping rates being appropriate for the style, it appears that this may have been under-hopped as well. I enjoyed the appearance and aroma of this beer, but on the whole its pretty difficult to drink. Much too spiritous. Sampled
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2003
at 15:57
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
I split half a bottle with a friend, which was a bad move...I should have had the whole bottle myself. A great golden colour with subtle highlights throughout. The smell was amazing, very sweet smelling and very alcoholic. The taste was great as well, the sweetness was overwhelming (but in a good way). The palate was dominated by hops and alcohol, but once again in a very good way. The mouthful was very thick and full-bodied. A great beer which should be sampled by a fan of any abbey trippel or belgie strong ale fan. I'm curious on how the V-10 Tastes like as I heard it had a bit of a problem with bacteria. This beer was purchased at Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2003
at 12:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Re-rate @ Ratebeer Summer Party: Aroma of alcohol, pears, hints of orange..full maltiness...alcohol in palate with hints of pears, spices, and a long finish. Better than it was the first time I tried it, but still not stellar.
I'm the first guy who didn't fall in love with this beer? Damn. Golden amber colour. Flowery, yeasty aroma with some pepper, spice and alcohol. More of the same in the palate. On paper a good beer but I couldn't get my mind of the Unibroue 11 comparisons, and this has less style and more alcohol influence. I think I offended it by thinking about another beer, because it continued to slap me with alcohol. Old rating: 2.9
I'm the first guy who didn't fall in love with this beer? Damn. Golden amber colour. Flowery, yeasty aroma with some pepper, spice and alcohol. More of the same in the palate. On paper a good beer but I couldn't get my mind of the Unibroue 11 comparisons, and this has less style and more alcohol influence. I think I offended it by thinking about another beer, because it continued to slap me with alcohol. Old rating: 2.9
Tried
on 06 May 2003
at 20:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
This sucker is like golden monkey on steroids - nice clarity in appearance, slightly golden with a tinge of red or ruby, like they mixed a tripel with a dubbel - the flavor is kind of like that as well - this has all the qualities of golden monkey tripel, plus a presence of fruitiness (cherries, raisins), and subtle malts (grain, toffee) - slight yeasty presence - lingering sweetness in the finish - this is much better than the V10, and hopefully won't have the bottling problems that its big brother had.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2003
at 08:19