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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Aromas are meadlike. Honey and sweetness dominate, but you can smell the alcohol. A little bit of a port-like aspect to it too. Head is insanely large. Body is a cloudy dark amber. Alcohol dominates flavor, burying malt and so on. I’m picking up cloves and yeast, but they definitely take a back seat here. I’d be more than happy to trade a couple of ticks of the ABV% for a little more balance.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2006
at 21:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep amber into a tulip. Large, medium-bubbled tan head. Grass and dough notes. Creamy caramel with a lasting slight alcohol burn in the finish. 12 is nicely hidden.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2006
at 18:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a clear mild brown ale with a medium foamy slightly off-white head with great retention. Aroma of what I think is candi sugar is quite evident and well back by strong malt. Taste is also quite sweet, maybe even a tad too much for my liking with a dry hops finish. Not bad overall but just seems to be lacking complexity and yeast signature is way too discreet. Body is above average but could have been more full and bit more creamy. Interesting but I definitely had better beers from Victory.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2006
at 10:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Dark copper beer with a big cream colored head. Rich malty/yeasty aroma with some spice and earthiness. Rich malty flavor with some plum and figs. Candy sugar and alcohol warmth. High carbonation. Nice comlexity and depth. Finishes dry and would like the flavors to linger a bit longer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2006
at 21:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Whew...this is a big beer. Clearish orange-brown body, thin buff-colored head. Caramely aroma, with notes of cinnamon, alcohol, pear, cherry, and even band-aids. Cidery body, bready, toasty, and spicy (pepper, etc.), and extremely estery, heavy on dark fruits. Big alcohol punch. Syrupy, heavy, thick, sweet, estery...you get the picture. This isn’t a beer to slay on one’s own. Thanks to hellomynameis (Zach) for a long ago trade!
Tried
on 26 Nov 2005
at 21:10
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
on tap-pours a little head. Color is amber. Taste is sweet, grainy. Not my style.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jul 2005
at 14:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Deep hazy orange amber with a light fluffy Belgian laced head. Spicey yeast aroma with light coriander and strong vodka. Light orange peels also. Sweet candy sugar with whiff of warm alcohol. Some notes of pears and pineapple. Light hops in finsih. Rich and smooth bodied, with a rather quick finish.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2005
at 17:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amber color, bright; poor head. Nice malty aroma, with some fruitness. Quite good taste, malty in the beginning, too much alcohol feeling, cork, fruits (oranges…). Powerful, drinkable, but missing any elegance.
Tried
on 05 May 2004
at 03:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
An amber beer with a small disappearing head. The aroma is malty with distinct notes of hops, alcohol, and cowberries. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of cowberries and a dry finish.
Tried
on 02 May 2004
at 01:39
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Foxy amber, slight cold haze; yellowish foam fast reduced to rim and less. Leafy, fruity nose with crystal malts, raisins. Quite complex, really. Rich, madeirisated-like taste without oxydised notes; alcohol and fusels, raisins, slight aroma of hops. Sweet without any cloying. Finish is again very wine-like, grapey, raisins, complex. Definite alcoholburn, slight slickness but not yet viscous, very low carbonation. WOW. This is one hell of a beer - the more as it is impossible to tell exactly why. It is too big to be called subtle as the Grand Cru is. It’s vinous and complex as a vintage port.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2003
at 08:47