Victoria
(has 1 batch)
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.14
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Inspiration for Victoria was found in the artwork at the Victoria Mansion where visual references to Bacchus, the Thracian god of wine, brought the idea of introducing grapes to the beer.
Brewing Victoria begins by crushing five hundred pounds of chardonnay grapes and adding them to the mash with two thousand pounds of Pilsner malt. The brew is then lightly hopped with Hallertau and finished by fermenting with a mix of wine yeast and Belgian abbey-style yeast. The result is a beer with golden highlights, a fruity nose, and a complex finish. Its beer sibling, Victor, uses locally grown red grapes, but is otherwise identical.
Thanks to the Allagash “Give Where You Live” initiative, a portion of the proceeds of Victoria goes to the Victoria Mansion in Portland, Maine.
Brewing Victoria begins by crushing five hundred pounds of chardonnay grapes and adding them to the mash with two thousand pounds of Pilsner malt. The brew is then lightly hopped with Hallertau and finished by fermenting with a mix of wine yeast and Belgian abbey-style yeast. The result is a beer with golden highlights, a fruity nose, and a complex finish. Its beer sibling, Victor, uses locally grown red grapes, but is otherwise identical.
Thanks to the Allagash “Give Where You Live” initiative, a portion of the proceeds of Victoria goes to the Victoria Mansion in Portland, Maine.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A hazy orange beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet spicy - especially coriander, and wheaty. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, and spices again coriander being most dominant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2007
at 16:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Getestet beim LCRBM Leicht sauer und hefig. Das prickelnde Bier wird schnell alkoholischer und wirkt sonst recht aromenarm, der (gedämpft) hopfige Nachgeschmack bildet die Ausnahme. Leicht erfrischend, trotz der 9%. Test vom 11.9.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 8,8,9,8,7,8 - 8,10
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2007
at 12:05
4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2
Fully hazy orange; little off-white head. Coriander, wet blanket or wet mop Brett (Wyeast N°...), unripe grapes. Horrible wet blanket taste, like old rags soaked in molded grains. Further alcoholic, giving some extra sweetness, but not enough to cover a sharp, burning MF. To me this is horrible and undrinkable.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2007
at 00:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Small white head. Hazy yellow body. Hoppy herbal grassy aroma, quite mild, with notes of mango and apricot. Intense dry-sweet hoppy mango/apricot taste with malty background. Dry herbal banana/mango aftertaste. Excellent! (0.75l bottle at glouglouburp’s.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2007
at 10:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours bright gold into a tulip. Fluffy micro head quickly subsides to skim the surface. Dried fruit and yeast aromas. Soft, dry and chalky with typical Allagash yeast and pepper flavor. Didn’t pick up on the grapes too much. Over-priced as usual for an Allagash; but they keep selling them, and I keep buying them.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2007
at 18:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of Bu11zeye: Poured a bright yellow color ale with a big foamy head with great retention and lacing. Aroma of sweet white grape juice with some Belgian malt and some yeast. Taste is sweet with a nice mix between Belgian style malt and a yeasty finish. I couldn’t really pick-up the taste of grapes in there. Body was above average with some good carbonation and no alcohol was noticeable. Overall, this is an interesting beer but definitely not the best from this fine brewer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2007
at 19:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. (thx to papsoe) Unclear, golden body with a nice off-white head. Sugar, fruits and some dried fruits in the aroma. The flavor has some hay and grain, but that doesn’t matter because the sweetness, fruitiness and dried fruits dominates in a lovely blend. Full body and a long, sweet finish with some alcohol. It is maybe a bit on the sweet side, but is a lovely drink. (070510)
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2007
at 15:07
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of Rastacouere. Hazy, amber golden with an off-white head. Subdued aromas of fruit and yeast. Medium body with a very high carbonation, yeast and fruit and then nothing much more. Not pleasant. 090507
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2007
at 02:07