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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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy dark straw colour. Biscuity, toasty, grapey aroma. Dry, slightly fruity, slightly yeasty. Finish is sort of hot. As with my other grape beer experience, Peconic County, it’s pretty interesting but perhaps the elements don’t come together enough to really excite me.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2006
at 00:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Light golden coloured with a thin creamy white head. A sweet malt aroma mixes in with some white port notes. A smooth light malt in mouth, with light alcohol, veering on xeres, and coriander notes. Alcohol becomes predominant as beer warms up. Very nice. Thanks Capflu for sharing this.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2006
at 22:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cellared for many weeks, fridged for 40 minutes. Poured into a Leffe glass. Color is cloudy yellow with orangish aspects. Aroma is very present - belgian ale all the way, would never guess its this strong. Some sweetness in the background, which I attribute to the grapes. Taste lacks the sweetness but has the effervescent belgian flavor.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2006
at 23:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Orange/gold in color - sweet, white dessert wine kind of aroma, with hints of saffron and wheat - quite sweet, but somehow tannic at the same time - the chardonnay grapes are the star of the show; one almost forgets he’s drinking a beer - not as complex a beer as I’ve come to expect from Allagash, but still quite good.
Tried
on 12 May 2006
at 21:20