Sour Monkey
Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown

Look is a pale and hazy with a white head. Smells fruity with a little spice and citrus.
On the pallet though it is a sour bomb. Not heavy like sour candy but sour is most of the Pallet with some citrus spice when searching for it.

Best by 2.7.25

Poured at fridge temp into a tulip glass

Pours a slightly hazy/cloudy dull gold and accompanying sheen, with a fair sandy colored head that settled fairly quickly. Some tracing lace and a tight ring left behind. 4.25

Puckering tart candy apple like aroma, with a touch of sweet spice - cinnamon sugar? Its very nice. 4.25

Flavor follows aroma on the sour candy fruitiness, tart green apple on the finish, spice is very faint and almost lost. 4

Enamel-stripping acidic, and medium-high carbo. 3.5

Overall a very enjoyable if not occasional treat, only because it is SO acidic. Aroma was very pleasant. I was a bit disappointed because I felt like I missed the yeastiness, which is a favorite mark of mine on Belgians. 4

 

Oh yeah this hit the spot tonight. Nice sour fruity taste. Light and refreshing feel. Let me tell u from my current state that it gives you a buzz. This might be my worst beer review but it's good and goes down super smooth.

 

 

 

From a 19.2oz stovepipe can, best by 11/15/24 - so there’s a broad target, eh? Served in a spiegelau tulip.

Pours a barely hazed sunshiney honey-gold with a finger of soft, fizzy suds. The head holds up for a few seconds before collapsing down into a narrow margin and a barely rousable, slippery film of lacing. It is a pretty colour!

Nose is faint, floral. Aromas of sour apple candy, caramel and carnations. Not much, really; having to work at it.

Taste is tart, spicy, resinous. Tasting candy apple, spicy grass, lime juice, lemon peel. Sour patch kids. What I do not taste is the alleged abv.

Feel is smooth, full bodied with fine, zesty carbonation. Again, no trace of booziness.

Easy drinking, tangy and refreshing - all well and good until you remember that it’s 9.5% abv, try to get up off the papa-san and fall on your ass. At some point I really have to stop insisting that I don’t like sour beer.

Had this out of a can. One sip and it immediately hit me: this tastes like puke. Acidic, putrid smelling vomit. Ive never had a bad beer, until this. I cant believe others havent noted the same; was there a fluke in this batch? My two companions agreed: vomit 100%. We called it the barf beer. Left it on the bar. Absolute yuck!

 

 

The pour is bright yellow colored. The taste is tart, sour, lime, & slight orange. Cheers! B

Never had a sour beer before. Loved it!

 

The only thing I can say I appreciated with this beer is the uniqueness, and there it ends. Odd murky gold appearance, weird assorted candy nose, and fruity drink mix flavors with a puckering sour profile. Mouthfeel was full with balanced carbonation.

 

I really liked this one. Sour but not particularly fruity, other than maybe lime. A little dry and cider-y. Overall really yummy, especially if paired with something that goes well with something tart.

 

Really good. Kind of wakes you up out of beer slumber. Not an everyday beer but a great Belgian style tripel made with an American accent. Cidery, tart with a malt backbone and very clean finish. Awesome beer, completely hides its high abv which is what the best tripels should do. Victory makes great beer.

Nucleated Tulip
Look: Poured a clear yellow. Pouring a 1 finger head which dissipated into a thin cap
Smell: Trad citric sour smell. Fruity, zesty, light tinge of malt
Taste: very tart, lime juice, hint of hops, strong alcohol presence. Finish is clear, with not of citrus
Feel: Light body, moderate carbonation and crisp finish
Overall: Its alright, taste good but the strong alcohol presence ruins it

Given to me as a 12oz can from a friend of mine. Poured into a tulip glass.

L - Hazy gold, with a one-finger pale white head. Laces well.
S - Mineral & citron. Generic "sour" note. Wheat.
T - Follows nose. Heavier on the citron & pear peel. Cracker. Well-balanced. Tart wheat finish.
F - Medium-bodied, with lots of carbonation. Warming. Easy-to-drink. Pretty refreshing, actually.
O - An underwhelming a tripel as it is a sour. Sort of like if you watered down Delirium Tremens, took out half the complexity, and added lambic yeast. Not great, but not too bad. Just sort of wish there was more to it. The ABV is damn near undetectable, so I'll give it that. Probably won't get this one again, but I won't turn one down if handed to me.

 

Reminds me of LaFolie by New Belgium, only mor carbonated. This is a good sour, with with a bit of a dry sweetness, if that makes sense. Besides the obvious citrus, I taste yeast. This is going to be in my regular rotation.

Look: Yellow, 2 finger head, nothing crazy

Smell: Smells like a normal sour. Smells sour with some lemon or lime

Taste: Sour at first but very sweet, this is the only sour that's actually good (in my opinion)

Feel: Weirdly heavy, lingers for a bit

Overall: Enjoyable, makes me want to try something else from this brewery.

EDIT: Came back to this beer to say i was wrong. This is phenomenal. I am thoroughly impressed. It is one of my go to beers now.

From the bottom of the can: "BEST BY JUL 15 24 PBG 22196 09:42 FL"

Appearance: The body is a medium shade of gold and is cloudy. There is a short white cap that quickly fades to a white ring and leaves no lacing.

Aroma: It has an odd sweaty aroma giving it a bit of an old laundry scent. At first I thought it was me but it wasn't. Not much else comes through on the beer. At least the aroma isn't very strong.

Flavor: It is tart up front with a bit of a berry flavor. There is a touch of cereal grain in the front which gets stronger as it crosses the palate. It tastes a bit like fruity pebbles at first, then a touch of alcohol kicks in as it rolls to the back of the palate. There is this light grain sweetness to the beer which is interesting. The aftertaste has some alcohol and a bit of a sour pineapple character.

Mouthfeel: It is tart and semi-dry on the finish. It has a somewhat odd bitterness to the beer which is kind-of like if you bite into the core of an apple but otherwise it's fine.

Overall: The flavor of the beer was pretty good and it had this fruity pebbles cereal character which was interesting. The aroma was off-putting though, and it never went away even when drinking the beer. It made it a bit hard to enjoy the flavor when the odd sweaty aroma was overpowering everything. I probably wouldn't buy it again because of the aroma but for some people it might not bother them as much. It wouldn't be something I would recommend unless I wanted to see a person's reaction to the aroma.

 

 

 

 

Can from Bottle Stop.

A clear light orange with a dense white head with good retention and lacing. The nose is pure base tripel with apple, pear esters, phenols and a mild acidity and clove funk that complements the base tripel. Mild honey and fruit.

Drinking a seven year old bottle but very tasty. Still sour. Fruity. Tasty.

 

 

 

 

Clear gold appearance with a small white head and not much lacing. Yeasty, tart aroma with a substantial citrus footprint. Pungent taste; sour but not off-putting. Citrus still a factor. Despite the high abv, the alcohol taste is obscured. A nice offering if you like sour/tart beers.

 

12 oz can

pours lighter golden, clear, white head. Tart citrus but kinda one-note, a little boring. overall I thought the Berry Monkey was better.