Victor
Weyerbacher Brewing Co.

Found this in the back of the fridge
very sweet malt, but tasty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a clean orange-ish to amber in color with a light tan head. In the aroma, a sweet malt and a small fruitiness. In the taste, pine like hops and a small, sweet fruitiness. A hop bite and a medium bodied mouthfeel, with a small dry pine hop in the aftertaste. A nice hop presence, with a a pleasant small fruitiness.

Single purchased at the brewery.

Brownish-red with indirect light, a bold red when back lit. Excellent clarity. Four fingers of rocky bone china colored foam. Some drips of lace.

Earthy, bready aroma.

Malty beginning, but not caramel sweet. Earthy, bready. Sort of English qualities.

Nicely chewy mouthfeel.

A nice big amber, though I prefer mine with a more aggressive hop attack.

 

 

A-deep red/mahogany with a small white fluffy head.

S-nice roasted malts with a slight toasty grain with a earthy hoppiness lingering.

T-similiear to smell with an added complexity of chocolate or coffee I am picking up. Very well balanced.

M-very easy drinking. perfect bitterness/sweetness ratio. Well done for the category.

This beer is an excellent portrayal of a red ale. Although the genre is so broad, since Troegs Nugget Nectar grouped in here as well, and is quite distinct to this beer. Anyways, you can drink this as a session beer, or as a stand alone ipa style if you like. West coast hops in the nose, grassy, piney, but not punchy. Flavor follows well. Victor is middle of the road in a very good way. It doesn't particularly stand out, but it is super drinkable at the same time. I also had this at the brewery on tap in a sample cup, but in a horrible tasting order. The brewery was releasing other beers that same day and I had tried a full on west coast ipa, oak aged quad, and a belgian yeasted imperial stout before this beer. So in that sense, it was very much in the background. But when I had it by itself the next day it was very good. I understand that Weyerbacher can't mass produce all the beers in their one-off series. But that's part of the magic of visiting the brewery. Well done gentlemen!

A - Nice dark amber color. No lacing, not a lot of head and no retention.

S - Some citrus, a lot of malt. Can't put my finger on the exact malts, but reminds me of a maltier Nugget Nectar.

T - Similar to the nose. Good amount of hops, but definitely dominated by malts. I wish it was a bit hoppier.

M - Pretty smooth. I taste some alcohol, or an off flavor similar to alcohol.

O - I really liked this on draft at Weyerbacher, but it's not quite as good out of the bottle. Could have something to do with the Heady Toppers immediately prior to this, but I'm not sure. I had a long break and food in between. I'd recommend trying it before it's gone, however.

This poured out as a reddish brown color with a light tan head on top. The smell of the beer was a little on the yeasty side to me, I though it almost smelled like a Belgian ale to me. There was some bread on the nose along with some light fruity notes and some hops as well. The taste of the beer was a little scattered to me, I was picking up slight notes of chocolate in there and some minimal fruit notes as well as some bitter hops. The mouthfeel was drinkable, moderately carbonated. Overall I felt this beer didn't really have much of a pronounced character to it. I wasn't sure what to label is as I was drinking it. I will try it again if I come across it sometime.