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New Beer Blog Victory Brewery Headwaters Ale

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into another beer from Victory Brewery.  It is Headwaters Ale.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this East Coast craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know this Pennsylvania base craft brewery.  Let us get into this pale ale.

It has a gold color with a constant white head. The aroma has a fresh citrus notes. The taste of this light body ale has a light malt notes to a nice citrus notes. The aftertaste has a crisp dry hop finish. It is extremely drinkable beer.

Here is a description from their website (www.victorybeer.com):

Malted barley, hops and yeast are the building blocks of beer. But none of these elements would exist without water, the essence of life. The waters that feed our brewery begin just over a dozen miles away, making for spectacularly pure and vital water for brewing. Having worked with watershed advocacy groups since our inception, we value our headwaters, our source, in many ways. You’ll value them as well when you taste this firmly crisp and aromatically arousing pale ale.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.victorybeer.com

Twitter:  @victorybeer

Closing, I respect what Victory Brewery has done in their time in the craft beer world.  They are not my favorite craft brewery from Pennsylvania.  I do enjoy their beers.  I will always pick up any new beers that they release in my market.  Plus, revisit their IPA’s now and then. This is a great beer and it is well balance.  It is pretty drinkable beer.  I know it is design to be session-able.  I love it.  I highly recommend this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it! Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Victory Brewery Vine To Victory Harvest Ale

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into one of my favorite breweries in Penyslivania.  It is Victory Brewery and it is Harvest Ale.  This is a pretty big trend in the craft beer world.  I am talking about wet hopped or harvest ales.  It could either a Pale or India Pale Ale.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this east coast craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know Victory Brewery.  Let us get into this pale ale.

It has a clear copper color without a head on the beer. The aroma has an earthly, piney to floral notes. The taste has a nice carbonation and malty notes along with juiciest earthy to piney notes. The aftertaste has a hop finish that is pretty wet. It is drinkable.

Here is a description from their website (www.victorybeer.com):

Harvest Ale

Wet-Hopped Pale Ale

Highly aromatic and sensual, this novel pale ale delivers a fresh hop flavor like no other brew. Its secret? Fresh hops piled into our boiling kettle just hours after their harvest. With many more of their essential oils intact, these “wet” hops add glorious notes of juicy, fruit to a lightly sweet and balanced brew. Best enjoyed fresh!

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.victorybeer.com

Twitter:  @victorybeer

Ending, This is a great beer.  There is not too many ales that I can say are juicy.  The only other beer comes to mind is New Belgium Slow Ride IPA.  I like it. It is pretty different.  What makes this beer a little different is the aftertaste, it has a kind of wet hop bitter finish.  It is a nice drinkable beer.  This is a beer to enjoy watching sports but you will need to pace yourself.  The aroma and taste profile gives off some nice notes.  I highly recommend this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Victory Brewery Alt Route Altbier

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In this special beer blog, we are going to get into the eleventh of twelve beers from Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp.  This one is teamed up with Victory Brewery and it is their Alt Route Altbier.  If you read earlier beer blog posts on both breweries, you know both craft breweries.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know these two great breweries.  Let us get into Altbier.

It has a nice amber color with a white head on this German beer style.  The aroma has a sweet caramel notes.  The taste profile has a sweet malty to some citrus notes.  The aftertaste has a citrus dry hop finish.  It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This take on a German Altbier is anchored by a layered, slightly sweet malt body supported by citrusy hop flavor and aroma.

Breweries are notorious for refusing to take the easy path.  Alt Route is a tribute to this stubborn spirit that drove us to dodge the status quo and build breweries of our own.  Together we chased the siren song of beer with this revamped take on an antique beer styles.

Here is a description from  their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

Brewers are notorious for refusing to take the easy path. Instead, we lead with our hearts and pursue our passions no matter how difficult the road ahead. Alt Route is a tribute to this stubborn spirit that drove us to dodge the status quo and found breweries. Together we chased the siren song of beer with this revamped take on an antique beer style.

Like us, Victory is one of the few brewers with an allegiance to whole-cone hops. They do extensive work with hop flavor, especially focusing on clever and delicious single-hop beers highlighting the same hop grown in different regions. They too share our roots in home brewing and never lost their passion for working with new beers and styles solely for the joy of making something new.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.victorybeer.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  @victorybeer and @sierranevada

In the end, I was pretty excited to see this beer style in this pack.  This is one of my favorite German beer styles and then it is coming from Victory.  What else is there to say, I am pretty stun that I did not pick this beer up first.  I figured I would save this beer to the end.  I love the color of the beer and the aroma.  However, the taste was great, I was thrown by the citrus notes throughout the drinking experience.  It just took me off guard.  I do not know how I feel about it.  I did get use to it towards the end.  This beer is a great example that should be feature in this pack.  I like it towards the end.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13