V12!!

Wow! This Aug 27, 2004 bottled on brew is fantastic. Wonderful in all the points that count and the 12% abv is so well hidden. Absolutely no burn at all! ;^)

I can't believe Victory has retired it. Anyone know the story behind that?? Lew?

V10 was retired, not, to the best of my knowledge, V12.

I was pretty much going by their website where they list only one beer under their V series....a new Saison. If the V12 is still being brewed, I'm all for that! ;^) Btw, have you tried the Saison yet? I loved Dupont but had less than stellar feelings about Rogue Festive.(Haven't found or tried Fantome yet)

The V10 that I bought (first release) was a wonderful beer, but whether it was a bottling issue, cork issue, what have you did not cellar favorably. The fresh was a wonderfully fruity beer and fine drinking all 'round. The bottles I cellared ended up as slightly sour, rather boring ales. Haven't tried cellaring the 12s...sounds like it may be worth a shot. The Saison is a tasty beer. I liked it at least as much as the DuPont and that was a fresh Saison vs. aged DuPont. I'd also recommend Ommegang's Hennepin if you're a fan of the Saison (that cellars pleasantly as well...the bottle of cave aged from the brewery was quite nice)

Bill

I'm a huge fan of saisons; now I'm going to have to get some of Victory's.

I thought the Festive Ale pretty much missed the boat entirely. Not, to my taste, a pleasant beer. Something harsh about it, and of course, the damn carbonation is way too low.

--Jeff Frane

Dupont is exquisite, one of my very favorite beers of any type. The Victory Saison was "less than stellar" (I like that!) on draft, and I was a bit wary of the bottle, but even a few weeks made a great improvement. I'm looking forward to trying some that's got some real age on it.

Jeff, let me know if you can't readily put your hands on the "V" series in your area. There's a bottle of Victory Saison in my cellar that just might have your name on it 8-)

Jack

Hoo hah!

Belmont Station has stocked V12, but I suspect they haven't seen any new stock in quite awhile. Everything has to come through Columbia Distributing, and they're notorious for missing good offerings like this.

A nice offer. In March, Full Sail will be bottling their wonderful Equinox in 22 oz bottles, after several years of it being among the missing. I think it might make a nice trade.

--Jeff Frane

Are you sure that name isn't "Joel"? ;-)

Jeff, I can't find your snaily from before - please resend. There might also be enough room in the box for a stogie or 2.....

Jack

jmowbray at verizon dot net

Joel - yes, I might have misspelled the name. Please send snaily.

Jack