Victory Lager: 18

Taste: 8 Finish: 4 Visual: 2 Aroma: 4
Total: 18

Victory swings strong to make a great beer with one fatal and one minor flaw.

First, the color is just not right. It's a pale golden that somehow looks fake. I don't know why but it just looks wrong. The aroma though is very nice. Lightly floral and spiced with a bit of sweetness.

The up front taste is great. A very nice lightly sweet malt flavor. It pours over the tongue with just a hint of bubbles. In the back is more malt, a bit of citrus, and a touch of cream. It tingles on the tongue leaving those nice flavor notes. It's got that great German pilsner flavor but just a bit more malt. It almost is a great beer. But then, it hits. In the exhale is a very fake CO2 flavor. That fountain soda that doesn't have the right mix. It crushes the brew down at least 4 points.

In conclusion, Victory Lager should have been a good to great beer. Due to a CO2 aftertaste, it only scores fair. Given plenty of other great pilsners and helles out there, pass on Victory Lager.