2012 Vintage Victory At Sea

12 is no better than 11. Not disappointed though as this is best when fresh-ish.

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Aged too long. Not as good as normal

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Coffee version 11 year later vanilla disappeared but still drinkable coffee version

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Been a minute

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Thanks Brendan starting to turn

Pulled from the back of my beer closet. Not as sweet, still coffee flavor

Purchased at Oliver's Market

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Opened for MNC - Saints won! Aged and mellowed nicely after more than a decade. Coffee is nuanced with a nice bitter chocolate element.

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I had low expectations since the last bottle I had a couple years ago had oxidized a bit. Still a little coffee roast on the nose and coffee & vanilla on the finish. So excited how well this bottle survived. Delicious!

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Cardboard. Yummy 😋

No need to age these beers ten years. I am well aware it even said to enjoy within a year on the bottle, but I did the experiment anyways. All the good flavors of the beer were gone. No coffee roast, no vanilla. It was pretty lame.

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For 2012, damn this is nice. Taste of smokey vanilla and roasty cocoa but it's all subtle and faint.. Coffee is gone. Actually good enough to drink though.

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