Beer Review: Victory Prima Pils

Serving Type: Bottle

ABV: 5.3 percent

Appearance: Prima Pils certainly has the color of a pilsner. It's straw gold and has a thin layer of bubbly head to top it off. The head will leave a little bit of lacing inside the glass, but you have to look close to spot it. The body of the beer is really hazy. I'd bet any money that this pilsner is a touch hazier than some witbiers out there. The haze instilled fear in me that this is one of those brews that's overly-saturated in hops.

Smell: Overall, this brew smells very dry. It's very yeasty, bready and grassy. Any hop presence that's in the aroma is very subtle and comforting.

Taste: My fear was somewhat proved true once I was able to taste this beer. There was a flow of hops all of the way across the tongue. The yeast that was in the beer mixed well on the front, though. The biscuit taste that provides that characteristic bitterness we look for in pilsners was present on the finish. So, that was definitely a plus. This beer still tastes very crisp.

Overall Rating: 

If you're one of those that enjoy more hops present in beer then you will probably enjoy this one more than I did. For me, a great pilsner is all about that biscuit taste on the finish. I feel that hops should only be a compliment and not a focus. That's just my opinion. Whether you like this beer depends on your ability to tangle with its bite because it definitely has some.