The brewery: “Our great-grandparents George and Susannah Bateman started the
Brewery in 1874 to supply the local farmers, who paid their land workers
part in produce, part in money and part in beer.......After four generations, we’re still independent to the bone. We
fought hard for that independence and we feel it’s our duty to protect
it, along with our fantastic brewery and all that it stands for.”
The beer: "Victory Ale is brewed with pale and crystal malts and hopped with English Goldings and American Liberty varieties. A distinctive peppery hop and bitter orange aroma is followed by big hops and fruit flavours with a lingering hop bitterness. Set sail and enjoy."
Not as hoppy and fruity as I feared. A tasty drop but punchy at 6.0% A.B.V.
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