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Victory Novello at Marc Vetri’s Alla Spina
Posted by Foobooz on February 25th, 2012
Last night we were lucky enough to be invited to experience Alla Spina and sample pig tails, fried chicken, mortadella hot dogs and pretzels with the best cheese sauce we’ve ever been fortunate enough to have touch our tongues. But this post is about the beer, the exclusively brewed Victory Novello to be exact. The Belgian-style blonde is brewed with the same yeast as Victory’s uber-popular Golden Monkey but comes in at 7% alcohol by volume, a couple percentage points below the Downingtown brewery’s dangerous Belgian strong ale.
The Novello is less sweet than Golden Monkey and a more balanced beer in general. It is similar to the Italian farmhouse beers that also dot the menu at Alla Spina, though it still has a spicier finish than some of those very dry beers.
It’s definitely a beer worth checking out when Alla Spina swings open the doors on Monday, as is the very fun bar food.
Alla Spina [Official Site]
Alla Spina
600 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA
Related Tags: Alla Spina, Beer, Full Team Coverage, Marc Vetri, North Broad, Victory-Brewing
February 27th, 2012 at 9:42 am
Very cool, saw him at the dog park yesterday and said that they are ready to rock. I’m very excited to try this place.
February 27th, 2012 at 10:58 am
Which means that Novello will have that same metallic taste as Golden Monkey, though they tell me that is a feature and not a bug.