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Ballast Point Victory At Sea Coffee Imperial Porter


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99
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An American Strong Ale brewed by
Ballast Point Brewing Company

San Diego, California USA

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364.06/5.04.01/5.0Special12%96.8 Trappist glass P  Stats

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 JorisPPattyn (4246), Antwerpen, Belgium
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20

Apr 24, 2008  
Draught Near no head; black beer. Pure freshly roasted coffee with a bit of sugar; moccha cookies (Café Crème) aroma. Sweet coffee & moccha, and only the sweetness and the warming betraying the alcoholload. Very slick, viscuous, and alcoholwarming. Good, impressive Imperial porter, with a respectable alcoholdash that doesn’t get too spiritlike.

 luckygirl (1212), Longmont, Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Jun 1, 2008  
Sampled at ’08 BSAF. Beer is very dark brown, clear. Head is small, frothy, light brown, mostly and quickly diminishing.<P>The aroma is malty with light notes of roasted grain, caramel, toasted nut, toffee, cookie, moderate notes of coffee, chocolate; Hoppy with light herbal note; Trace note of yeasty basement; Miscellaneous notes of light vanilla and a trace of cinnamon.<P>The flavor is lightly sweet, trace acidic, lightly bitter with a long, lightly bitter, trace sweet finish.<P>The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is soft.<P>Nice, big and thick.


 BlackForestCO (478), Fort Collins and Black Forest, Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 13, 2008  
On tap. Poured a deep brown/black color with a thin beige head that diminished to a thin layer. Aroma of coffee, milk chocolate, and vanilla. Flavorconsisted of smooth coffee, roasted malts, chocolate, and light vanilla to complement even more coffee on the finish. Full and smooth on the palate, light alcohol peaking through. Very well done coffee porter, perhaps my favorite yet.


 ironchefscott (220), long beach, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Apr 8, 2008  
straight out the keg @ the ba alesmith release.thanks cquiroga! WOW....damn good coffee flavor...and damn smooth wow...this just kills my last favorite imperial porter.....gonzo....sooo much better!


 Odeed (1430), Bakersfield, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Apr 2, 2008  
(straight out the keg @ the ba alesmith release.thanks cquiroga!)dark brown with a nice dark brown head.awesome aroma and flavor of coffee,and roasted malts.smooth and full of that coffee flavor.just like i like it.




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