Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Bottle (35 cl) at Ölrepubliken, Göteborg, Sweden. Black with a rich beige head. Chocolate roasted malt aroma with notes of coffee and salmiak. Medium bodied and smooth. Dry with a bitter, slightly salty finish. Well balanced and very drinkable.

Warm chocolate syrup nose with hints of coffee, molasses, and tobacco pipe smoke. Deep black color with a hint of amber, massive deep tan meringue like head. Rich roasted malt sweetness, very spicy clove bitterness, nicely balanced. Medium carbonation, full bodied, chewy mouth feel, long roasty toasty warming finish. Pretty intense beer, the spicy notes and lack of that sometimes overly bitter burnt roasted malt characteristic in some Imperial Stouts make this stand out.

Chilled in a pint glass. It pours pitch black with a thick head that lingers. The aroma is very hoppy and floral with lasting french roast coffee nose. Taste is roasted/charred malt with strong coffee and bittersweet chocolate tones. Its really a nice beer to have on a cold winter day. Oh yea, this beer can also take age well. The hop aroma drops some and you are left with a slightly fatter stout.

pours a great dark color for an imerial. i like them with an espresso, toasted taste and this has it. it has some chocolate hints and although i dont like too much chocolate, this does it well. it isnt arrogantly over priced either. fills you up but a heck of a night when you put down a 6 pack

Really dark beer -- looked as near black as any beer I’ve seen, though the lighting was low and certainly contributed to the darkness. Very little head, but that is immaterial here. Aroma is espresso and bitter dark chocolate -- absolutely wonderful, strong hops, too, but leap out less than the description suggests (at least to me). Very smooth on the palate - certainly lithe. Flavors of espresso, dark chocolate, leather and even some tobacco. Very good beer, definitely recommended.

deep, really deep black colour, brown head, lots of lacing! Aroma is sweet and roasted, milk chocolate, drk fruit, espresso, jam and it is also warming in the finish. Flavour has a lot more punch than the aroma lets on, hops, hops and also some hops! Espresso and a nice warming finish. Mouthfeel is lively with small bubbles. This is really good!

A: Pours like a fine cafe’ cubano straight from the Cuban bakery I frequent. Looks like an oversized espresso in the glass. Deep dark black coffee like appearance with a thin dark khaki head found on only the best Cuban espresso. Some of the head sticks to the glass as I consume this bad boy leaving behind some lacing. S: Very dark and earthy. Deeply roasted malts, fresh ground Cafe Bustello Cuban Coffee, Bakers Chocolate, and grassy hops. T: Very nice. If this baby was coffee it would be a double espresso. There are tons of deep earthy flavors in the taste as well. Hershey’s cocoa, espresso, dark charcoal roasted malt and quite possibly the most hops I have ever tasted in a stout. Very Interesting. M: Medium bodied with a creamy quality about it.