Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

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

Bottle. 12 oz. Pours a solid, obsidian black with a thick, pillowy amber head. Aroma of raisins, figs, red peppers, corriander, barley, roasted malts, and hints of coffee beans. Heavy, full body with a smooth, subtle mouthfeel, rounded out by a powerful finish. Outstanding Imperial stout from Victory.

Bottle from Hi-Times. Pitch black with fluffy head. Nice nose of malts, and chocolates with coffee. Lots of taste of chocolate. Really nice. Coffee notes as well. Really roasty, smooth and delicious. Nice finish with lots of bitterness.

great beer. light chocolate coffee. malty start and hop finish. those who like IPA, stouts, porters will like this. intense. did not realize it was 9.1 anddd charles barkly is a hoot on jay lenno showw

Love it. So delicious, brought it to a beer tasting and made everyone like me. Coffee flavors and smooth

I’ve had this brew a few times, on draft and cask, and it has been amazing each time. Pours pitch black with a big, fluffy beige head. An aroma heavy on the roasted malts contains traces of chocolate and expresso. The overwhelming flavor smacks of dark chocolate, roasted coffee beans, and at once bitter and sweet malts. There is also some mild hoppiness, but it’s the malts that abound. A heavy beer with a full body. Nice, lasting aftertaste emphasizes the roasty flavors with a hint of smokiness. Truly delicious.

Very nice stout...black creamy pour, lots of tan head, nice lacing...nose was full of roasty malts and coffee...flavor was much the same...nice bitterness on the finish

TAP: jet black pour, tan head. Big roasty nose with chocolate present. Medium bodied. Taste is big roasty stout, but good lord does this one have a hop presence - moreso than most in this style, and maybe a bit much for me for a big ’ol stout.

ENJOY BY: OCT 10 13 Super dark brown liquid. Two finger head of chocolate brown foam. Retention is decent and lacing is fairly good. Good amount of maltiness in the nose. Some sizable chocolate presence. Unexpected hop presence, for the style. Piney and citrusey. You can tell that this one is a ’new’ interpretation of the style. Slight espresso notes, with hints of caramel. Big dark chocolate malt backbone. Roasted grains. Burnt espresso. Slight undertones of piney hops. Not as prominent as in the nose. Smooth. A little weak, though, IMO. I like my Stouts, especially Imperials, to be quite abit thicker and full-bodied than this. Not near the level of creaminess that I would expect. Yes, it’s pretty drinkable. On the other hand, I think it’s for a select group of people. I’m glad I was forewarned about the hoppy quality to be found in this. If I hadn’t been, I’d be pretty disappointed with this one. I don’t like big hop notes in my stouts.