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Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

Victory Storm King Imperial Stout - Imperial Stout

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100
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Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout

Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
18844.07/5.04.06/5.09.1%92.9Snifter
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With a huge, Pacific Northwest hop aroma & character upfront, Storm King subsides into massive, roast malt complexity. More flavor than mere words can adequately describe. Rich and substantial, it will warm your heart.
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jmulv (76), Rensselaer, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/56/104/515/20
Apr 6, 2009  
Pours a very dark brown/black with almost no head. The smell is to die for - some hops and a load of roasty goodness. It tastes a bit hoppier than some other imperial stouts I’ve had, but that’s not a bad thing in my mind. An excellent beer by an excellent brewery.


bluehen88 (4), Delaware, USA
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4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Apr 5, 2009  
On cask at Victory Brewing in Downingtown. Also sampled on tap, but from the cask was much better. creamy, full of character, a great stout. quite filling but at 9.2% abv, a pint is plenty for one sitting.


 daleharshman (181), San Diego, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 4, 2009  
Bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar (Escondido, CA). Pours an almost complete black. Head is dark beige, huge and frothy and lingers. Aroma of roasted malts and a bit of hops. Hops are noticeable in the taste right away and they last all the way through. A roasted and somewhat burnt coffee malt flavor then comes up. At first the malt flavor seems to compete with the hops but they find a mostly happy harmony by the finish. The finish has both lingering bitterness as well as a smooth and slightly dry malty finish. Definitely an interesting one.


 ben4321 (952), Rockville, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Apr 2, 2009  
Location: 12 oz bottle from Gilly’s, 4/2/09

Aroma: Roasted mailts, chocolate, coffee
Appearance: Very dark, thick creamy head, tons of lacing
Flavor: Roasted malts, a nice hoppy backing, tons of mix in the flavor
Palate: Medium body, nice carbonation, highly drinkable, complex
Overall Impression: A really nice stout, pours a picturesque creamy head on a very dark beer. I liked this one a lot, especially the finish.


Under-age Drinker (96), Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/104/515/20
Mar 31, 2009  
Very dark, almost black. The beer has excellent carbonation, something I like in most imperial stouts, head dwindles, but lasts throughout...incredible lacing...The nose reminds me of being in a brewery for some reason, smells unpolished, as it warms I smell malt and alcohol. Mouthfeel is quite light for such a big beer, and there are a ton of hops up front with a bitter finish...too hoppy for an imperial stout in my opinion. Overall, very good, a different take on this style I am not used to...I think I will cellar the rest of my 6 pack, this beer should be much better in a few years...


 bluemooner (229), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/518/20
Mar 30, 2009  
Pours a deep brown, almost black color with a rich brown head. Chocolate malt aroma. Rich, bitter taste of hops, roasty malts, chocolate, coffee, and alcohol. Indeed, quite bitter but with substantial flavor. Very good beer.


 shawnm213 (882), South Bend, Indiana, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 30, 2009    Updated: Apr 28, 2009
split a 6 pack with peter in chicago. this may have been a silly choice on a relatively warm day, but it tasted great all the same


 Tweety (336), Vancouver, Washington, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Mar 28, 2009  
I’ve had a couple bottles of this, the first one was clearly a lot older, and the tastes were widely divergent, so I’m gonna go with the fresher bottle for the rating. So hoppy it’s almost like a really dark IPA, which is great, but the roastiness is still there palpably lurking beneath the surface. An interesting brew, different than just about anything else I’ve had. Yum!



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