Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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!

Opaque black/brown with a lovely dense head. Rich boozy aromas light chocolate but pretty OTT. Very rich and metallic with a nasal chocolate finish. Heavy roasts. Spongy and thick. It IS good but I’ve had things that make it pale in comparison.

Bottle. Pours a smooth dark black with a large tan to brown head. Sweet stone fruit and roast malt on the nose. Thin to medium bodied with an enormous roast flavor and touches of coffee. Long roasted malt finish with a nice bitterness.

Pours from a bottle a deep, impenetrable oil black color with a thick tan head. There are strong aromas of chocolate malt and fig- absolutely penetrating. Flavor of fig, malt, and some substantial bitterness in the finish. A rather thick and creamy palate. A very solid beer.