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Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

Victory Storm King Imperial Stout - Imperial Stout

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 Percentile 
100
overall
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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Commercial Description:
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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dkingsella (85), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/518/20
Feb 3, 2009  
Pours a very dark black with a nice mocha head. Nice amount of lacing on the glass. Aroma is earthy with hints of raisin, molasses, alcohol, malt. Flavor has a nice hop bitterness to start and then very complex malty notes into the finish...dark chocolate, coffee and more in this one. Mouthfeel is silky and smooth. This is a very nice Imperial Stout. A nice find for me as I hadn’t heard any buzz until a chat with the owner of Belmont Station here in Portland...Cheers Carl!


 nickd717 (1276), Palo Alto, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Jan 31, 2009    Updated: Feb 2, 2009
Nice RIS from my real home state. Almost jet black with small tan head. Nice aroma of coffee, sweet malt, and hops. Flavor is complex: lots of hops, sweet malt, coffee, chocolate, and something else I can’t quite put my finger on. Palate is smooth, maybe a little on the watery side if I’m going to nitpick. A nice beer, different from most in its style.


 DSG (1501), Tel Aviv, Israel
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jan 29, 2009  
(11/13/08) Bottle at friends’ house in Philadelphia. Black-colored with a small light brown head. Aroma of heavily roasted grains, some coffee, licorice hints and lots of hops. Very bitter and roasty flavor loaded with hops, coffee, dark bread and some herbal notes. Body seems a bit thin for an Imperial Stout. I don’t like really hoppy Stouts.


 trevor211 (500), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Jan 27, 2009  
Very pretty pour. Black, with a thick, light mocha-colored head. The usual notes for an Impy stout, though this the nose on this one tends more toward the stale coffee side, and farther from the molasses / chocolate side. Flavor confirms. Bitter, stale coffee, with some cacao and deep, burnt malts. This one was heavy on the hops, for sure. I enjoyed it, but this style has a much higher bar for me, and this one didn’t quite do it.


 NomDeBeer (397), Maryland, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
Jan 26, 2009  
Thick beer with low carbonation and no head to speak of. Flavors of molasses, coffee, roasted malt, and dark chocolate. Has sort of an acrid bitterness not for the faint of heart, but it really grew on me. Excellent.


 branspra (204), Arlington, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
Jan 25, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a very dark brown color with a large, frothy, brown head. Lacing is excellent. Aromas of malt, port, and hints of citrus from the hops. Lively mouthfeel with an initial hop taste, then the traditional stout finish. Slick feel throughout the tasting too. Not the best stout I have had, but it is above average.


 fidel (884), Livermore, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 22, 2009  
Pours dark brown, roasted malts, dark fruits, caramel, hoppy, little dark chocolate.


 timmy300 (199), bloomington, Illinois, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/105/518/20
Jan 18, 2009  
on tap at Medici, normal ($3 full 12oz. pour) big with the hops even for an impy stout. very floral. could drink these all night every night, all of the flavor and balance, with none of the sticky cloying sweetness of other big stouts.



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