Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

Recommended by Keith "Crit", and it did not disappoint. 12 oz bottle into standard pint glass. Sorry, too tired to dig for the adequate glass. Both smell and flavor give what I would personally describe as strong Christmas spice. Mouth feel is smooth with a faint tingle. Taste is followed by strong hops with some roasted malt and fruity notes. A solid stout that with 9.1% really will warm your heart.

Ahh Storm King. I love you. Pours black with small tan head. A little dark fruit in the nose as well as vanilla/caramel notes. A good bitter, hop, and malt balance in the mouth. Thick and almost creamy. Finishes cleanly and crisp. Awesome beer.

330 mL. Pours nearly pitch black with a two-finger tan head that settles down to a thin layer. Lacing is insane. Aromas of resiny hops, roasted and chocolate malt, dark chocolate, vanilla extract, even some grapefruit from the huge hop character. Taste has a solid hoppy backbone with nice roasted malts, dark chocolate, and grapefruit. Aftertaste is long, bitter, and very nice. Almost no warming from the 9%. Excellent!

Very nearly black with thick medium-brown head that retains somewhat. Roast malt aroma with brilliant bouquet of hop spiceyness - smells like raw hop-buds - rather peppery! Immediaate roasty caramel, roast malt very robust, but kept up with by flavoring hops, also very bitter in the back. Rich, burned wood and spice mix to provide a complexity that competes strongly with any other Imperial, e.g., Founders, Nogne, Bell’s, Surly, Mikkeller, etc. Finish remains balanced and attenuates gently.

Beautiful pour, thick black and oily looking. Smells like a stout with hops. tannish head with nice full mouth. Chocolate up front with some strong hops in the back. Ive had less bitter IPAs! No light through this brew. Well balanced.

Pours thick inky dark brown, black in the glass, with a medium tan head, good lacing. Somewhat weak aroma of raisins, apricot, wood, and leather. Thick, dry body. Tastes of espresso, dark chocolate, oak, and peppercorn, with a bitter finish. On the pleasantly bitter side of balanced.

jet black pour. rasted malts, dark fruits and slight vanilla aroma. Flavor of roasted malts and a nice hop bite at the end. And it sits well on the palate. One of the cleanest finnishing stout I have ever had and the ABV is extremely well hidden. very drinkable. enjoyable.

Dégusté avec french tickler le 23 fevrier 2007. Got this bottle thanks to runonbeer. Drank in a sniffer. Poors the obvious pitch black oily poor with a sticky frothy brown head. Aromas of hickory, dark bitter chocolate, a nice amount of hops, lactose, coffee grains and black cherries. WOW flavors, full bodied creamy mouthfeel... Nice long bitter aftertaste with a nice dark chocolate finish. Perfect balance. An gargantuan amount of rich flavours.