Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

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

Deep black pour with a huge brown head. The head seemed to defy gravity as it came out and over the top of the glass. Aroma was of roasted malt and hops. Taste is thick- roasted malt, almost a burnt malt flavor, some bitterness, a little coffee flavor also. Head lasted till the finish. Good lacing.

Bottle: what a huge beer. Big on flavor, arouma, bitterness. Has a large head. chocolate, roasted malts, java beans a little charcoal. Definitely not for the faint hearted. I really liked the first half then it got warmer and the bitterness started to take over everything. It’s not my favorite style but this is a good representative.

Bottled.. Pours black with a light brown head...Aroma is coco, roasted malts and coffee..Flavor is very roasty with a lot of hop bitterness.. Lots of carbonation.

33cl bottle from Olbutikken. Pours black, with thick foamy tanned head leaving tight lace. Nose has mentholey wood chip/hop character, roasty coffee, and sugary dark cocoa notes in good balance, little vanilla in there too. Similarly rich flavor with lots of herbal dryish licorice, burned malts, espresso. Pretty strong herbal finish with burned cocoa beany notes, some Nogne like ashiness even. A tad floury and sticky palate, not very thick. A nice middleweight champion.

Dark stout, deep brown frothy head. Malted nutty aroma. Nice lacing. Starts chocolaty with hints of roasted prunes. Finishes with a serious kick of alcohol flavor. Definitely not a session beer.

Very dark stout with a tint of red. It had a nutty, hoppy aroma. It has a bitter roasted taste of hops nothing an experience stout drinker can’t handle. Very good imperial, you could probably make some really delicious bread with this beer.

From memory, have had several times and can’t believe I never rated, thick, dark and black, nice chocolate flavor with some hops, best beer in PA?

Very dark in color with a nutty aroma. Bitter chocolate in flavor with a malty hop finish. Definitely a Victory!