Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

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

Bottle served, very dark brown hue with a quick reducing, off white head. Cocoa, roasted malt, & coffee in the aroma which follows to the taste along with a very dry hop finish which lingers in the back of the throat well after the glass is empty. Didn’t sense the 9.1% abv., although the dryness masked some of the alcohol presence. Agree with the IPA/Stout label. Respectable, but not part of my stout preferences.

Pour is a pitch black body with a thin tan head. Roasted coffee and mild chocolate. Dry with a subtle hop finish. As noted earlier, it gets better the more you drink. Pretty good but not what I expected.

Pours black with minimal brown head. Aroma is initially of hops. Taste was hoppy, with a backbone of caramel malt. The more I drank of this beer, the more flavors came out. The hoppy aroma subsided and was replaced with a roasted, nutty malt aroma. Once the hoppiness in the taste settled, a strong roasted malt and choocolate presence came through. Nice lingering alcohol burn after each sip.

One word describes this......WOW!!!!!! Black as night color. Smells of hops. Amazingly smooth hoppy taste. Hops in the aftertaste. All around one of the best beers I’ve ever had..........so far!

Pours out black as the night with almost no head. Lots of hops and coffee and chocolate in the mouth with a good alcohol burn on the finish. One of my very favorite beers and something I can drink anywhere, anytime.

Draft at the Rotten Apple, Grafton Ill. Black with a minimal head. Nice coffee aroma with a slight scent of caramel. A slight but good alcohol burn. Went well with my burger.

Very thick yet very very smooth. Coffee taste--quite aromatic. Veritable roasted malt. Very tasteful beer.

Pours pitch black with a one finger head that fades pretty quickly. Not much lacing to speak of. Chocolate, caramel, and earth on the nose. There’s a bit of coffee in the flavor, with a touch of tobacco in there as well. Thinner than most impy stouts, but still quite rich. Slightly astringent, and a bit of alchohol burn. A solid imperial stout. This would make a fine introduction to the style