Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

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

This beer wasnt quite what I remembered. It has a great initial flavor with all kinds of crazy undertones. Espresso, chocolate and hops all at once but it has a stingy aftertaste of alcohol which makes it a little more difficult to drink for me than most other stouts. Great quality though.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a dark dark brown red with a thin head. This just smells dark. Robust espresso and sweet molasses and honey with weakly floral hops surprising licorice and bubblegum traces. And of course, alcohol. Pleasant roasted malt flavor. Very smooth with no unpleasant after tastes. Thick body. Easy Impy Stout to drink. Loved it!

Was expecting high quality from this and I wasn’t let down. Pitch black colour, faint roasted smell. Mouthfeel was smooth and silky. The abv was strangely hidden, almost invisible; which was kind of shame as I felt this could have used a tiny bit of burn.

12 ozer poured into a snifter...shared with a few friends. Poured an extremely dark black color with a thin brown head. Aroma is slightly of bitter hops, but mainly of bitter coffee and caramel. Flavor has a black cherry note, licorice and coffee. This beer isn’t for the faint of heart. I wouldn’t rate it above a Yeti or Stone RIS, but an excellent offering. I’m glad I purchased a sixer.

Impervious black with small head and very nice lacing. This is an attractive beer. Aroma is first high volumes of hops, followed by an excellent range of stout malts, making it sweet, heavy, and rich. As bitter as dark chocolate and as sweet as liquor soaked cherries. Bitter entry with a very light smokiness. Next comes pecan pie with thick, rich, filling. The finish may be the best aspect, bringing out the fruitiness: roasted chocolate malts, with rasins, plums, and slight alcohol flavour. My expectations were high after having several Victories: one of the top 10 overall beers i’ve tried.

Pours a dark opaque black colour with a thick brown coffee aroma head. Aroma is of dark roasted malts, burned coffee and heavy dark chocolate. Taste is incredibly delightful. Welcoming, rich, flavorful with black cherries, black licorice and plenty of overipe fruit. Hands down, the best impy stouts i have ever had.

nice imperial. Pours black with some tan lacing lingering.nice aroma, coffee mainly. strong molasses flavour and definite hoppiness but nice and relatively short finish. Some winey tones came through as it warmed. Qujte good

Black with a large almost brown head and good amount of lacings. Aroma is coffeee, some cocoa. Taste is molasses, brown sugar, cocoa, some soy sauce, coffee, and plenty of bitter hops. Bitter dry astringent finish. Alcohol is not as obvious as you would expect given the 9.1% abv. Smooth drinker, almost crisp. Very enjoyable though not for frequent consumption.