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Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

Victory Storm King Imperial Stout - Imperial Stout

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 Percentile 
100
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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 
18834.07/5.04.06/5.09.1%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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 pepsican (883), The Student Ghetto, Iowa, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/514/20
Apr 9, 2008  
Black with a thick tan head. Aroma was chocolate, toffee, coffee, and cherry. Flavor was strong coffee, chocolate, molasses, more cherry and a bit of a hop bite. Alcohol pops out and the mouthfeel is a bit thin. Still pretty darn good.


 Sparky27 (1559), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Apr 9, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of GMCC2181. Pours a pitch black with a nice 2 finger tan head that faded into a soap screen on top. Spotty lacing. Nose is dark chocolate, black coffee and a touch of smokiness in the background. Palate is mostly coffee - not much of the chocolate comes through in the taste. It has a nice mildly bitter hop finish. Moderate creamy mouth feel. A smooth drinker that hides the alcohol pretty well. Thanks for this bonus Gabe!


 Magicdave6 (5383), London, Greater London, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 9, 2008  
Bottle thanks to Matt, bottle from ’04 so 3-4yrs old. Aroma is hoppy, sweet caramalts and roasty malts, seems a bit minimal though. Taste is similar, overly roasty though, notes of tabacco and fruity character but quite mellow as if its kind of dying s slow death.


 kennydiaz (182), staten island, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 7, 2008  
IT HAS A VERY DARK COLOR. STRONG ALCOHOL SMELL. A VERY COMPLEX TASTE. I LOVE IMPERIAL STOUTS AND THIS IS ONE OF AMERICAS BEST.


 StFun (535), Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/102/513/20
Apr 6, 2008  
OK, I need to try this one again for sure. I was so let down here. This one poured dark, looked bold, and had a great tan head. I was pretty impressed! I did notice lots of carbonation, but whatever. Aroma was pretty unimpressive, almost smelled like chocolate bananas. Then, I tasted it. Fairly uncomplex. I wouldn’t quite say "one dimensional" but compared to some underrated stouts like Night Tripper, this one did not hold up. Very very boozy. Faint notes of cold coffee and some light fruit flavors dancing around in the background. As the beer warmed, it seemed to gain character, and the flavor became more noticeable. However, the single I had was gone by this point. Will be picking up more on the next Cincy trip though to try again!!


 RSRIZZO (1337), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/516/20
Apr 6, 2008  
Aroma is a soft roasted scent with a vague hop tone behind it. color is black with good carbonation and a thin but tight tan head. Taste rich, sweet and bitter. Starting with a full body it goes down with a rich feel. Finish starts out sweet with a roasted or burnt taste that has scant hop flavor and bright bitterness. After taste is the bitterness lingering on and building up. This is a good brew but I find it way too bitter for an Imperial and a little too hoppy. I love this brewery but I think a lot of people are over rating this beer.


 cblado (146), Wisconsin, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/517/20
Apr 5, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Poured a deep, dark brown. Nearly opaque, with a creamy tan head. Aroma was a strong roasted malt. Delicious. Flavor was similar, very roasted malt. Other imperial stouts have a strong alcohol flavor but this was perfect, only a slight, warming alcohol flavor. There were some chocolate notes as well, which played well against the biterness. I’ve had much more bitter stouts. This was actually fairly sweet in comparison. Palate was thick but not syrupy. Overall a well-balanced imperial stout.


 ebrowner88 (113), Rice, Minnesota, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/59/104/519/20
Apr 5, 2008  
WOW! I had this on tap at Victory Brewing. Whatt can you say. Perfect imperial. Jet black. Natural creamy head , gorgeous lacing. The flavors are so striking and yet so well balanced. I could go into the whole roasted chocolate thing but I know I could not do it justice. It is a beautiful beer in every sense. It is a work of art and I mean that in the truest sense of the phrase.



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