Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

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

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!!

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.

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.

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.

This is a big beer. One of my all time favorites. This beer blows my socks off. I love it. Victory does a great job with the imperial stout, and I am happy to have some left.

Dark Brown. Roasted Malt Aroma. Chocolaty Tate hops finsh with alcohol feel in mouth. A great beer.

Sampled during Cellar’s Wednesday beer tasting evening. Pours an opaque dark brown, motor oil brew with a creamy tan head that has some excellent retention, and sticky lacing. Aroma of toasted dark black malt, dark chocolate, a touch of smoked wood, coffee and some molasses. Taste is thick and chewy, full bodied with flavors of toasted dark malt, coffee, chocolate and even some toffee. Finish is slightly dry with some bitter hops that lingers around after the finish.

[bottle] Lots of hops and coffee on the nose. Pours somewhat viscous black with small tan head. Taste is lots of hops, roasty flavors, and somewhat metallic from the alcohol. Finishes quite dry with lingering hop bitterness.