Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

Bottle. Pours black with a creamy mocha colored head. Aroma is mostly coffee, very roasty with some dark fruits and a surprising abundance of citrusy hops. Flavor is again mostly coffee with dark fruits, a touch of alcohol and hints of chocolate and black licorice. A very dry and roasty finish. Thick bodied and velvety smooth on the palate, but a little too much carbonation.

Poured think and black with moderate head which held up well. Aroma was think and malty with very notable hops. Taste malty with some plum flavor on the front end but that was quickly overpowered by heavy hops flavor and bitterness on the back end. Taste was out of balance for me, too much hops/bitterness. There are other Imperials that I much prefer to this one.

12 oz bottle. Pours pitch black with a thick, creamy, milk-chocolate head that laces a good bit. Wonderful aroma of chocolate, dark roast coffee, smoke, and anise. Very full bodied, with tastes of coffee, chocolate, pepper, black licorice, and a little bit of citrus. Finishes a like a very thin syrup, pleasantly bitter, and leaves a light taste of alcohol. Hard thing to beat.

Very excellent heavy stout. Very dark frothy beer, scent of nutty-roasted coffee like taste. Thick creamy head. Excellent beer

Bottle. Creamy off-white excellent fully lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aorma. Heavy bitter slightly roasted flavor. Some fruity notes aswell. Nice. Long great finish. Creamy palate. Good stuff.

12 oz bottle courtesy of Cavie poured lovingly into a snifter. This baby pours opaque black with a solid and creamy two-finger cappuccino head on top. The aroma on this stout is surpisingly hoppy, which is an awesome change of pace. Through that layer of fresh hop aroma you can pick up sweet malt, a bit of roast, and a hint of dark fruits. The flavor hits sweet at first and then finishes by bowling you over with dryness, both from roasted coffee-like malt flavors and from plenty of hoppage. Nice big body but not too sticky, but very high carbonation for the style.

Bottle. Black pour with good beige head on top. Roasty, hoppy aroma. Roasty, malty, hoppy, chocolate, coffee taste. Really like the hops in this complex Stout. Jolly good brew from Victory.

Pours black with a thick head that lasts quite a while. Smells sweet and roasted malty. Tastes surprisingly hoppy but not so much as to make it unbalanced. Very bold with hints of sweetness and chocolate. Medium body and carbonation, which is different from the thick and near flat impy’s that I know and love, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.