Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

Black with a thick tan head. Aroma is very hoppy with a bit of caramel sweetness. Taste is coffee, bitter, chocolate. Medium body, would have liked it a bit thicker. More hops than I expected but very good.

Delicious aroma combines with a hoppy and malty taste of espresso and roasted barley. Well balanced with a good finish. Overall very good beer.

Bottle. Pours like oil dark and thick with a medium tan head. Aroma of chocolate and malt. Flavor is earthy with hints of roasted barley and a very delicate sweetness. Leaves a long hoppy finish. Very nicely balanced and easy to drink with no taste of alcohol. Wonderful!

aug. 3,09 bottle. Pours jet black,nice and thick. Aroma of coffee and caramel.The taste is of dark malts,coffee,vanilla, and caramel. The finish has a hop taste to it. Just a great beer.

[Bottle] Sample notes from January 2009. Pours an inky black color with a large amount of light brown head. Strong aroma of burnt coffee and caramel. More hop in the nose than I expected as well. The thick liquid reveals a bitter chocolate and espresso flavoring. More subtle notes include plum and a small hop bite. About what I expected with the mouthfeel. Rather low carbonation. Quite enjoyable!

12 ounce bottle into snifter. Pours an opaque black with a very large tan head. About 2:1 head to beer ratio at first, then the foam slowly collapses. Would’ve given it a 5 for appearance if the head wasn’t so exaggerated. Aroma is fairly hoppy, followed by a little chocolate and roasted malt. Pretty much as anticipated thus far. Flavor is somewhat perfumy at first, then some nice bold maltiness comes and takes over the entire mouth. I liked that part. Slight hoppiness comes and goes. Yeah, the tarry, smoky, burnt malt is definitely the star of the show here. Just a little bit of alcohol detected here, not much. Fizzy mouthfeel and finish, but the viscosity is a little light for something that has so much flavor. Still a damn good stout, all things considered. Overall, excellent plus.

Super black in color, notes of coffee, and cocoa. Flavors of roasted coffee, chocolate and bitterness. Awesome balance.

Color/clarity of electrical tape; thick finger of cocoa brown head. A black wall that leaves minor lace. Roasted malt aroma, some sweet raisin. Roasted coffee and raisin balance each other out in the nose; mild hop simply overpowered. Flavor is lots of alcohol, raisin and additional sourness. Roasted coffee malt, comes at the end. Really strong, evolves throughout the pint. Burns as it warms; dark chocolate emerges. Thick feel like motor oil. Smooth, not a choker. This baby is thick, heavy and pleasant. Intense but still balanced.