Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

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

Pours pitch black into a snifter. Cocoa colored head dissipates and creates a rim and a calder. Smells of chocolate. Taste of chocolate and coffee. Long lasting hop finish. Very nice.

Pitch black color, with a tan-colored head, but falling quickly, and leaving laces, mild chocolatey malt nose, with a roasty malt note, a cocoa and mochaish accent, dark coffee, hint of liquorice in the aroma follows through on a full-bodied palate with a sweet chocolatey malt character, with a mellow roastiness accent, a flowery hop note, with a cocoa, roasted coffee beans, liquorice spiciness, with a warmth alcoholic mouthfeel, leading towards a dry roastiness and hop bitterness finish.

This is sweeter in aroma and flavor than I expected, and it works. Roasted coffee, slight burnt sugar taste, maybe a little chocolate and plum. Hop twinges initially and throughout. Truly yummy. Had it in a tulip glass...I don’t know if that’s recommended for the style, but it killed me in the nose in a good way!

Bottled December 04. Pours dark brown, almost black with a brown head. Faint aroma of dark roasted malt, coffee, chocolate. Lightly carbonated, but texture is a little light for the style. Strong roasted malt flavor and aggressive but pleasant hoppiness. Chocolate and caramel comes out quickly before the bitter, roasty, and warming finish. The alcohol is not very hidden, but its not bothering me on this one. Still decent, but I had greater expectations. At least this one is unique, points there. I hope to try this at the brewpub next time I visit

Bottle. Nose is malty and grapey. Pour is black with an orange beige head. This is it. This is the reason I drink beer. The flavors of roasted malt, alcohol, coffee, sugar, and grape come together in a perfect harmony. The flavor is a Mobius strip on my tongue. There is nothing I can say that has not been said here. Almost perfect.

WOW!! Awesome brew! Black, opaque body with a dark tan, sumptuous head. Good lacing. Aroma was inviting with roasted, malty, coffee, chocolate tones. The flavor gave me hints of a roasted espresso with a touch of chocolate. Outstanding to the palate. Damn, I wish I had bought more.

I want to hate. I want to say, along with haters, that this beer has gone downhill, that back in the days of the purists this was a troo, kvlt imperial stout. Well, on the one hand, this bottle (best by 2011 sometime) is slightly more hop-forward and slightly thinner than I recall my first Storm Kings. But on the other hand, it’s hard to deny the power and the pleasure of this most hoppy of imperial stouts, lively and fruity yet roasted at the same time. Balanced, satisfying palate, and still a damn fine brew.

talk about dark and toasty! the malts is roasted to a crisp. the flavor of coffee exceed all expectations. Only for those likes it dark