Victory at Sea
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.02
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Our Victory at Sea Imperial Porter is a bold, smooth brew with just the right amount of sweetness. We infused this robust porter with whole vanilla beans and San Diego’s own Café Calabria coffee beans. The subtle roasted notes and minimal acidity of the cold brewed coffee, balances perfectly with the sweet caramel undertones of the malt, creating a winning combination for your palate.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft from Valhalla. Pours opaque brown black with tan small head. Roasted malts and coffee. Dark chocolate. Well done.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Black pour, big beige head. Aroma is very acidic, very roasty coffee with a sweet vanilla nose. Mouthfeel is oily, and slightly thick, with a soft carb. Finish is all super dark, and almost burnt malts. Big roasty notes, loads of cocoa and vanilla and very acidic espresso coffee. Pretty impressive Porter.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home. Aroma is dark malt, lots of vanilla beans, tons of chocolate, mocha, coffee, chocolate milk, dessert, roast, hint of peat, some coal. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet with some nice roasty bitterness in the finish. Body is full and thick. You wouldn’t guess this has an ABV of 10%, it’s that smooth and drinkable. Incredible beer, a total chocolate vanilla coffee dessert Porter, approaching Porter perfection for my taste.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home. Three year old. Has a dark brown to black aroma with a small beige head. Aroma of tobacco, oak, dust, caramel, leather, milk chocolate ash and salsa sauce. Some vanilla as well. Flavour of coffee, dark chocolate, tobacco and some licorice and jalapenos (!?). Has a slick mouth feel, full-bodied and a soft bitterness. Decent but less complex than expected. Maybe cellared too long.
Svesse (15730) reviewed Victory at Sea from Ballast Point Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(Bottle) Black colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with black coffee, cacao, black rye bread, vanilla and milky chocolate. Malty, roasted taste with notes of black coffee, vanilla, chocolate, a touch of hazelnuts, hints of tar and a generous coffee bitterness in the finish. Full body, smooth and velvety mouthfeel. Just a touch of sweetness. Really tasty and well balanced with rich coffee and vanilla flavours. Very nice.
mcm1 (3805) ticked Victory at Sea from Ballast Point Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle 12-25-14
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
660ml bottle split at a bottleshare (bottle sourced pre Constellation buyout). Pours black with a little beige head. Chocolate caramel & earthy coffee with vanilla hints. Still tasting fine for a near 5yo bottle
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Reçue en cadeau... Cette bière est bien noire et ronde, avec une mousse brune moyennement dense... Le goût de vanille est parfaitement dosé, ainsi que le café (je n'aime pas le café). Une bière simplement et carrément exceptionnelle ;-)
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Smell of chocolate, coffee. Black colour, brown head. Aroma of chocolate, mudcake, some ash and roasted malt. Sweet, lightly bitter. Plentiful carbon.