Victory at Sea
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.02
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Imperial Porter with Coffee & Vanilla.
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.
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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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap @ Founders Festival (Madrid).
Black color, beige head. Aroma: ripe black fruits, roasted malts, prunes. Flavor: slightly sweet, wooden notes, black fruits. Nice one.
Black color, beige head. Aroma: ripe black fruits, roasted malts, prunes. Flavor: slightly sweet, wooden notes, black fruits. Nice one.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jun 2018
at 22:12
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2018
at 21:28
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Black with thin creamy head. Aroma and flavour are intense with heavily roasted, bitter coffee and cocoa. Really dry. The background vanilla sweetness balances it out well.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2018
at 20:46
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Backlog because I was angry at Ratebeer when I had it and didn't want to rate it. Bottle @ home. Black colour with a small light brown head. Smells sweet, vanilla, marshmellow, roasty. Tastes roasty,vanilla, marshmellow, sweet, chocolate, mocca. Super smooth beer. Love it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2018
at 14:59
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Strong aroma of vanilla and chocolate. Black color, small but long brown head. Medium sweetness, high bitterness. Full body, sticky, long bitter aftertaste.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2018
at 16:17
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Black beer with small head, which vanishes quite quickly but which lefts small and stable head on the edge of the glass. Delicious aroma has malts, roast, cream, coffee, vanilla and chocolate. Taste has roast, full malts, coffee, chocolate. Full body, ending is dry and bitter with coffee. Wonderful beer.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2018
at 13:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
tap. probably the best imperial porter i've had. complex, robust - pretty perfect for the style
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2017
at 19:50
7/10
Tried
on 28 Dec 2017
at 10:44
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2017
at 13:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Opaque black color. Small creamy tan head. Notes of coffee and vanilla in nose. Roasted malt flavor upfront. Notes of dark coffee, burnt sugar, resiny hops and lots of alcohol. Strong coffee notes in middle. Bitter resiny hops in finish. This is a big brew that sneaks up on you.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2017
at 22:47