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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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 fl oz bottle, bought at the brewery. My 100th US beer on RB. Nearly black, only reddish edges. More than one finger beige head. Strong coffee on the nose. Taste starts also with strong coffee. In the middle part some low sweetness, little bit vanilla. Increasing alcoholic. Malt in the background. Warming. Strong stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2016
at 23:34
3.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Bot. First I hesitated at 12 midnight to drink this then I blew the cork. Big black gentle pour. First taste evolves to be quite rude nasty bitter and volatile. Yes, it’s a masterpiece alright, a big in yer face masterpiece of a high alky ass kicking boozy beer. Its a blowhard black beer. Reminds me in many respects to a boozy high alky black ipa, yeah. Same with finish, perhaps this would age well. Yeash a little aging may round out this bullshit imperial black ipa bullshit...... oh, I almost forgot, since its such a dizzying beer, there’s coffee in thar 2! heheheh
Tried
on 19 Apr 2016
at 22:29
8/10
Tasty porter, wait let me check the abv...
Tried
on 04 Apr 2016
at 13:54
9/10
Been a long long time since I had this. PotenT and tasty Imperial Porter.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2016
at 14:32
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Où, Quand, Comment : Bouteille, dégustée le 9/13/2013.
Visuel : Couleur : brune très foncée. Apparence : opaque.
Arôme : Malt rôti, chocolat, moyen de café et de vanille, notes de mélasse brûlée.
Goût : En entrée de bouche : Moyen goût de vanille avec des notes de chocolat au lait. Une dominante amère de malt rôti (voire brûlé, de café noir et de chocolat noir est présente avec des notes de houblon herbeux ainsi que des traces de sucre brûlé.
En bouche : Corps : moyenne. Effervescence : moyenne. Texture : riche et crémeuse. Finale : longue, composée d’un moyenne amertume de rôti, de café, avec des notes de chocolat, d’alcool et de houblon herbeux.
Visuel : Couleur : brune très foncée. Apparence : opaque.
Arôme : Malt rôti, chocolat, moyen de café et de vanille, notes de mélasse brûlée.
Goût : En entrée de bouche : Moyen goût de vanille avec des notes de chocolat au lait. Une dominante amère de malt rôti (voire brûlé, de café noir et de chocolat noir est présente avec des notes de houblon herbeux ainsi que des traces de sucre brûlé.
En bouche : Corps : moyenne. Effervescence : moyenne. Texture : riche et crémeuse. Finale : longue, composée d’un moyenne amertume de rôti, de café, avec des notes de chocolat, d’alcool et de houblon herbeux.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2016
at 01:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bouteille 355ml. Couleur noire opaque, mousse moka foncée riche et crémeuse laissant une superbe dentelle. Arôme de vanille, café froid, malt torréfié. Goût de café, vanille, malt torréfié, bonne amertume, alcool, chocolat noir en fin de bouche. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2016
at 20:14
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
dark brown, coffee-like colour, medium sized creamy beige-brown head; aroma of milk chocolate, coffee, vanilla, some liqueur, maybe herbal notes, too; taste is the same with slight roasted bitter dominance over the vanilla and chocolate; amazing imperial porter!
Tried
on 09 Jan 2016
at 13:51
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle. Pours very deep brown to black with a tan head. Roasted coffee aroma. Cocoa cream and coffee flavor, roasty and rich. Really good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2015
at 20:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle (from firma bier). Pours black with beige head. The head stays for some moments. Aroma is intense coffee, roast, sweetness, vanilla, peppery notes. Flavor is sweet and bitter, vanilla, roast, malt, dark chocolate, black pepper. Finish is intense coffee bitter with some alcohol. Overall: great brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2015
at 12:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle. Pours black with a full bubbly natural tan head. Aromas of coffee, minerals, salty nuts, and roasted malts. Flavors of chocolate, dark caramel , acidic coffee, and mild roasted malts. Nicely balanced. Smooth
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2015
at 21:42