Storm King Imperial Stout
Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.76
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With a huge, Pacific Northwest hop aroma & character upfront, Storm King subsides into massive, roast malt complexity. More flavor than mere words can adequately describe. Rich and substantial, it will warm your heart.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
"Bottled Nov. 11 2004".
Black pour showed a few streams of fizz. Warming roasty nose of stout malt, with alcohol up front.
The taste keeps up the warming alcohol, and adds a slight burn from dark roastiness. There is some oxidation in this 21-year old bottle, but the rest of the palate has held together very nicely.
Black pour showed a few streams of fizz. Warming roasty nose of stout malt, with alcohol up front.
The taste keeps up the warming alcohol, and adds a slight burn from dark roastiness. There is some oxidation in this 21-year old bottle, but the rest of the palate has held together very nicely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2026
at 03:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old dusty bottle from 2004. Someone said extra lagering would improve this beer, and after 22 years he says he was about right. Dark, no head. Licorice, soy sauce, some coffee, burned rubber. Soft mouthfeel, creamy. Not too heavy, not too boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2026
at 20:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. One of the hoppiest stouts I have ever had. Very dark brown with a medium sized tan head, Aroma is coffee, chocolate and roasted grains. Taste is coffee, chocolate and slightly sweet upfront. Had a hoppy, coffee bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 05:13
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours jet black with thicc beige head. Nose is big earthy coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa powder. Taste is bittersweet altogether, showing sweet booze and bitterish coffee, roasted malts and earthy notes, dark chocolate and a surprisingly apparent and sharp hoppy touch that lasts well into the finish. Medium to heavy body, soft carbonation, heavy sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
very very hoppy, i swear when i smell and sip it, if it was a blind tasting it would guess it was a barley wine. very very hoppy. i’m not getting any coffee or chocolate i would expect from an impy stout. Still it’s very nice, but quite odd with the massive amount of hops.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2025
at 06:12