Victory at Sea - High West Barrel Aged
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.85
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We partnered with our friends at High West® Distillery to create a barrel-aged version of Ballast Point Victory at Sea, our award-winning Imperial Porter with cold-steeped coffee and vanilla. From a blend of Ballast Point Victory at Sea aged in High West’s own bourbon & rye whiskey oak casks, new layers of complexity emerge with notes of soft caramel and smoky oak over a dark chocolate and roasted almond body. High West crafts delicious and distinctive whiskeys to honor the American West, making it the perfect pairing with our signature San Diego-born porter.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle (2017) at home. Opaque pitch black color, small off-white to beige head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is malts, chocolate is dominant up front, with cocoa powder and vanilla shortly thereafter. Flavor is malts, cocoa, vanilla, malt bitter. After that comes bourbon, liquor bitterness. Medium body, a bit thin texture but at the same time very oily, average to medium carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled (from Alko web). Deep rubyish black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, coffee, vanilla, bourbon, wood and some liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, some bourbon elements, vanilla, mild alcohol as well as some caramelly tones.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2017 vintage. On tap at Little Italy BP. Dark brown, all kinds of vanilla, lots of barrel, some sweet chocolate as well. Smells rich. Soft and sweet, nice alcohol in the finish. Has a fair bit of barrel, almost a bit of tartness in the finish so I guess it’s time to drink it. Still really nice though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
(Bottle, vintage 2017) Black colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with strong black coffee, liquorice, dark chocolate, vanilla, oak wood and bourbon. Malty, roasted taste with notes of sweet espresso, liquorice, cacao, bourbon, vanilla, oak wood and a balanced roasty bitterness in a slightly vinous finish. Full body, quite sweet. Powerful and warming, still in good balance. Very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
(Tap) clear, bright, dry dark brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of roast, wet wood, spice; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Smell of tar, roasted malt, vanilla, oak, syrup. Black colour, brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, vanilla, oak, bourbon, booze. Sweet, medium bitter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
How: Bottle, 2018 vintage.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Black colour with a small beige head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, vanilla, bourbon, coffee, chocolate.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Roasted malt, bourbon, vanilla, coffee, chocolate.