Ballast Point Brewing Company Victory at Sea - High West Barrel Aged

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
ABV: 12.0% IBU: 60 Ticks: 102
High West Bourbon/Rye Blend aged for 7 months. Layers of complexity emerge with notes of soft caramel and smoky oak over a dark chocolate and roasted almond body.

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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8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle 33 cl. Pours an opaque black with a smallish, beige head. Amazing vanilla, Bourbon aroma - loads of licorice all sorts. Solid, malty, roast body, but not really rich and sweet, kinda dry. A little coffee, a lot of Bourbon. Slight roast bitter finish. I really like that this never went down the sticky sweet side, makes it so much more drinkable. Text book. 280219
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2019 at 16:07

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Black with a tan head that fades to a cm. 3+ Aroma is all additives really, but nice nonetheless - mocha, whisky, good vanilla. Smooth texture. Whisky is prominent but it's not overtly boozy. Vanilla and coffee are pushed into the background a bit and there's really not much grunt or bottom end from the beer. Finish is quite bitter. 330ml is far too much for me.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2019 at 06:17

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
From tap at 3 sma rum, Goteborg. Black color with beige head. Malty aroma, roasted, chocolate, cocoa, milk chocolate, caramel, vanilla, wood, sweet alcohol. Sweet and light to moderate bitter taste. Full silky oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 10 Dec 2018 at 21:14

9/10
Mad thick mad chocolate and rye, vanilla tastiness. Super bourbon too. Nice wide release. No portner notes here. All stouty.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Nov 2018 at 18:51

9/10
Holy crap this is good
Tried from Bottle on 18 Nov 2018 at 00:01


8.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Fat Reza. Kolsvart. Doftar oj fint av kaffe lite choklad och bourbon👍👏. I munnen oj smaker avlöser varandra av tydlig bourbon och mörkcoklad samt svagt kaffe och lite ek. Jävligt god. Så här ska en Imp Stout smaka. Mjuk krämig både i konsistens ich smaker. Yeeees
Tried on 02 Nov 2018 at 14:55

6/10
Wooo...that’s bourbon-y!
Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2018 at 23:34

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle pour into tulip glass from Redstone Liquors, Stoneham. Appearance is opaque black with decent sparkle at the edges of the glass, finger-width foamy light brown head with fair retention and trace lacing. Aroma is strong fudge/dark chocolate, vanilla, cherry, milder bourbon. Taste is initial vanilla, chocolate, lighter nuts, then dominated by bourbon, then fades back to chocolate and mild dark fruit with bourbon remaining present in the background. Palate is medium-to-full bodied with smooth, thick texture, average-to-lively carbonation, pleasant alcohol warmth in the esophagus, and fairly dry, mix of sweet and bitter finish, dominated by the bourbon and very late pleasant char. Overall, a decadently rich aroma followed by strong flavors with decent complexity though bourbon looms a little large and slightly overcarbonated. Will have to see how this ages as this was pretty young (bottled 9/28/18). Having last bottle 6/13/20 and the bourbon has calmed down quite a bit (as expected). Vanilla and cherry has subdued as well. I miss the vanilla and cherry but like the bourbon being less hot. Overall, I would still give it about the same score.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2018 at 02:15

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
355ml bottle from Alko. Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, loads of bourbon, vanilla, rye, coffee, chocolate, hints of syrup and peanut butter. Taste is sweetish, slightly roasty and oaky with loads of bourbon, vanilla, rye, toffee, coffee, chocolate, licorice, hints of peanut butter and cocoa. Finish is smooth, sweetish and slightly roasty with some bourbon, stingy rye, wood, oak, toffee, chocolate, vanilla and peanut butter notes. Pretty straightforward, but nicely balanced bourbon BA IS.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2018 at 18:53