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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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.
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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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
This beer pours black with some brown around the edges, and a medium thick khaki head that diminishes gradually to a film. Patchy lacing on the glass. Aroma of bourbon, malt, vanilla and chocolate. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky bourbon, vanilla, chocolate and coffee. The finish is oaky with a bourbon and malt aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2018
at 19:45
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from Alko. Poured black color with a thin brown head. Vanilla dominates aroma, bourbon in aroma. Really nice, chocolate, bourbon, vanilla bourbon warmth. Long finish. Awesome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2018
at 16:41
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Keg at the brewery taproom - San Diego. Pours black with a lasting, creamy khaki head. Big snout, nice silky chocolate, some vanilla, smooth roast. Medium to big sweet flavour with moderate alcohol boost, rounded chocolate, decent ashy roast, nips of scorched earth, raisins, bent marshmallows. Full bodied, lily and chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, more dense cocoa character, creamy vanilla, ash. Great depth. Solid all around.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 May 2018
at 19:27
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Draught at Lulu's, 1/3/18.
Dark cocoa-ebony. Tan head disappearing rapidly.
Heavy bread, bitter cacao, soy, alcohol and old, stale chocolate syrup. Just smelks tired, lifeless, burnt and bitter w moderate alcohol in there as well.
The texture is thin, watery, lifeless, with vanilla and heavy toast, heavy bready specialty malts and stale, watery coffee. I don't know what the hell happened here, though I see the high ratings for the bottles. Friend agreed w me that this was miserably undrinkable, so it's not just sone weird/off opinion of mine.
Dark cocoa-ebony. Tan head disappearing rapidly.
Heavy bread, bitter cacao, soy, alcohol and old, stale chocolate syrup. Just smelks tired, lifeless, burnt and bitter w moderate alcohol in there as well.
The texture is thin, watery, lifeless, with vanilla and heavy toast, heavy bready specialty malts and stale, watery coffee. I don't know what the hell happened here, though I see the high ratings for the bottles. Friend agreed w me that this was miserably undrinkable, so it's not just sone weird/off opinion of mine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2018
at 21:18
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flaska från SB. Vintage 2017. Svart med tätt, moccabeiget skum. Krämig och söt bourbon dominerar doften och tar med sig toner av kokos, rörsockersirap och vanilj. Stor, fyllig kropp med fin fatkaraktär. Mycket bourbon i smaken med men ger här mer rågsyrlighet och en bra punch från alkoholen. Stor, rejäl fatlagrad porter och samtidigt samlad och elegant. Saknar kanske lite grundölet och kaffet och vaniljen som finns där. Men fortfarande bra.
Tried
on 10 May 2018
at 09:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black into a tulip. Mocha head with excellent retention recedes to pancake surface. Vanilla, coconut and caramel aromas. Thick with dark chocolate and vanilla upfront turning to dry hot bourbon in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 01 May 2018
at 01:04
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Apr 2018
at 21:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from systembolaget. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate and vanilla. Taste of chocolate, coffee, vanilla. Quite carbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2018
at 17:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from web SB cons 2018-04-15 Göteborg AR: heavy on vanilla, bourbon, rum fruity AP: black, fizzy dark diminishing head F: alcoholic warming, bourbon vanilla, rum fruity, sweet chocolate, dry mouth feeling, a bit to fizzy,
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2018
at 19:27