Just had this one out of a 12oz bottle at Texas-Arizona in Hoboken. On a side note, you have to try that place out if you're a beer lover. They now have 100s of beers in bottles and a ton of taps - great selection. Victory usually brews a solid beer and this one wasn't bad. I was expecting one of those chocolatey coffee stouts, but it actually had a very minimal taste of chocolate or anything sweet in it. The head was really nice (as you can see from the picture) and the smell was mostly roasted malt. It had a nice expresso taste to start and then finished very bitter due to it being 9.1 percent alcohol which is pretty high for a stout. You could definitely taste the alcohol in the aftertaste. It was definitely more hoppy than I expected and that part of it I really liked. At first sip I really loved the bittery finish, but by the end it started to become a little much (although it also didn't help that I had to chug the last third or so to make my train). Overall, its a well made stout with some good expresso flavor and lots of hops, but I wouldn't recommend it if you're looking for a sweeter chocolatey stout.
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