{"id":7789,"date":"2015-03-29T13:41:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T17:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2015-03-29T13:41:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T17:41:55","slug":"review-ballast-point-victory-at-sea-coffee-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/03\/29\/review-ballast-point-victory-at-sea-coffee-only\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Ballast Point Victory at Sea &#8211; Coffee Only"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7049,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/16274194864&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104213848\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/16274194864&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-13 01:55:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-22 05:50:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 15:01:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-17 22:13:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-24 08:18:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 21:27:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 17:55:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 06:42:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 06:42:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7050,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/16895588031&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190127061055\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/16895588031\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 21:38:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-13 01:55:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-13 01:55:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Ballast Point Victory at Sea - Coffee Only&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/16274194864\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Ballast Point Victory at Sea - Coffee Only\"  width=\"480\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7284\/16274194864_e816201753_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Victory at Sea special edition without vanilla.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div title=\"3.9 out of 5.0\">3.9<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big>8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big>5\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big>7\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big>4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big>15\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Thanks GT2<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Pours Pitch black, 3 finger fluffy coffee and espresso colored head.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; There is a lot of espresso \/ cold press coffee in this. It smells fantastic. Chocolate milk, something creamy in here, malty and a little boozy. I get a little bit of vanilla.<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Taste is straight up Porter with a lot of coffee added. I get at the finish, just really lovely coffee bean. acidic as hell but no surpsie there. Great backbone, baker\u2019s chocolate, maybe a little bit of herb but this is a great porter with just straight up coffee<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Dense mouthfeel, great lingering lines on the glass.<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; This was a great beer to try and with out the vanilla really was a great experience.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Ballast Point Victory at Sea - Coffee Only&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/16895588031\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Ballast Point Victory at Sea - Coffee Only\"  width=\"480\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8743\/16895588031_040bb0b87f_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victory at Sea special edition without vanilla. 3.9 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a015\/20 Thanks GT2 A &#8211; Pours Pitch black, 3 finger&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:18:53Z","apple_news_api_id":"9caed361-95c8-4418-92cb-f210bd88c227","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:18:53Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AnK7TYZXIRBiSy_IQvYjCJw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-reviews","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-21D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7843,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/03\/03\/review-tree-house-double-shot\/","url_meta":{"origin":7789,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Tree House Double Shot","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Overall 4\/5 AROMA 8\/10 APPEARANCE 4\/5 TASTE 8\/10 PALATE 4\/5 OVERALL 16\/20 AdamChandler (4089) - Enfield, New Hampshire, USA - FEB 20, 2016 Thanks Nelson for sharing this one. half a gallon growler...please have vanilla flavor added. I had no idea this had Stumptown coffee. Interesting A - totally black,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Trillium & Tree house Beers","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1673\/25148575086_7ff3be7716_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1673\/25148575086_7ff3be7716_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1673\/25148575086_7ff3be7716_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3232,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/01\/22\/review-firestone-walker-parabajava\/","url_meta":{"origin":7789,"position":1},"title":"\u2605 Review: Firestone Walker Parabajava","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"2.9\/5 Overall AROMA 7\/10 APPEARANCE 3\/5 TASTE 5\/10 PALATE 2\/5 OVERALL 12\/20 AdamChandler (4024) - Enfield, New Hampshire, USA - JAN 9, 2016 Bomber from Tom1 enjoyed at cellar temp with the QC tasting group A - Pours a black with an almost brown reddish appearance against the light. Not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Firestone Walker Parabajava","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1532\/23650070163_0dcccb152e_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2768,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/review-fremont-dark-star-bourbon-barrel-coffee-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":7789,"position":2},"title":"\u2605 Review: Fremont Dark Star &#8211; Bourbon Barrel Coffee Edition","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"4.1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a016\/20 Bomber. Thanks BVC for sending this. Great trade and many thanks! Shared with AFH @ 50F in a tulip. A - Pitch black, 2 finger coffee colored head, big bubbles fades to a small line. S - Aroma is amazing. Smells like fresh espresso with a creamy chocolate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fremont Dark Star - Bourbon Barrel Coffee Edition","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7701\/17081903617_5a48c3ecfd_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1014,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/11\/10\/review-great-divide-barrel-aged-yeti\/","url_meta":{"origin":7789,"position":3},"title":"\u2605 Review: Great Divide Barrel Aged Yeti","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"3.1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a06\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a02\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a010\/20 adamjackson\u00a0(794)\u00a0- Canaan, New Hampshire, USA - NOV 1, 2012 2011 Vintage. Enjoyed at home at 60 Degrees F in a snifter.A - Dark midnight black viscous color. The head appears slowly and fades very fast. Mocha coffee colored head.S - Smells fantastic. Huge loads of vanilla and espresso\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Great Divide Barrel Aged Yeti","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7116\/8159261658_0399910ca7_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2952,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/08\/28\/review-cigar-city-caffe-americano-double-stout\/","url_meta":{"origin":7789,"position":4},"title":"\u2605 Review: Cigar City Caff\u00e8 Americano Double Stout","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"4\/5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a016\/20 Bomber, split with a few RBers. 4 ounce pour in stemware at cellar temp. A - Pitch black, this is a thick oily black. S - The aroma is huge. Chocolate and espresso bean and vanilla. It\u2019s huge. T - This is just straight up coffee.....so much coffee\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Beer Tating, 8-22-2015","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/611\/20233642383_90f9f6ab61_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":600,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/09\/10\/review-haandbryggeriet-dark-force-reserva\/","url_meta":{"origin":7789,"position":5},"title":"\u2605 Review: Haandbryggeriet Dark Force Reserva","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"4.4 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a09\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a017\/20 adamjackson\u00a0(638)\u00a0- Canaan, New Hampshire, USA - SEP 7, 2012 Acquired in a trade from a buddy. Happy to try this. Enjoyed in a Ridel Sommeliers glass just above fridge temp around 50 Degrees F.\u00a0A - Poured a viscous midnight black with a 1 finger head that was coffee\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Haandbryggeriet Dark Force Reserva","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8040\/7967760500_d02129e00a_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}