Wildebeest
Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.73
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Ideal for contemplation and speculation, this is the liquid equivalent of the lotus position. Featuring freshly ground coffee, cacao nibs, and Madagascan Vanilla pods.
Brewed as an experiential beer with a time and place in mind for its enjoyment. Winter months are suggested, open fires are preferable and armchairs are close to compulsory!
We team up with Clifton Coffee in Bristol for the beans used in Wildebeest, trialing espresso shots and French press before we settling on whole beans. The cocoa nibs are Vhalrona which were recommended as the best by chocolatiers and the vanilla pods Madagascan.
It's a judicious selection of pale and dark malts adding to the decadence and making this beer like a beautifully rich dessert in a glass.
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Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Wildebeest from Wild Beer Co 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
330ml bottle. Pours clear dark brown towards black with a tan cap. Aroma: roasted malts, coffee, chocolate. Taste: moderate to heavy sweet & moderate bitter, sweet espresso, chocolate, brown sugar with roasted malt bitterness in the finish. Medium to full body with soft carbonation.
pleis (1910) reviewed Wildebeest from Wild Beer Co 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
bottiglia 33 cl, schiuma color cappuccino grana medio fine evanescente, colore marrone/nero, al naso è ottima intenso cacao caffè caramello vaniglia Vov, in bocca è vellutata Vov caramello cioccolato al latte caffè frutta secca vaniglia leggero liquirizia, lieve acidula, corpo strutturato, alcool perfettamente bilanciato, carbonazione piatta, oily, attacco dolce compensato da un amaro accentuato lungo nel finale. Una birra complessa equilibrata non stancate da sorseggiare con calma. Gran bevuta. Eccezionale c. Beer-shop.it 15.01.21
Parmenion777 (1984) reviewed Wildebeest from Wild Beer Co 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
330ml bottle - Pours a clear brown black colour with an average sized frothy light tan head that settled. Aroma is roasted malts, black coffee and some chocolate notes. A sweet taste, sugar sweetened creamy coffee, some chocolate and syrupy brown sugar and roasted malt bitterness in the finish.
simontomlinson (7969) reviewed Wildebeest from Wild Beer Co 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Creamy light brown head left a collar on a near black still body. Rich aroma of malt & berry. Medium bodied, ultra smooth with sticky back. Heavy malt, subtle coffee, vanilla & chocolate tastes. Excellent!
BenL8 (2068) reviewed Wildebeest from Wild Beer Co 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared with my girlfriend. Pours black with a very fine head, almost nitro-like head. Aroma is malty and roasty, chocolate, vanilla, little bit of coffee. Molasses and honey. Big body, smooth and silky mouthfeel. Flavour is very rich and complex, sweet with a big malty body. Some caramel, plum, chocolate, rich espresso. Coffee is just lovely. Very layered. Beautiful Imperial stout with a lot of flavour.
DirDec (2083) ticked Wildebeest from Wild Beer Co 5 years ago
Wendigo (6329) reviewed Wildebeest from Wild Beer Co 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Malty aroma and taste, chocolate, vanilla, roasty notes, light coffee, light sweet, medium bitter. Full body, malty chocolate bitter sweet finish with light alcohol warming notes. Good.
Rotin (7914) reviewed Wildebeest from Wild Beer Co 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at BeerGeek Bar. Cloudy, dark red to black colored. AROMA- sweet, cocoa nibs, sugar candies. FLAVOR- sweet, lightly bitter, cocoa nibs and sugar candies again. Medium to fuller bodied. Good, sweet, but too young.
Marko (22181) reviewed Wildebeest from Wild Beer Co 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at BeerGeek Bar. Pitch black, brownish head. Cookie aroma, quite pleasant, chocolate, figs, caramel, brittle... very light tartness too though. Lean taste, leaner than expected, cookies, vanilla, chocolate, some peppery/spicy bitterness and herbal touches in the dry finish. Highly promising but just slightly too undefined and unrefined.
Gurthnar (14451) reviewed Wildebeest from Wild Beer Co 6 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Tap at Beergeek. Very rich roasty malty character, loads of cocoa, chocolate, a bit if milk. Really great beer, very tasty, very good.