Vibrant Forest Brewery Cambrian Root

Cambrian Root

 

Vibrant Forest Brewery in Hardley, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout Regular
Score
7.33
ABV: 5.1% IBU: - Ticks: 51
542 Million years ago the Cambrian Explosion began, an evolutionary expansion unrivalled in speed, scope and importance. From the primordial murk came forth the ancestral forms of most life as we know it.

At first, all is darkness. Thick chocolate and coffee notes swirl about the pallet. However, all tastes are rapidly encompassed by the roar of blinding liquorice. The Root of the Cambrian Explosion is laid bare, the flavour sensation has brought forth the pathway to our human transcendence. Drink deep, and be taken back to the Cambrian Root.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask (as Cambrian Root) at The Rake, London Dec 2015. Pours clear dark brown to black with a slim cream head. Aroma: roasted malt, dried fruits, plums, liquorice. Taste: roasted malt, creamy coffee but mostly liquorice. Medium body with light carbonation

Tried from Cask on 22 Nov 2020 at 20:15


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Vibrant Forest Salted Liquorice Stout Stout - Flavored 747416
Lukt: Kaffe, røsta malt, lakris, sjokolade, salt. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt dekkende skum. Smak: Kaffe, lakris, røsta malt, salt. Hvor: Tasting Bryne. Medium: Boks@330ml, ABV@5,1%, Når@14.02.2020 Drukket Som Alias@Vibrant Forest Cambrian Root

Tried on 04 Apr 2020 at 12:13


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

1/4/2020. Can from Hopsters, Ipswich. As Cambrian Root. Pours lovely deep dark brown with a good size beige head, a richer pour than it's fairly modest abv suggested. Aroma is lovely. Chocolate, sweet liquorice, coffee, salted caramel, moderate roasting and a touch of leather. Medium sweetness, subtle bitterness which develops more as a roasty bitter side develops and compliments the sweetness well. Quite full bodied with a slick texture and soft carbonation. Very good all round. Very much enjoyed this. Gets a lot from it's 5.1%.

Tried from Can on 01 Apr 2020 at 21:56


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap@ Mikkeller Helsinki. Poured pitch black with a thin brown head. Lovely licorice notes with milkyness, roastedness, chocolate. Smooth with licorice lingering. Excellent stuff.

Tried from Draft on 01 Feb 2020 at 12:14


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 3.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Pours dark, clear brown to black. Smell is coffee, milder caramel. Taste starts a bit bitter, coffee, ends dry, than ( very lately ! ) turns extremely caramelly , sweet, sticky. Not my thing, but very interesting and leaving me to wonder how they've pulled this off.

Tried on 04 Dec 2019 at 00:25


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at Beerhawk, Southbank, London. Labelled as 'Cambrian Root'. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, liquorice aroma. Tastes similar roasty, malty, chocolate, liquorice, hint of salt. Decent enough stout.

Tried on 26 Aug 2019 at 09:49


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap @ De Molen. Black. Roast and dried fruit in the aroma. Malt, roast, licorice and laurel in the flavor. Sweet, tasty.

Tried from Draft on 26 Aug 2019 at 08:41


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

44 cl can @ home, BBE 28.03.2020
Aroma is pleasant with licorice and ash. Flavour has ash, strong licorice tones, mild pot coffee and some English hops in the finish. Nice.

Tried from Can on 23 Jun 2019 at 16:08


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Tried on 13 May 2019 at 12:41


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren, Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, liquorice and salt liquorice. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, liquorice, salt liquorice, sweeet, hop and medium bitter.

Tried from Draft on 02 May 2019 at 16:22