Vibrant Forest Brewery Midnight Anthracite

Midnight Anthracite

 

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

  Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production
Score
7.18
ABV: 9.0% IBU: 90 Ticks: 19
Sit right down. 28/07/16 – two peated whisky barrels are filled with Black Oktober. January '18 – Smokey Armageddon and so we blend 1 barrel: 1/3 into rum, 1/3 into bourbon, 1/3 remaining – all topped up with fresh Black Oktober. July '18 we re-sample all 4. Smokey Armageddon and further aging. September '18 we trial varying nuts and fruits to mellow the potency. October '18 we settle on ardent application of figs.

November '18, Midnight Anthracite is born.

Vibrant Forest...Exit Light, Enter Night

Last keg popped at IndyMan 2018 - there was much emotion.
 

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

Keg at the indy man beer con, session 5. A dark black brown coloured pour with a a sticky mid tan hesd. Aroma is big black malts salty, phenolic, islay whisky salty. Palate is semi sweet. Moderate carbonation, oily, salty, moderate carbonation. Flavour is composed of big islay whisky, woody roast, salty jammy fruits, ashy roast.. Good salty. Islay whisky. Warming alcohol.

Tried on 06 Oct 2018 at 21:27


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle at home... Dark black... Thin tan lacing... Soft smoke.. Big iodine.. Dark chocolate roast malts nose.. Dark chocolate roast malts.. Big iodine chocolate.. Herbal smoke iodine

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2018 at 19:05


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Color: Black, thin brown head. Aroma: A lot of peat, even more peat and light hints of roasted malt. Taste: Moderate to medium sweet and bitter, roasted / burnt malt, a lot of peat, smoky hints, ash. Notes of liquorice, bitter cocoa, hints of coffee, bit boozy. Only little hints of the used figs. Soft carbonation, over medium body. Very peaty finish, bittery palate. Bit unbalanced, the taste of peat and ash is overwhelming all other tastes. As lover of peated beer I think this beer is very drinkable, but no topper. If you don't like peated beers... Beware!

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2018 at 19:14


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from AlesByMail. Small head with short duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are peat, smoke, roast malt, chocolate, coffee and has a dry smoky and peaty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 May 2018 at 22:14


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

Sampled at LIBF18. Thnx for sharing, everyone ! Pours black, small tanned head. Smell is peat, intense. Taste is sharp, peat, tad burnt. Very unbalanced.

Tried on 06 May 2018 at 13:46


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Thank you for sharing tderoeck & Rubin77. 330 ml. bottle sampled @ LIBF 2017. Black, almost no head. Nose is peated soy sauce, burned, ashes. Taste is soy sauce, ash tray, burned, ash tray peated. Ash tray & peat syrup. Too much of these, no balance. Figs are totally lost for me.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2018 at 18:20


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Imported from my RateBeer account as Vibrant Forest Midnight Anthracite (by Vibrant Forest Brewery):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

15/IV/18 - sample @ Leuven Innovation Beer Festival (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2018-432) Thanks to 77ships and Rubin77 for sharing today's beers!

Clear dark purple brown to black beer, no head. Aroma: super peated, more peat, all peat, sweet and sugary impression, pretty roasted and smoky. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: soft roast, sugary, caramel, roasted, lots and lots of peat, unpleasant bitterness. Aftertaste: very roasted, camp fire, more peat, lots of alcohol, little bitter, overripe melons.

Tried on 15 Apr 2018 at 19:11


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Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2018 at 15:18



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

Bottle from Alesbymail. Black with a small dark brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, dried fruit and heavy peated. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. Oily and soft. A bit too sweet and peated. 050418

Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2018 at 19:11