Vibrant Forest Brewery Chicxulub

Chicxulub

 

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

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.16
ABV: 9.4% IBU: 90 Ticks: 15
The story:
1. We aged Black Oktober in Laphaiog Barrels for some 16 months. 2. During this process, we blended it into Rum and Bourbon w/ fresh Oktober to mollify the peated maelstrom
3. We panicked again and added figs
4. This worked wonders, and so Midnight Anthracite was born
5. Separately, we made our Cambrian Root bigger and weird - it became 9.4%, it was soured, and the salt and liquorice were both amped
6. Deccan Traps was born
7. We popped 800l of Deccan straight into these ex-Midnight Anthracite barrels
8. 4 months later, Chicxulub was born!

If the eruptions of the Deccan Traps started the K/T Mass Extinction, then the Chicxulub impact certainly ended it! Drink with respect.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Old rating from 2018 - 330ml bottle, pours black with a beige head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, liquorice, dried fruits, earth, herbs & malt. Medium body. Slightly smoky finish

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2025 at 23:29


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle 0,33ltr: Opaque blacker than black colored brew with an pretty good dry bitter taste, superb hints of sour fruits, slightly chocolate and vanilla and faintly some whiskey. Nice name after an Yucatan village where an meteorite impact wiped all dinosaurs.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:18


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Cafe DeRat, Utrecht, Holland. A dark brown coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Roasty, cherry, fig, chocolate, slightly sour aroma and taste. Very interesting and fun imperial stout.

Tried from Draft on 07 Jan 2020 at 22:31


7

Iets te intense smaak. Alsof je te veel aanmaak in je limo hebt. Maar hoort bij de naam natuurlijk.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2019 at 19:15


5

Lci

Tried on 11 Aug 2018 at 16:28


7.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Tap at Røør. Nose is Whisky, figs, rum, chocoloate, some toast. Palate is very heavy figs, rum, whisky, bread, chocolate. Too much stuff in one stout.

Tried from Draft on 10 Jul 2018 at 08:53


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

Bottle at vq. Pours black, nose is blackcurrant, meaty, light smoke, chocolate, taste is tart, juicy berries, liquorice, smoky, chocolate.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2018 at 19:58


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

Bottle at Scottish office tasting 4 June 2018.... Dark black.. Thin tan... Soft meaty.. Light smoke.. Light licorice.. Dark meaty nose... Big sweet massive sweet peat...

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2018 at 12:10


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

Sampled at LIBF18. Thnx for sharing, everyone ! Pours black, no real head. Smell is salty, caramelly. Taste is sharp, salted . Roast , burnt. Very unbalanced. Not a fan.

Tried on 06 May 2018 at 13:53


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

F: no real. C: dark, opaque. A: roasted tones, bit bitter herbal, coffee, chocolate, caramel, peat. T: chocolate, pleasant oily mouthfeel, coffee, herbal, bit smoky, caramel, light salt traces, peat but not disturbing one, full body, lower carbonation, good, enjoyed, sample @ LIBF 2018, thank you tderoeck and 77ships for sharing.

Tried on 27 Apr 2018 at 10:46