Vibrant Forest Brewery Kick-Start

Kick-Start

 

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

  Stout - Oatmeal Regular
Score
7.03
ABV: 5.7% IBU: - Ticks: 57
This wonderful rich stout is made with freshly roasted Columbian coffee beans from our friends Mozzo in Southampton.
Kick-start pours an opaque black and the aroma is dark roasted malts with a big kick of coffee/espresso.
The taste leads with full-bodied dark roasted coffee upfront and oats inject a nice smooth texture to finish.

Previously called Radicale Oat and Coffee Stout.
 

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

Keg at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Very dark brown with a thin tan head. Coffee and marshmallows on the nose, with a bit of chocolate and candy sugar. Taste is unsurprisingly sweet, but not impossibly so, with the coffee notes dominant in the finish. Slight sourness of yeast extract in the aftertaste. Full body and carbonation. Lovely.

Tried from Can on 08 Oct 2019 at 17:12


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

Tap @ De Molen. Black. Malt, roast, cacao and coffee in the aroma. Malty te fairly dry, roasty flavor with coffee and licorice. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 26 Aug 2019 at 08:41


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Black with a tan head. Coffee dominates, with quite a strong roastiness. There's some smooth chocolate behind, and a slightly dry finish. It's quite a nice stout, but for me not quite up to the ratings it's getting here.

Tried on 04 May 2019 at 20:13


7.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. A black beer with a lazing dark brown head. The aroma has notes of coffee, dark chocolate, and roasted malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of dark chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 19 Mar 2019 at 15:42


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

Draft at Craft & Draft, Amsterdam. Black with a tan head. Aroma of roast, fudge, dark chocolate and coffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jan 2019 at 18:17


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

Mørk brun med fingerhøyt lys brunt skum. Lukter kaffe, melkesjokolade,kakao og noe stenfrukt. Middels fylde. Smaker kakaopulver og lett bitterhet mot mørk sjokolade og brent karamell. Middels lang

Tried on 18 Dec 2018 at 08:52


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

Black with lasting creamy head. Aroma and flavour have roasted malts. There's hints of liquorice and coffee. Rich.

Tried on 04 Nov 2018 at 16:11


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Draught @ De Molen Brouwcafé during pre Borefts 2018 brewers dinner. Black color. Beige head with little retention. Aroma's: red fruit, forest fruit, sweetish. Retronasal: roast, fruity, sourish, dry, coffee. Flavor is roasted, moderate bitter, light sweet. Light bodied. Finish is dry, roasted, moderate botter, coffee.

Tried on 26 Sep 2018 at 21:14


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

Lovely coffee stout. It lacks a bit of body in my opinion, but it makes up for it with an amazing coffee flavour. Dry finish. Lovely.

Tried on 05 Aug 2018 at 16:42


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Tried on 07 Jul 2018 at 23:43