Kick-Start
Vibrant Forest Brewery in Hardley, Hampshire, England 🏴
Stout - Oatmeal Regular|
Score
7.03
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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.
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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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Mother Kelly’s 17th June 17. Pours rich and black. Aroma is complex, dark chocolate, coffee, barrel, liquorice. Taste is impressive, dark chocolate, roasted malt, slight smoke, coffee and wood. Lovely stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2017
at 06:46
8/10
Earlier Rating: 5/10/2017 Total Score: 3.7
Cask at PoW, Farnborough. A rich chocolate and cream aroma. Dark and glossy. Bubbly beige head. A ’sweet bitter’. Creamy coffee with sugar. Dark chocolate. More bitter coffee undertones. Medium bodied. Silky, although a tad watery for the style. Flat. Low key finish. Really enjoyed it. Just lacks some body.
Cask at PoW, Farnborough. A rich chocolate and cream aroma. Dark and glossy. Bubbly beige head. A ’sweet bitter’. Creamy coffee with sugar. Dark chocolate. More bitter coffee undertones. Medium bodied. Silky, although a tad watery for the style. Flat. Low key finish. Really enjoyed it. Just lacks some body.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2017
at 13:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
on tap dark medium head coffee chocolate liquorice scura schiuma media caffe polvere cioccolato liquoroso liquirizia
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2017
at 08:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tried on cask at the Cardinals Hat Lincoln. Colour is almost black with a tan head. Aroma has loads of coffee with chocolate. Taste roasted bitter and light sweet. Full creamy body.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Mar 2017
at 09:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Euston tap. A black maghogany brown coloured pour with a lasting loose mid tan head. Aroma is nutty roast, burnt earth, liquorice, plum. Flavour is composed of rich earthy roast, toasted nuts, burnt fruit cake, stale coffee. Hint of ash in the finish. Palate is medium bodied, decent cask condition, tangy finish. Packs in a good amount of Flavour for the abv.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2017
at 13:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Rochdale Beer Festival 2016. Dark with a light roasted malt character, and a fairly easy-drinking texture.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2017
at 14:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Cask Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico, London. A black coloured pour with a healthy beige head on top. Roasty, malty, coffee aroma. Tastes similar, roasty, malty, coffee, slightly bitter. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2017
at 08:54
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black beer, thin brown head. Rich, earthy malty head. Taste is heavy malt, a dash of fruit, some licorice. Very dark chocolate taste. Bitter aftertaste.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2017
at 10:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is huge coffee, chocolate, light toffee, roasted, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, light liquorice, bitter roasted coffee finish.
Earlier Rating: 2/9/2015 Total Score: 3.3
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black, nose is roast coffee and chocolate, taste is too bitter coffee, dry chocolate
Earlier Rating: 2/9/2015 Total Score: 3.3
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black, nose is roast coffee and chocolate, taste is too bitter coffee, dry chocolate
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 14:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On the SilkTork Southampton through the looking glass tour. Overdraft. Oat and coffee stout smooth chocolate roasted coffee epic. 5.7% black beer no head. Lots of coffee. Oily mouthfeel too much coffee unbalanced. Hmmm.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2016
at 15:40