Vitesse Noir
Hardknott in Millom, Cumbria, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.05
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It’s a triple imperial stout with lots of stuff in it. It’s full of beans, three different types in fact (coffee, vanilla and cocoa). It’s 11% and black. You wouldn’t neck it very fast, it will be seriously expensive for one thing. Also, you wouldn’t drink much of it because of the intense flavours. It is unlikely to cause major drunken behaviour mainly because it is aimed at beer geeks rather than tramps.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home (Drinks of Fulham) 22/11/12. Dark black with a dirty coffee head that soon forms a film and clears to the edge. Nose is dark roast malts, big coffee hit, cocoa, touch of vanilla, earthy tones. Taste is coffee, bitter chocolate, dark malts, sweet dark sugars. Palate is full bodied, fine carbonation, smooth - pitch perfect! Great imperial stout - well balanced, smooth, alcohol well hidden, a touch on the sweet side but does what it says on the tin!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2012
at 13:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
0.33l bottle. A really really oily black pour, and I'm having a hard time to provoke a decent head on this one. Bubbly, small and quickly sidesticking. Soft vanilla, lightly woody and boozy, dark roasted - almost on the border of bitter burned, and some dark chocolate tones as well. It's thick and near chewy in texture, with a soft carbonation level. In taste this is really dark and heavy roasted. Lots of dark bitter chocolate - almost burning on the palate. Lots of vanilla biscuits in the finish and aftertaste combined with rich dark and strong chocolate. Lots of flavors, perhaps a bit to raw still, but definitely tasty. 02.08.2012
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2012
at 01:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Bruce’s Housewarming Tasting. It pours deep dark brown, with pretty much no head. The nose is caramel, chocolate, fudge, vanilla, wood, marzipan and lactose. The taste is roasted malt, caramel, coffee, chocolate, tangy, acidic, dark fruit, lactose and caramel. Intense flavour. Medium body and low/no carbonation. Big on flavour, but I still can’t decide whether I truly like it or not...
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2012
at 10:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Shared bottle at local tasting. ABV is 11%. Black colour, minimal beige head.
Dryish aroma, notes of cold coffee, unsweetened cocoa and ashes. The flavour, however, is not dry - rather sweet actually, with notes of chocolate / cocoa and sweetened coffee, vinous finish.
Dryish aroma, notes of cold coffee, unsweetened cocoa and ashes. The flavour, however, is not dry - rather sweet actually, with notes of chocolate / cocoa and sweetened coffee, vinous finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2012
at 14:18
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tiny brown head. Opaque black body. Burnt mineraly cold coffee aroma. Sweet-dryish cold coffee and chocolate taste with earthy sheepy notes. Fullish body. Flat, mild mouthfeel. Dryish minty burnt cold coffee aftertaste with earthy chocolate notes. Nice, but very dense and closed. (0.33l bottle shared by Ole_R.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2012
at 04:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up from Westholme Stores ’Jacks’, Goring on Thames, Oxon Feb 2012 consumed 17.02.12 Dark brown with small tan head. Thick and oily and very in yer’ face with oodles of coffee and vanilla, as the description suggests this is pretty intense, though the alcohol doesn’t scream out at you too much. Fine and whilst I enjoyed this it wasn’t totally my thing. A6 A5 T7 P4 Ov13 3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2012
at 04:00
3.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
330ml bottle. Oily black with absolutely no head. Slightly alcoholic dark fruit aroma, some vanilla with good will. Disappointing. What comes now? I’m afraid. Sweet guck, no carbonation. Sweet coffee in the end cannot reconcile me. That’s a complete flop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2012
at 17:59
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
bottle at home ... deep black ... thin tan head ... huge meaty cofffee roast malt nose ...dark malts ... big chocolate ... sweet malts ... juicy roast ... big big sweet chocolate ... definite cocoa ... rich smooth sweet and complex.. blind tasting top place ... dark black ... heavy coffee roast ... ligth charcoal nose ... big dark roast ... heavy sweet malts ... soft vanilla .. big coffee ... 4.4bottle at home ...drunk 06/02/2012 deep black .. thin tan lacing ... deep dark coffee ... light bitter roast malt nose ... dark malt roast ... soft vanilla ... deep deep malt roast ... mellow coffee... this truely is a stunning beer.Bottle at home Batch 1 drunk 09/2012.. deep black ... small thin tan head ... huge huge rich deep coffee ... really mostly coffee with tiny charcoal nose ... mellow roast ... ligth sweetness ... huge coffee ... soft and mellow ... quite a lot of vanilla and then more coffee ... soft pine finish ... seems a little more sweet than i remember but nice 4.2Batch 1, drunk 07/13 ... deep black ... thin tan head ... big coffee and vanilla roast ... deep dark roast nose ... soft mellow body ... rich malts .. heavy meaty malts ... big coffee ... dark malts ... lightest charcoal ... soft vanilla ... long soft coffee roast ... rich smooth and wonderfull 4.4
bathc one Drunk dec 2013.. dep black ..thin tan head ... soft deep roast massive sweet roast .. soft vanilla .. sweet chewy .. wonderful stick at 4.4 ... this is beautiful bottle at homee batch bbf 2014 (batch 1?) deep black ... thin tan lacing ... soft chocolate ... big vanilla ... soft coffee malts ... dark sweet malrs ... massive malts ... big sweet cocfee and chocolate ... dark sweet vanilla ...
4.2
Bottle at home feb 2015... Bbf 2018...Dark black... Thin tan lacing... Massive coffee chocolate vanilla roast malts nose... Dark chocolate.. Dark coffee... Soft silky body.. Dark malts... Dark roast... Soft chocolate roast... Light vanilla... Rich soft smooth... 4.4
bottle bbf oct 2014 drunk November 2015... Dark black thin tan lacing dark chocolate.. Dark roast.. Light woody malts nose... Big roast big coffee... Kore cold coffee this time.. Dark sweet malts roast.. Dark chocolate... Big woody.. Light meaty malts.. Still great but this batch is on its way down 4.1
bottle at home drunk Dec 30 2025 ... dark black ..no head ..dark dry chocolate Roast malts nose ...dry chocolate Roast malts ..rich heavy dry pine chocolate roast malts 8.0
bathc one Drunk dec 2013.. dep black ..thin tan head ... soft deep roast massive sweet roast .. soft vanilla .. sweet chewy .. wonderful stick at 4.4 ... this is beautiful bottle at homee batch bbf 2014 (batch 1?) deep black ... thin tan lacing ... soft chocolate ... big vanilla ... soft coffee malts ... dark sweet malrs ... massive malts ... big sweet cocfee and chocolate ... dark sweet vanilla ...
4.2
Bottle at home feb 2015... Bbf 2018...Dark black... Thin tan lacing... Massive coffee chocolate vanilla roast malts nose... Dark chocolate.. Dark coffee... Soft silky body.. Dark malts... Dark roast... Soft chocolate roast... Light vanilla... Rich soft smooth... 4.4
bottle bbf oct 2014 drunk November 2015... Dark black thin tan lacing dark chocolate.. Dark roast.. Light woody malts nose... Big roast big coffee... Kore cold coffee this time.. Dark sweet malts roast.. Dark chocolate... Big woody.. Light meaty malts.. Still great but this batch is on its way down 4.1
bottle at home drunk Dec 30 2025 ... dark black ..no head ..dark dry chocolate Roast malts nose ...dry chocolate Roast malts ..rich heavy dry pine chocolate roast malts 8.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2012
at 12:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. @ chriso [ oh6gdx birthday bash tasting ].Clear dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, wood, coal, dusty. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, cacao, coffee, vanilla. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Not very balanced ! [20111203] 7-3-6-3-13 Cask @ The Southern, 22-26 South Clerk Street, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9PR.Clear dark black brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, wood notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, alcohol, cacao, chocolate - cofee, chili notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. Much better then the bottle version i got before ... [20120421]
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2012
at 08:28