Wild Beer Wildebeest
CHOCOLATE + VANILLA + COFFEE
Ideal for contemplation and speculation, this is the liquid equivalent of the lotus position. Featuring freshly ground coffee, cacao nibs, and Madagascan Vanilla pods.
Brewed as an experiential beer with a time and place in mind for its enjoyment. Winter months are suggested, open fires are preferable and armchairs are close to compulsory!
We team up with Clifton Coffee in Bristol for the beans used in Wildebeest, trialing espresso shots and French press before we settling on whole beans. The cocoa nibs are Vhalrona which were recommended as the best by chocolatiers and the vanilla pods Madagascan.
It's a judicious selection of pale and dark malts adding to the decadence and making this beer like a beautifully rich dessert in a glass.
Ideal for contemplation and speculation, this is the liquid equivalent of the lotus position. Featuring freshly ground coffee, cacao nibs, and Madagascan Vanilla pods.
Brewed as an experiential beer with a time and place in mind for its enjoyment. Winter months are suggested, open fires are preferable and armchairs are close to compulsory!
We team up with Clifton Coffee in Bristol for the beans used in Wildebeest, trialing espresso shots and French press before we settling on whole beans. The cocoa nibs are Vhalrona which were recommended as the best by chocolatiers and the vanilla pods Madagascan.
It's a judicious selection of pale and dark malts adding to the decadence and making this beer like a beautifully rich dessert in a glass.
3.9
312 reviews
Shepton Mallet, England
Community reviews
Bottle. Malty aroma and taste, chocolate, vanilla, roasty notes, light coffee, light sweet, medium bitter. Full body, malty chocolate bitter sweet finish with light alcohol warming notes. Good.
Draught at BeerGeek Bar. Cloudy, dark red to black colored. AROMA- sweet, cocoa nibs, sugar candies. FLAVOR- sweet, lightly bitter, cocoa nibs and sugar candies again. Medium to fuller bodied.
Good, sweet, but too young.
Tap at BeerGeek Bar. Pitch black, brownish head. Cookie aroma, quite pleasant, chocolate, figs, caramel, brittle... very light tartness too though. Lean taste, leaner than expected, cookies, vanilla, chocolate, some peppery/spicy bitterness and herbal touches in the dry finish. Highly promising but just slightly too undefined and unrefined.
Tap at Beergeek. Very rich roasty malty character, loads of cocoa, chocolate, a bit if milk. Really great beer, very tasty, very good.
Bottle at home
Appearance - still, very very dark brown bordering on black. No head.
Aroma - Roasted malts, toasty, coffee.
Taste - Surprisingly bracing acid/sourness up front followed by a hit of lingering toasty / chocolate sweetness with some bright coffee acidity. Liquorice-y finish.
Body - Very thick, a little too much for me. Not super boozy, but perhaps a touch hot, too.
Overall - Not bad but a bit unsubtle and not a fan of the liquorice notes.
LCI. Uit de fles geschonken. Mooie RIS met smaken van koffie, chocola en een beetje vanille, mooi vol en in balans. Heerlijk!
330ml bottle bought at Vinmonopolet Langnes. Dissipating fawn-coloured head leaving dotted spots on the glass. Near-black in body apearance. Roasted cocoa nose with vanilla sweetness. Comprehensive taste profile including coffee-choco and liquorice supported by a backdrop of dark berries. Long-lived vanilla mid-sweet ending. Full bodied. Excellent sipper on a lazy Saturday afternoon. (Tromsø 01.06.2019).
Svart. Middels høyt lysebrunt skum som daler sakte. Sjokoladearoma. Silkemyk munnfølelse. Smaken skarprøstet malt & lakris. Langvarig tørr ettersmak. Mest kaffe. Utmerket øl.
Bottle. Almost black. Chocolate And vanilla in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with Caramel, chocolate And some herbal notes. Tasty.
Appearance: Very dark brown, near black. Small, tan head.
Aroma: Dark malt, roasted, dark chocolate. Prunes.
Taste: Very dark malt, lightly roasted, some dark fruits, warming. Not very complex, but still very enjoyable.
Bought: Wittich, 330 ml, CHF 6.20
Info: 29/3-2019, BB: 16/11-2020
330 ml bottle at home. Near black with tan head. Mellow roasted notes, liquorice, surpringly thin body, faint alcohol with lasting roasty complex finishing notes
Bottle. Pours black. Roasted, coffee, dark chocolate, red wine. Full bodied. Oily.
330ml bottle served in a snifter glass. Pours a dark oily black color forming a small medium creamy tan head with medium to low retention that forms and leaves some spotty lacings in the glass. Nose is sweet and roasty. Strong notes of roasted malts, dark chocolate, coffee beans, vanilla, licorice and wood. Slightly booze. Sweet upfront taste. Again, strong notes of roasted malts, dark chocolate, coffee beans, vanilla, licorice and oak. Medium grassy bitterness. Good bittersweet balance. Heavy body. Low carbonation. Roasted malts, dark chocolate and coffee in the aftertaste. Good drinkability. Great British Imperial Stout.
0,33 bottle from Alko. Heavy aroma of coffee, espresso, chocolate, moderately roasted malts, vanilla, sweetness, alcohol. Rich sweet taste. Fullish body, above medium bitterness, quite dry. Medium carbonation. Well done and enjoyable IS, but doesn't get to the excellent beer level. Really good though.
On keg at Brewdog Lothian Rd, Edinburgh.
Appearance - deep brown to black with a lovely fawn head.
Nose - rich chocolate and hazelnuts. Some raisins comes through later.
Taste - creamy and luscious hazelnut chocolate.
Palate - medium to full bodied and creamy. Long luscious linger.
Overall - lovely.
Dark brown to black colored, medium- beige to tan head. Aroma is malty, strong coffee, dark chocolate, bit burnt, light licorice, some vanilla. Taste is medium+ sweet malt, dark chocolate and plenty of coffee with burnt notes, medium bitterness, some vanilla and licorice, bit alcohol. Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation, creamy.
33cl flesje via Het Bierhuis, Breda
Alcoholpercentage van 11%
Uitgeschonken in Grimbergen glas
Uiterlijk: zwart met kleine bruine cremelaag
Aroma en smaak: neus is vanille, chocolade, gebrande mouten, smaak is vol koffie, chocolade, gebrande mouten, goede straffe bitter, vanille
Conclusie: erg aangename stout
Bottle from Alko. Black color, beige head. Bitter taste with roasted malts, nuts, chocolate, coffee, dark fruits, licorice and a bit of salt. Bitter finish with roasted malts, chocolate, licorice, espresso, nuts, dark fruits and a bit of vanilla. Excellent imperial stout.
33cl bottle from Alko, shared. Pours black coloured with an small brownish head. Aroma has rastedness, sweetness, liquorica and some vanillaflavoured coffee. taste is similar just add dark fruits and a hint of salt. love it!
0.33 bottle. Dark brown to black. Aroma is molasses, brown sugar, light chocolate, dark fruit, prunes and raisins. Light vanilla coming up. Very sweet, light coffee, brown sugar. Sweet finish. Alcohol hidden. Sticky, thick, light but lingering finish.
33cl bottle from Alko.
Poured near black with a thin brown head.
Sweet, molasses, roasty notes with nice aroma of fresh licorice and coffee.
Vanilla comes forward in flavor with licorice, sweetness, coffee and dark fruits. Salty touch. Exquisite sipper.
A pitch black beer, a head is quite small and light brown. Aroma has maltyness, coffee, quite strong sweetness of syrup and malts, slight mustyness, low liquorice. Taste is powerful, salt liquorice, coffee, toffeeish maltyness, wood. Full bodied. Something annoying here, but tasteful beer anyway.
A small taste @ the flagship Alko, press blind tasting. Pours clear dark brown with almost no head. Aroma is sweet roasted malts, molasses some dark fruits. Flavor is sweet roasted malts, molasses, dark fruits, alcohol, hops. Quite good.
330 ml bottle aged for 1 year. Pours black with little carbonation. Coffee and chocolate nose, fragrant, pleasant. Smooth, substantial palate with mild coffee toastiness and bitterness, mildly sweet chocolate. Thoroughly decent.
Aroma of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and licorice. Deep brown to black with a tan head. Medium to heavy sweet and medium bitter. Full body with average carbonation. overall a great Imperial Stout. Plesant warming finish.
(céréales cuites, cacao (ad) poudre, µ-café (ad), onctueuse-pleine, ni tape-oeil ni sous-produite, ~douceur, last-hum)
Bottle
Aroma-caramel, chocolate, coffee,
Appearance-brown, clear, tan foam,
Taste-medium bitterness, medium sourness, light sweetness,
Palate-full body, sticky, average carbonation, long finish,
Overall-very good
ImpyAttack👌Nibby, coffeetart & lovely warm😀also alles da😍 Breakfast Stout Style⚡💋 fein säuerlich, immer extrembeery & MY OILY ONE🙂🚀 0,33l Bottle von Maltiiii...CBA2018.
Black beer, thin head. Big rich chocolatey malty aroma. Taste is chocolate, malt, liquorice, a touch of vanilla. Rich with a lovely, smooth but dry malty aftertaste, What you want from an imperial stout.
Bue à la pression. Couleur dark à souhait. Mousse beige décente mais moyennement tenace. Au nez c'est pas mal axé sur le pruneau, presque comme un Barley Wine. Très léger sur le chocolat, le coté vineux ressort sur la fin. En bouche le vineux ressort énormément. On pourrait croire que c'est 50% vin et 50% bière. C'est pas déplaisant, loin de là, mais ça fait un peu... "triche". On se rapproche presque d'une Oude Bruine en fait vu qu'il y a une pointe d'acidité, mais avec une base d'Imperial Stout. Bref, une bière d'exception.