Let the Date Flow Through You
Tempest Brewing Co. in Tweedbank, Scottish Borders, Scotland đ´ó §ó ˘ó łó Łó ´ó ż
Collab with: Emperor's BreweryStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
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Score
7.69
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Collaboration between Tempest and Emperor's is finally upon us. More than a stout, this is beer from another galaxy...Aggresively loaded with chocolate and roasted malts, the base stout spent the best part of a year in Bluegrass bourbon barrels, where the oak, vanilla and bourbon warmth perfectly balanced the roast bitterness and residual sweetness of the stout. As if it wasn't indulgent and complex enough, we rounded things off with a good, good amount of sticky Zahidi date syrup.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from the brewery taproom. Pours black with a thick tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate, coconut, vanilla, a little burnt wood, and some dates. Taste is sweet, sticky date, chocolate cake, bourbon. Bit boozy, but good.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2026
at 08:38
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, coconut, vanilla, a little burnt wood, date, taste is sweet toffee, sticky date, chocolate, coconut, vanilla. 8/9/9/8/8
Tried
on 24 Apr 2026
at 07:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Draft
at
Microbus Gateshead
on 21 Feb 2026
at 20:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can direct from Tempest. It pours darkest brown to black with a dark tan - brown head. The aroma is rich and intoxicating, bitter - sweet, dark roasted malt, umami, plenty of dark and dried fruits, date, prune, raisin, chocolate gateaux, bourbon soaked oak, vanilla and liquorice allsorts. The taste is slick, thiccccc, oily, bitter - sweet, dark roasted malt, sticky, jammy, treacle, raisin, date, fruit cake, bourbon soaked oak, umami, liquorice, liquorice allsorts, toasty spice, burnt toast, chewy and tannin with a drying, dark roasted malt. Fulsome body and average carbonation. Rich, toothy and indulgent. A big punchy number. Maybe a touch too sweet for me, but fun to try.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jan 2026
at 13:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
keg at the bow bar ....dark black ..thin tan ..soft meaty chocolate roast malts nose . dark rich chocolate roast malts ..heavy sweet chocolate Roast ..big bourbon ...light buggy soft coconut ...lightbsoft date finish
Tried
on 21 Jan 2026
at 14:26
8.5/10
Can at the Strait and Narrow. Black with a tan head. Aroma and taste are sweet syrup and fruit date. Nice rich chocolate body.
Tried
from Can
at
Strait And Narrow
on 10 Jan 2026
at 14:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml can. Pours jet black with a medium head. Aroma is strong bourbon, dark chocolate, alcohol and a little date. Taste has sticky date to start, with dark chocolate and bourbon on the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2025
at 20:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml can. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of bourbon, chocolate, dates. Taste is very rich, sweet, bourbon and date syrup dominate, chocolate, oak, some roast, alcohol warmth. Full bodied, smooth, syrupy. Bit too sweet for me, but it's as described.
Tried
from Can
from The Beer Shelf @ Leyland Bargain Booze
on 28 Dec 2025
at 02:15