Reserve Red Eye
Tempest Brewing Co. in Tweedbank, Scottish Borders, Scotland 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
7.77
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A red-eye flight is any flight departing late at night and arriving early the next morning. The term derives from the fatigue symptom of having red eyes, which can be caused or aggravated by late-night travel.
Shake off and wake up with our powerful and rich mocha porter, Red Eye Flight. It starts with our rich and roasty blend of seven malts, before adding in high-quality organic cacao and finishing off with a cold-infusion of Three Hills Coffee’s Sumatran coffee beans, roasted exactly to our specification. Crack one open to unleash a waft of fresh ground coffee aroma, followed by a smooth mouthfeel, and creamy toffee, coffee acidity, and bitter cocoa nib flavour.
Shake off and wake up with our powerful and rich mocha porter, Red Eye Flight. It starts with our rich and roasty blend of seven malts, before adding in high-quality organic cacao and finishing off with a cold-infusion of Three Hills Coffee’s Sumatran coffee beans, roasted exactly to our specification. Crack one open to unleash a waft of fresh ground coffee aroma, followed by a smooth mouthfeel, and creamy toffee, coffee acidity, and bitter cocoa nib flavour.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle at home (I mean where else?!). Pours jet black with thin, quickly disappearing brown head. Nose is sweet altogether, big coffee, dark chocolate, whiskey, a touch of vanilla. Taste is a hint of nougat, booze, bourbon, faint vanilla again. Long sweet finish, medium oily body, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Hopt. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, bourbon, beany coffee, some vanilla and caramel. Flavour is medium sweet with a moderate to medium roasty bitterness. Body is full with some booze. Balanced with some nice barrel notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2025
at 07:08
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at home, 6th March 2021. Pours black and viscous. Aroma is quality coffee, caramel, roasted malts. Taste is coffee, liquor, some dry woody notes, a bitter and dry finish with more coffee. Overall very good
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2021
at 19:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Black. Bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, coffee, fudge, sweet, a bit umami, full-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2020
at 14:22
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
L'élément fondamental sur les bières vieillie en fût, est outre la qualité de la base, l'équilibre entre cette dernière et les arômes de fût. Et si ce Red Eye Bourbon Barrel est appréciable avec une alliance fonctionnant parfaitement, le bourbon est à la fois trop présent et un peu trop fort et vient trop couvrir les arômes de l'Imperial Stout (pourtant se voulant boosté avec ajout de café et cacao). Dans le style, in fine, il y a donc mieux. Le visuel est sur un noir sans mousse. Le nez est fort sur le bourbon avec un café et un chocolat qui agrémente bien l'ensemble. On retrouve ce cocktail en bouche avec des épices bien présentes. Corpulence et longueurs sont bonnes. Les arômes sont d'une bonne intensité avec un bourbon et un alcool à 12 % tonique mais un peu fort. En fin de soirée, cela passe bien néanmoins.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2020
at 17:43
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
330 ml bottle, from the brewery webstore. ABV is 12%. Pitch black colour, moderate to small brown head. Distinct aroma of coffee and roast malts, hints of bourbon, cocoa, oak and vanilla. Sweet and roasty flavour, again distinct notes of coffee, also fairly distinct notes of bourbon, oak and vanilla, more subdued cocoa. Warming mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2020
at 20:45
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Black and oily with creamy head. Aroma and flavour have plenty of bitter coffee sweet vanilla. There's even a light smokiness to it. Really silky.
Tried
on 17 May 2020
at 19:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330 ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with moderate tan head. Aromas of earthy coffee, woody bourbon and slick roasted malts. Flavors follow same; black earthy coffee, soft woody bourbon, dry roasted malts and a bit of dusty dark chocolate. No hint of the ABV, just dry and rich. A very good coffee beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2020
at 01:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Brewdog Shepherds Bush, London (last autumn). A black coloured pour with a decent beige head on top. Roasty, chocolate, coffee, dark fruit, slightly sweet, bourbon aroma and taste. Really nice bourbon action.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2020
at 17:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared with bro et wife. It pours jet black with a small tan head. The aroma is rich roasted malt, dark chocolate, deep coffee character, oily, bourbon barrel, chocolate bourbons, rock road and brownies. The taste is dry, some bitterness, bitter - sweet, slick, rich roasted malt, kick of bourbon, toffee, oily, chewy, thick and cakey, chocolate gateaux, toasty, rich coffee character, vanilla, light toasted coconut and some charred wood with a slick, mocha finish. Fulsome body, light carbonation and slick mouth feel. Rich and unctuous stuff. Fun.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2020
at 16:00