Red Eye Coffee Porter - Two Brothers Brewing Company

JackieTH

Minnesota

3.63/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pour was deep brown with a nice foam head. Smelled of faint coffees, more malty and dark fruits though. Taste was immediately too sweet with a distinct syrupy character, dried cherries and other dark fruit. Not much coffee here. Getting a bit overwhelmed by the cherry syrupy characteristics. I was expecting a flavorful coffee porter but that's not what I tasted here. Too sweet for me.

Serving type: bottle

11-18-2012 04:49:40 | More by JackieTH

smartassboiler

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-13-2013 21:37:54 | More by smartassboiler

falloutsnow

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

From: Binny's, Champaign, IL
Date: None, but "049 A202" stamped on bottle
Glass: Tulip

Review from notes -- opened bottle roughly a year ago.

Pours a 1cm head of dark tan foam with average to below average retention, lasting under one minute. The foam fades to a ring around the glass with an island of residuum atop the body of the beer. Lacing is present, though bordering on modest, some good, large streaks and dots, but other areas of the glass have little to nothing. Body is an opaque dark brown to black color, light bringing out ruby highlights around the edges of the beer.

Smells like a coffee doughnut at first, gradually warming up to some blackened malt with associated sweetness and perhaps a touch of cinnamon.

Taste puts this definitely in the porter style, with strong coffee bean notes alongside chocolate and semi-sweet roasted barley with a slight acrid component that is often played up in North American baltic porters. Pleasant slightly bitter coffee aftertaste, some dried fruit esters, perhaps akin to chocolate-covered prunes.

Body is medium to medium-heavy, with low to medium-low levels of carbonation. This results in a smooth and creamy mouthfeel that perhaps sits a bit too much on the palate. Ethanol heat felt just a bit in the nostrils and back of the throat near the end of a sip, but generally well hidden. Closes dry, with a sticky residue on the palate.

Serving type: bottle

06-07-2013 03:21:40 | More by falloutsnow

Lynn

Ohio

2.25/5  rDev -44.6%

06-05-2013 17:38:00 | More by Lynn

jkane101

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

05-30-2013 00:10:09 | More by jkane101

ackeeper

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

05-21-2013 01:21:57 | More by ackeeper

spycow

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

05-01-2013 05:49:04 | More by spycow

Duff27

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

04-18-2013 18:03:37 | More by Duff27

Ak555667

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1.5%

04-18-2013 14:20:16 | More by Ak555667

Eriktheipaman

California

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

04-13-2013 13:41:24 | More by Eriktheipaman

Danielr26

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

04-12-2013 00:45:03 | More by Danielr26

Rons35

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

04-07-2013 02:31:43 | More by Rons35

vande

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1.5%

03-31-2013 01:04:16 | More by vande

ryanpj

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

03-30-2013 22:47:06 | More by ryanpj

Sparky44

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

03-25-2013 01:13:07 | More by Sparky44

Stinger80OH

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

03-11-2013 21:13:46 | More by Stinger80OH

Dactrius

Wisconsin

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

03-02-2013 01:46:21 | More by Dactrius

krl2112

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

02-28-2013 04:15:52 | More by krl2112

WanderingFool

Massachusetts

4.19/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Red Eye pours a very dark brown with a tiny tan head. A few spots of lace cling to the glass.

The aroma has lots of coffee some dark fruits and alcohol. Hints of vanilla and cherry (oak?) too.

Each sip of this medium to full bodied beer is smooth and oily with light carbonation. The flavor has nice rich malt notes with coffee mixed in. It begins with chocolate, vanilla and hints of roasted malt. Towards the end the coffee moves it before a nutty and grassy mildly bitter finish. Once gone the chocolate and vanilla lingers on the palate.

Very tasty and easy to drink. Coffee doesn't dominate and blends nicely with the other flavors.

Serving type: bottle

02-24-2013 21:03:42 | More by WanderingFool

tdmccarthy

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

02-19-2013 03:19:42 | More by tdmccarthy

ADTaber

South Carolina

4/5  rDev -1.5%

02-11-2013 23:37:12 | More by ADTaber

csustar001

Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +17%

01-23-2013 21:00:33 | More by csustar001

TheSSG

Illinois

4.46/5  rDev +9.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a slight, tan head with just a touch of lacing. Black color. Deep toasted malt in the aroma with the fruity brightness of coffee. There is a rich, black olive aroma underneath it all; slightly sweet and fruity. Flavor is intense, fruity, and acidic as the coffee dominates the front. There is a nice, bright, fruity-floral hop bitterness that peaks in the middle, and the toasted malt sits into the finish nicely. You don't much notice the booze (9.2%ABV), just the warming effect. A nice, viscous mouthfeel.

This is very, very good. If you like your coffee bright and floral, this is a coffee bier for you!
I think I may prefer the NG Coffee Stout, and Central Waters Peruvian Morning (both of which are a more toasty, deep flavor [which reflects my coffee choice; opposite of my chocolate]), but this is stunning as well. Sure beats Founders Coffee Stout in my book!

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2013 18:38:59 | More by TheSSG

mishtif

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

01-18-2013 15:04:56 | More by mishtif

PHBoiler

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

01-15-2013 22:19:55 | More by PHBoiler