The Witching Hour
Red Eye Brewing Company
- From:
- Red Eye Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 1.23%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 10, 2009
- Added:
- Oct 21, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A Pumpkin Porter released for Halloween
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by ekmoody from Wisconsin
4.13/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
4.13/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A dark beer with perhaps a faint amber color hidden in the darkness. Decently sized foamy head.
Very distinctive aroma. Smells of pumpkin pie spices with a bit of caramel sweetness and roasted malt.
I've tried plenty of pumpkin beers that are much more about the spice than the pumpkin. This beer uses the spice as a good accent to the pumpkin without overpowering, and blends very well with the porter taste.
A bit on the heavy side, but I think this works well with the flavor. Certainly not too heavy.
More drinkable than you might think a beer with this combination of elements might be, but you certainly wouldn't want to down several of them. I definitely had no problem finishing a pint.
Nov 10, 2009Very distinctive aroma. Smells of pumpkin pie spices with a bit of caramel sweetness and roasted malt.
I've tried plenty of pumpkin beers that are much more about the spice than the pumpkin. This beer uses the spice as a good accent to the pumpkin without overpowering, and blends very well with the porter taste.
A bit on the heavy side, but I think this works well with the flavor. Certainly not too heavy.
More drinkable than you might think a beer with this combination of elements might be, but you certainly wouldn't want to down several of them. I definitely had no problem finishing a pint.
Reviewed by alcstradamus from Iowa
4.03/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.03/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Got to the Red Eye 2 hours into the release party, I was on an empty stomach and wanted a pizza more than the beer but I had to try this first before snagging a growler
Pours standard dark brown/black porter color, with a nice-but-not-memorable roasted malt nose. Didn't get any pumpkin smell at all, but the food smell may have been masking it.
The taste is that of a really solid porter. The pumpkin is hidden for a bit, but once the brew warms you begin to sense that pumpkin flavor rising. Not much in the way of nutmeg or other spices found in a lot of these beers, which is a big positive for me.
Mouthfeel is a bit fuller than medium bodied. I had no problem finishing my pint off, this was a damn good beer.
Oct 21, 2009Pours standard dark brown/black porter color, with a nice-but-not-memorable roasted malt nose. Didn't get any pumpkin smell at all, but the food smell may have been masking it.
The taste is that of a really solid porter. The pumpkin is hidden for a bit, but once the brew warms you begin to sense that pumpkin flavor rising. Not much in the way of nutmeg or other spices found in a lot of these beers, which is a big positive for me.
Mouthfeel is a bit fuller than medium bodied. I had no problem finishing my pint off, this was a damn good beer.
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