Red Eye November
Bottle Logic Brewing
- From:
- Bottle Logic Brewing
- California, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
Ranked #15 - ABV:
- 13.2%
- Score:
- 99
Ranked #250 - Avg:
- 4.48 | pDev: 5.58%
- Reviews:
- 57
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 07, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 25, 2015
- Wants:
- 58
- Gots:
- 43
SCORE
99
World-Class
99
World-Class
Redeye November features an exclusive blend of Brazil Oberon and Sumatran beans from our friends at Mostra Coffee. Flavors of dark fruit, Baker's chocolate and caramelized sugar meld with the spicy rye malt and bittersweet molasses of Darkstar November, our original barrel-aged beer. Yet another piece to the grand puzzle...
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Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
4.34/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
2023 bottle
black in color, with tan colored head. Very smooth coffee and cocoa, well balanced with the adjuncts. not overly sweet. thick, full bodied.
Dec 17, 2024black in color, with tan colored head. Very smooth coffee and cocoa, well balanced with the adjuncts. not overly sweet. thick, full bodied.
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
4.45/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Batch #006 550 ml bottle poured at cellar temp into my trusty snifter. The beer pours a dark rich black coffee color with no light passing through the glass. A dense creamy tan head foams up about 1 cm and fades to a sturdy edge layer soon after the pour and the thinnest of surface covering. Aroma on this beer is dark fudge chocolate, some brown sugar and hits of bourbon with a good bit of sweetened coffee and a bit of molasses. No hop character and not really boozy of fusol aroma. all the nose matches up with the style.
First sip reveals a fairly thick body with sticky texture that coats my lips after each sip. Very fine and gentle carbonation easily rolls across my palate. Feels like a big imperial stout should.
Flavor is dark fudge and chocolate, some sweetened coffee, molasses, hints of bourbon also show up. A bit of sweet vanilla in there too. Not boozy or hot though, even with the higher ABV. I feel like I am getting earthy cinnamon on the finish each swallow. Again, never any hop character on this flavor profile, similar to the nose.
Beer is a big imperial stout with bourbon and coffee and drinks as such. I am slightly amazed at the hidden booze. Well worth the sampling!
May 13, 2024First sip reveals a fairly thick body with sticky texture that coats my lips after each sip. Very fine and gentle carbonation easily rolls across my palate. Feels like a big imperial stout should.
Flavor is dark fudge and chocolate, some sweetened coffee, molasses, hints of bourbon also show up. A bit of sweet vanilla in there too. Not boozy or hot though, even with the higher ABV. I feel like I am getting earthy cinnamon on the finish each swallow. Again, never any hop character on this flavor profile, similar to the nose.
Beer is a big imperial stout with bourbon and coffee and drinks as such. I am slightly amazed at the hidden booze. Well worth the sampling!
Reviewed by stortore from Illinois
4.45/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
500 ml bottle into a snifter. The 2023 edition, had 3/23/24.
Pours an opaque dark brown, with a brief head and light soapy cling. Aromas of coffee, bourbon, roasted malt, vanilla, oak, light chocolate. The flavors are mostly similar: coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, some oak, some bourbon- more as it warms. Smooth, a very good full body, appropriately carbonated.
Well rounded aromas and flavors overall, with a big coffee presence in the flavor. Picked up a good amount of vanilla, too. Sufficient barrels, although would have liked a little more of them. Really enjoyable.
Apr 24, 2024Pours an opaque dark brown, with a brief head and light soapy cling. Aromas of coffee, bourbon, roasted malt, vanilla, oak, light chocolate. The flavors are mostly similar: coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, some oak, some bourbon- more as it warms. Smooth, a very good full body, appropriately carbonated.
Well rounded aromas and flavors overall, with a big coffee presence in the flavor. Picked up a good amount of vanilla, too. Sufficient barrels, although would have liked a little more of them. Really enjoyable.
Rated by pathman from Ohio
5/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
08/14/23 bottle @ home (2021 vintage)
Aug 15, 2023
Rated by jb_4226 from Texas
4.9/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
4.9/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
#163, great stuff!
May 06, 2023
Reviewed by Treyliff from West Virginia
4.53/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
550ml bottle poured into a snifter
2017 Vintage
A- pours jet black in color with a one-finger foamy khaki head that reduces to a ring
S- bold espresso aromas with a Sumatran influence, along with dark chocolate, mocha cream, figs, raisins, molasses, char, oaky bourbon barrel, peppery rye
T- sweet mocha cream up front gives way to bold notes of espresso that gives an herbal and earthy note. MId-palate brings wet oak, barrel juice, peppery rye, caramel, bitter dark chocolate, charred malt. The finish gives more barrel, peppery rye and espresso. Lingers of bourbon and espresso
M- medium body with moderate carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel that continues into a warming finish
Apr 27, 20232017 Vintage
A- pours jet black in color with a one-finger foamy khaki head that reduces to a ring
S- bold espresso aromas with a Sumatran influence, along with dark chocolate, mocha cream, figs, raisins, molasses, char, oaky bourbon barrel, peppery rye
T- sweet mocha cream up front gives way to bold notes of espresso that gives an herbal and earthy note. MId-palate brings wet oak, barrel juice, peppery rye, caramel, bitter dark chocolate, charred malt. The finish gives more barrel, peppery rye and espresso. Lingers of bourbon and espresso
M- medium body with moderate carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel that continues into a warming finish
Reviewed by TreyIsWilson from Michigan
4.53/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A - Pours pitch black with a thin tan tan head. Light oily lacing.
S - Aroma is black coffee, dark chocolate and rye spiciness.
T - The taste is black coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, caramel and finish with some nice barrel heat.
M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Syrupy mouthfeel with a slick dry finish.
O - This is a top notch bba coffee stout.
Apr 22, 2023S - Aroma is black coffee, dark chocolate and rye spiciness.
T - The taste is black coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, caramel and finish with some nice barrel heat.
M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Syrupy mouthfeel with a slick dry finish.
O - This is a top notch bba coffee stout.
Reviewed by mschrei from Illinois
4.74/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.74/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This is just out of the top 250. I can see it being high enough to make it. A very coffee forward stout with plenty of rye and molasses with an assertive bourbon barrel presence. I feel like there are maple notes there as well, even if it’s not on the label. The feel is amazing-just at the right spot in terms of thickness, syrupyness, oiliness, and booziness. I love this beer and will try it again.
Edit. Above is from 4/2/23. Drinking second bottle 11/5/24 and agree with previous rating.
Apr 02, 2023Edit. Above is from 4/2/23. Drinking second bottle 11/5/24 and agree with previous rating.
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.59/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.59/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Look - black but possibly a purple hue with slight head great rimming and lacing
Smell - coffee chocolate molasses rye and barrel
Feel - full body slightly lighter than expected light carb
Overall - lots of coffee and barrel, fantastic
Feb 05, 2023Smell - coffee chocolate molasses rye and barrel
Feel - full body slightly lighter than expected light carb
Overall - lots of coffee and barrel, fantastic
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