Newport Storm 01

Formerly brewed at Coastal Extreme Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Newport, Rhode Island USA

Serve in Snifter

750mL Bottle poured at the brewery tasting room for The "Odd" Years Vertical Tasting. Strong vanilla and light oxidation nose. Complex, and thankfully, not all that oxidized. It hasn’t held up as well as ’00, but it’s doing pretty well. Fruity and strong. A nice enjoyable rich balance of malt and vanilla. Very good, but not epic. Slightly past peak, but with a notable amount of carbonation! I’m impressed at the way vanilla behaves at this age.

(750ml bottle) Pours a mahogany body with a spare beige head. Aroma of leather, oxidation, port, caramel, and prunes. Flavor of alcohol, caramel, vinous, fruit, herbs, and cardboard. Hot.

This poured a murky medium to light brown color with basically no head at all. Aroma is a bit minty, some dark fruits and thick cewy caramel malts. Flavor wais much the same, lots of malt and dark fruit. Hops are gone but still fairly tastey.

75cl bottle, RBSG grand tasting. Headless crystal clear copper body. Aroma is moderately sweet, Bourbon/cognac. Taste is moderately sweet, cognac, bittersweet chocolate. Smooth medium-full body, some sticky. Has held up pretty well given its age.

Pouring at the grand tasting at RBSG in Philly. Pours a clear amber, looks a little like cognac. Big oxidization, rusty malt. Warm raisins and prunes, oxidized like crazy. Lots of oxidization, malty and smooth. Oxidized malt, light booze on the finish. Apart from the ticker/collector mentality, I’m not entirely sure why I did this. I knew going into (after having an 07 a few months back) that these were all probably going to be rather rough, and that I’d be obliged to go from 01-06 once I started, but I had it anyway, and so it began. Made it through 01, 02, and 03, had a couple different ones, then 04. Then it would be about 20 other good beers before I could will myself back to finish the set. Still, thanks to whomever it was that brought these, as it was an interesting experience.

Part of an amazing Newport Storm vertical at RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours reddish black. Oxidized with a strong sherry and toffee aroma. Some black cherries and caramel breads. Medium body.

Rich oxidized sherry and toffee nose with plenty of raisins and light cherry. The taste is light to moderately sweet, very light bitterness, it’s well oxidized, heavy sherried, portlike... nice if you dig very aged beers, I do.

Bottle @ Copenhaniacs tasting, Pt.1. Pours deep amber with a small off white head and lacings. Nose is deep malty and vinous with a touch of alcohol. Syrup, alcohol and bread. Oxidized flavor with lots of plum, raisin and caramel. Warm and oily. Over the top.