Newport Storm 04

Formerly brewed at Coastal Extreme Brewing Company
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Newport, Rhode Island USA

Serve in Lager glass

750 ml bottle with a near-impossible-to-pry cork, from Julios in Westboro, MA (Feb 2006), consumed a bit above cellar temp from a Michelob glass. An oily, translucent very still medium amber liquid with just a smidgeon of quick-dying fizzy head.....a nose at first just huge fuesal alcohols, but softening fairly quickly with the addition of caramel and a dry graininess, a touch of maple and raisin....takes a little effort, but some interest is there under the hard liquor.....body is quite syrupy, with a strong rum-raisin character that I find rather appealing, though the alcoholic strength mirrors that on the nose....unfortunately there is little malt character, just that rummy dried fruit quality and the syrup turns to watery weak liquor at the finish, though an oaky cast gives some vaguely interesting notes. On the whole a misfire and far too expensive to be the tipple of winos, which it is.

"Poured an orange color with very little head. Aroma of alcohol and sweetness. 14%abv and you knew it during this beer. tasted sweet and of alcohol. Overall not bad."

RLB YEHA 05. Pours flat with a slight haze- copper body. Strong sweet malt in the aroma - almost cloying with some DMS. Slightly sour in the flavor with more sweet malt upfront. Finish is a bit harsh and the flat body is a turnoff.

Bottle at Richlikebeer’s YEHA ’05. color is cloudy golden and yellow at the edges. sherry and oakey buttery aroma. bourbon like start, but not too hot. buttery whiskeyish finish like a hot toddy. waddya expect for a 14% abv!

12.10.05 750ml bottle at NJ/PA YEHA-05. I was excited to try this stuff. An ugly, clouded topaz sits still below a minimal film of white. Aroma smacks of melting rubberbands, crayons, butterscotch, and alcohol, with hints of grassiness. This raised an eyebrow, for sure. Slick and oily palate transfers scalding alcoholic heat all across the palate, transferring a punnishing blow of more rubber and some canola oil. My thought after trying this one was that these guys need to put the kibash on the annual release...then I tried the ’05.

UPDATED: DEC 14, 2005 NJ, Pocono, Philly YEHa!’05. Copper body with minimal carbonation and a small head. Open malty nose and flavor with some sweet butterscotch, lots of alcohol, and spicy, woody hops. Palate is on the flat side. Too sweet, alcoholic, and flaccid to truly enjoy.

(750ml bottle) Virtually non-existent off-white head atop a cloudy amber body. Aroma is sweet, caramel, wood, candied orange, plum, butter. Taste is sweet, caramel, raisin/plum, molasses, some butter. Some alcohol burn in the finish. Uncarbonated, full body. This comes out more as a barleywine than a lager of any variety -- it takes a few sips to acclimate to the sweetness and alcohol, but once this is done, the beer becomes fairly enjoyable. Still could stand to have some carbonation.

Bottle at Ricklikebeer’s YEHA ’05. Hazy amber color with virtually no head. Buttery, malty, caramel aroma with some alcohol present. The alcohol came on strong in the flavor, which wasn’t a good thing. Sweet caramel malt and toffee round out the flavor.