Newport Storm 08

Formerly brewed at Coastal Extreme Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Newport, Rhode Island USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Bottle: Poured a deep hazy brown color ale with a tiny foamy head with minimal retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry figs and raisins with some caramelized sugar and light alcoholic phenols. Taste is also dominated by loads of dry figs and raisins with some toffee and caramelized sugars – maybe a bit too much of the raisins come out with a finish that is overly sweet. Body is above average with minimal carbonation and light apparent alcohol. Not bad though not something I would have regularly.

Bottle shared by Dmac at EDA’s place. Pours a slight hazed amber with thinning to no head. Aroma is rotting fruits- pear, apple, fruity esters, earth leather, fusels, acetone and paint thinner. Flavor is phenolic- yeasty, autolysis rubber, and rotting fruit, acetone, hot alcohols ciders, sharp sugary malts, oxidation, sherry, stale coffee and old tea leaves, ugh.

Bottle at Mike’s place: Hazy auburn with a thick khaki head (big head for ABV- infected?) Solventy, vanilla notes, molasses, off phenols, plasticy with a toasted malt touch in the background. Fluffy body- very infected flavor. Quite buttery, solventy, worty, some raisin notes as it warms. Plasticy off phenols. Just really off and infected. Eh.

Bottle purchased during EBF 2009 and finally shared at EDAs post Thanksgiving bash, so sorry everyone for bringing this abomination. Just about everything that could be wrong with a beer was wrong with this, oxidation...diacetyl...possibly even an infection. This one smelled super sweet like a fresh flower delivery to a bubble gum and caramel factory on sugar restocking day. The flavor was like some combined rotting dead flowers with cheap artificial sugar, cardboard and stirred it together with some butter. Ugh this shit was nasty.

Deep ruby brown with a small beige head. Aroma is of wood, malt, raisins and toast. Taste is of caramel, burnt toast and dark fruits.

Bottle thanks to jkwalking. Brownish red pour. Aroma is dark fruits, raisins, bread, and nuts. Flavor is toffee, caramel. Nice syrupy palate.

Bottle thanks to jkwalking. The look is clear, brown to red in color, with a decent beige colored head. The smell is little wood, sweet, fruits, molasses, and alcohol. The taste is alcohol, toffee, sweet, molasses, and fruits.

Bottle thanks to jkwalking05. Pours a dark brown, ruby red hues, tan head. Aroma is sweet, wood, dark fruit, spicy. Flavor is sweet, dark fruit, wood. Mouth feel is heavy body, low carbonation. Overall, not bad at all!