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Newport Storm 05

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Newport Storm 05 - American Strong Ale

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91
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Formerly brewed at Coastal Extreme Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale

Middletown, Rhode Island USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1093.61/5.03.56/5.0Special11.7%60.5Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
For the sixth year we have faithfully produced the next edition in our impressive series of annual limited beers. Copious amounts of Pale, Chocolate, and Munich malts gives the mouthfeel to this brew. Additionally, twenty pounds of East African Cocoa combines with subtle raspberry flavors to accentuate the beer's creative backbone. Though not laden with hop bitterness, we chose the Perle hop's mild spice and sweetness to complement the chocolate in this ale. Unusual care and a year of aging, as well as hand corking and a never to be used again recipe give this beer a signature flavor which should only improve with time. It is extremely limited, extremely strong, and extremely original, because as we like to say around here "It's All About Extremes!" 11.7% Alcohol by Volume.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 JCB (1713), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 28, 2009  
Bottle from alldaydrinker - thanks, Jeff! Man, I sat on this one too long, alas. Deep ruby pour which is - save one or two courageous bubbles - entirely flat. Soft fig and plum notes in the nose along with the faded malt profile of an over-the-hill barleywine. Mouthfeel is decent enough for the age, but it tastes pretty damn oxidized. Still some old ale flavors kicking around, but it’s certainly well past its prime.


 TomDecapolis (3130), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 26, 2009  
Pours a deep amber/brown/ruby with a smaller bubbly off white head. Aroma reminded me of an aged barleywine. Cardboard, dark fruits, toffee, wood and vanilla. Flavor of the same with caramel, nuts, dark fruits, oak, bourbon and vanilla.


 holdenn (1432), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 25, 2009  
750ml bottle thanks to growler. Pours a brown red with a white ring of a head. Nose of raisins, brown sugar, and an aged dirty aroma that indicates this may be past its prime. Chocolate, raisins, earthy, dark fruit flavors that are sadly surrounded by dirty oxidized malts. A little oxidation can be good, but this is too much at this point.


 drewbeerme (2224), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 23, 2009  
750ml. thanks to holdenn for sharing. pours reddish brown with off whtie head. nose of caramel, port, musty balsamic. flavors of port, dried red fruit, musty cardboard. med body. this is just way past its prime.


 dmac (1419), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/51/101/53/20
Feb 22, 2009  
Bottle from pineypower. Well I had a bad feeling about this one once I saw it because this particular bottle seemed to be underfilled and lots of open space means lots more air exposure. Sure enough this one was bad, Im talking drain pour bad. Totally flat and lifeless and tasted like wet cardboard. Next please.


 pantanap (1323), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Feb 21, 2009  
750ml bottle from holdenn. thanks matt.... pours a dark caramel brown with a thin off-white head....extremely papery caramel malt phenols with quite a boozy backbone to it. toasty but very assertive.....flavors of less sweetened caramel and dark fruit. soft carbonation almost too low. def more tolerable than the aroma.


 bikesandbeers (468), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Feb 6, 2009  
740 ml purcahsed by WeeHeavySd in RI. ruby-brown pour with a small head. aroma is cady sweet with a bit of grassyness creeping im. flavor is smooth with herbaly notes and hints of candi and fruit. finishes stragenly sharp. Very strange brew.


 shigadeyo (2210), Harrison, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
Nov 26, 2008  

<i><b>2005 Vintage ~ Rating #1500</b></i>

<b>11/26/2008</b>: Newport Storm ’05 pours a greyish-brown color and has a very low level of carbonation at this point. The vineous aroma is loaded with tart cherries (think New Glarus Belgian Red or New Glarus Unplugged Enigma) along with some sweet, caramelized/sugary malt. The flavor is malty and toward the sweeter side of the spectrum at first. There is also some oxidation present in the caramel/toffee maltiness along with red wine, prune, and a light cherry flavor. It finishes with a rich chocolate flavor with hints of berry/cherry accompanied by a nice, warming alcohol sensation. This beer has a medium-full body, a good heavy mouthfeel, and is quite smooth. Overall I think that this beer has aged well and is still quite good.

<i>1 pt and 9.4 oz. (750 ml) corked, blue, silk-screened, wine bottle (11.7% abv) from ClarkVV via trade in June 2007. Thank you! Rating #494 for this beer.</i>



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