Newport Storm 07

Formerly brewed at Coastal Extreme Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Middletown, Rhode Island USA

Bottle courtesy of cmr1517.Very small tan head that quickly dissipated, no lacing, no carbonation observed, opaque, and a dark brown hue. Nose was chocolate, hoppy, sweet, and some raisins. Flavor was thin, chocolate, sweet, and some dark fruits. Tingly, thin and dry mouthfeel and medium in body.Lacked body, fullness given the style.Probaby not a beer that I would want again.

This bottled brew from a rating party poured a small sized head of frothy brown colored bubbles that were and left behind a no visible carbonation dark black colored body. The aroma was roasted malt and dark malt. The semi-flat mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start mediumly tingly at the finish. The flavor contained notes of hops and roasted malt. A decent one but not one that I would consider drinking again.

Courtesy of Beerlando. A deep dark pour with very little head. Very raisiny aroma with a hint of chocolate. Flavor of chocolate malt and hints of coffee. Palate is solid but very little carbonation. A very nice drinker that is firm all the way down.

bottle from cmr1517 at the Fort Wayne tasting - Pours black with a thin tan head. Like the beer we had before it (Southern Tier Choklat), it’s a chocolate imbued imperial stout. It has plenty of roast malt and chocolate in the aroma. The flavor is also very chocolate rich. The body is kind of light for the style. Alcohol and some mild hops dryness comprise the finish. It’s quite good though not as the good as the superb beer we had before it.

Dark beer with some mahogany hues when held against the light. Almost no head. Nose is of vanilla and cocoa powder. Lots of chocolate, dark brown sugar, dark bread, and faint berries. Okay Impy.

bottle shared with & courtesy of The Beer Cellar (3/5/08). As noted in previous ratings and in my own tasting, this beer has been oxidized at a young age... due to improper bottling. There is a lot going on with this one... caramel, dark fruits and alcohol. Way too thin for an Imperial Stout, next to no carbonation... definitely not right for it’s age.

Pours a dark, chocolaty, mahogany brown color with a minimal bubbly head. No lacing noted. The aroma shows dry cocoa powder, milk chocolate, and dark caramel. Flavors follow suit, with nougat, chocolate, and rich caramel dominating what little hop character there is. Decent up to this point, the real downfall of this brew is the palate. Thin for an imperial stout and under-carbonated, it just doesn’t feel right. Its definitely lacking that fullness that an imperial should impart. I agree with the observations of others that this beer will not age well, so drink ’em if you got ’em.

22 oz. bottle. After reading the thread last week about the excess head space in the bottle, I pulled mine off the shelf and there is about 2" of head space in there. I decided I’d better not wait any longer on this beer and opened it up. Pours a very dark brown, not quite black, with no head at all despite pouring down the center of the glass. The aroma is chocolate and soy sauce with some alcohol notes as well. The flavor is more strongly influenced by the soy sauce with less chocolate, light malt and alcohol. This bottle too is unfortunately oxidized, which is shameful. Light bitterness at the finish. Thin, watery mouthfeel with absolutely no carbonation. This is a poor example of an impy stout, and an even poorer example of proper bottling techniques.