Newport Storm 07

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

Date: November 24, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: dark brown, wispy beige head
Aroma: sweet dark chocolate aroma with a touch of soy
Body: a bit thin body
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, dark fruit sweetness, licorice, touch of sherry, light bitterness arises out of a dark chocolate character, touch of alcohol
Overall: flavors should blend together really well over the next few years

Date: December 05, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Score: 3.4
the sherry character is growing, rich chocolate manages to save it, this one will not make it too much longer,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4

Bottle… VBWT2008… Pours clear and dark ruby, but sits pitch black in my glass with an insignificant, fat-bubbled head. Notes of chocolate, caramel and smoke constitute the aroma. Medium-bodied and a touch watery with soft carbonation. Well-balanced. Chocolate and caramel malt sweetness intertwines with alcohol and hop bitterness. Thin, burnt and bitter finish. Kudos to Beerlando for sharing his bottle!

Bottle thanks to jjpm: Has about two inches of head space beneath the cork. Pours a mostly still opaque oily black with dark mahogany edges. Fairly complex aroma of molasses and brown sugar with some oxidized caramel malt and dark chocolate. Body starts with a nice light sweetness and dark fruity character along with some doughy toffee and oxidized complexity. Finishes warming and bittersweet. This is definitely way more oxidized than a four month old beer should be and I question the amount of headspace in the bottle. That said, it tastes pretty good and if it had more carbonation to boost the mouthfeel and appearance, I’d score it about a 4.1. I just don’t think this one’s gonna age all that well though, because it already tastes like it’s 5 years old.

750ml bottle @Vero Beach Throwdown-pours no head and dark brown color. Aroma is dark fruit, dark malt, some acidic. Taste is dark fruit, dark malt-licorice, woody, some acidic. Sipping. Occasional. Thanks Beerlando for sharing.

Pours dark brown with no head to speak of. Smells of lots of chocolate and coffee up front. Some dark fruit and alcohol emerge as the beer warms. Elements of oranges are also present as well as caramel, toffee and molasses. Tastes of lots of chocolate, caramel, figs, some woody character. Alcohol is also there, but not overly boozy. Mouthfeel is slick and oily. No dominating characteristic in this one, so I can’t really see it imporoving much as it ages. Very chocolatey, but a little thin and one dimensional for a beer with this much alcohol present. Where are the seven varieties of hops this description boasts?

Bottle 2007 shared by alexadad06. Poured dark brown color with an average frothy brown head that mostly diminished with minimal lacing. Moderate roasted malty, prune and chocolate aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium sweet roasted flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration.

750 ml corked cobalt blue bottle. Pours hazy deep black with very little head. Aroma is figgy vinous fruit, malt, raisins, spirit vapors. The taste is less than inspiring; absolutely no carbonation, some raisiny and figgy notes, matched by vinous fruit, malt, and some merloty and cognacy notes. This one is oxidized to a horrid degree, and I fail to see anything that would make me believe it ever was, or ever could have been, an Impy Stout. This beer may be the biggest disappointment I have ever had. I’d love to try a fresh one, but I won’t lose any sleep if I never see any of the vintages of this beer again.

Corked bottle given to me by Jason and served in my NB worthy glassware:

Like others, my bottle pretty much has no carbonation nor head. It was close to pitch black and there was some oily legs.
The aroma has notes of liquorice, charred malt, raisin and prune, molasses, chocolate, herbal hops, leathery yeast and some oak. I did find some soy but nothing near the levels that others noted.
The taste is moderately sweet and malt driven with a dark fruit twangy background. Some star anise and black strap molasses noted as well. What dry hopping? The finish is ashy, dry, smoky and a hint of tannins.
The mouth feel has expected is near lifeless with the lack of carbonation. Not that is the only problem with the palate however as it is far too thin and boozy as well.

This offering is a complete mess that even properly carbonated bottles would not be able to fix. Extremely disappointing...