Newport Storm Cyclone Series Alyssa

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

(12oz bottle) Small beige head atop a crystal clear ruby brown body. Aroma is medium sweet, chocolate, caramel, some plum, faint alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, floral, chocolate, some nutty, light raisin, herbal, vegetal. Watery medium body that hides the alcohol well.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with ppoitras (thanks!). Poured a deeper reddish brown color with a large sized off white head. First thing that came to my mind when I smelled it was root beer. Other aromas of caramel, brown sugar roast, and grapes. Tastes of the same root beer, caramel, light chocolate, and nuts. Thinner body. Alcohol hidden.

The Lure:
Light caramel on toasty dryness, scared of the roaming sulphur.

The Festivities:
Bitter malt roastiness and hazelnuts feel abandoned by the dreadfully thin body. I admit I was expecting more.

Transcendence:
Vacuuming the carpet is not my favorite activity.

Pours dark red with a small head. Slightly oily. I was expecting a heavier malty beer. What I got instead was an attempt at an original beer that had strong hints of citrus, oranges and sugar. This brewer probably threw random ingredients into a vat then tested what came out, but in this situation, the 1000+ bottles churned out something tasty that I will be sampling (and possibly rerating) in the weeks to come. This one still hasn’t grown on me but it also hasn’t deterred me and has kept me interested enough to come back for more.

12 oz bottle mused over by MartinT, tiggmtl, Rastacouere, ClarkVV and yours truly...walnut color, clear with a weak touch of head...sulfury/salty acidic & vinous nose is simply terrible...off?...typical brown-ale type character in the body, somewhat nutty but thin and too alcoholic...bitter, brackish finish. No.

Egg-like, cabbagey and sulfury aroma is very unappealing. Ruby coloured body with thin ring of tan head. Sweet, thin and cabbagey flavour with low carbonation. I’m not sure what the intent is for this beer, but I know it’s not for me. Bottle sampled with ClarkVV, MartinT, muzzlehatch and Rastacouere.

Bottle (12oz). Shared with blankboy, his bottle, via trade with hopdog. Poured deep clear mahogany with a large lasting tightly foamy beige head. Aroma is a surprising combination of candyish caramel roast malt and almost flemish sour wine & cider tartness - very yeasty, mildly fruity, the alcohol is quite apparent in the nose on warming, begins to take on an applejack character. Taste is of slightly burnt candy apple, alcohol and a hint of generic chocolate and light floral hops emerging with a hint of metal and quite a bit of malt and alcohol in its average-length, slightly sweet finish. Has an average mouthfeel, a little flat, lightly syrupy - I liked this wellenough, but I have a hard time figuring just what it wants me to think it really is.

2005 bottle from DYCSoccer17, thanks Casey! Shared at the 3/6/05 Montreal tasting. Aroma of brown sugar soaked in vinegar, spoiled grape pulp, sour yeast. Appearance is a clear, weak olive-brown with a fleeting dark beige head. Flavor has strange chemical/solvent notes, some butter, raisins and sourish/sweet light soy flavors. Brown sugar is faint, alcohol peaks through. Body is medium-light with an artificial fizziness. Not many good things to say about this one, but I will say that it’s hard to believe they would produce a new beer this bad, so I will try another bottle in hopes of it being better.