Newport Storm Cyclone Series Derek

Pours a four finger light tan head that fades slowly leaving a good sticky lace. Deep mahogany almost black color. Light carbonation and medium-heavy bodied. Roasted coffee nose. Flavor is sweet roasted coffee with a good hop backbone. Decent stout. $1.50 for a 12oz bottle from Liquid Solutions Oregon City, Or.

Pours darkest brown, dark tan head...sweet brown sugar aromas mingled with mocha, almost cappuccino-like....sweet alcohol present as well...taste---baking chocolate cocoa......medium to full palate...hearty yet silky with a bite of bitterness, a lot to take in...defiantly a sipper

Date: 01/10/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear brown, wispy head with frothy edges, streaks of lace, smokey dry caramel malt aroma, rich malt flavor, dry caramel and chocolate, touch of dark fruit,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

(sample from irishboy)dark brown with red highlights.small off white head.aroma is oatmeal,and roasted malts.flavor reminds me of grape soda with some oatmeal and chocolate.

Bottle from alldaydrinker; Nose of chcolate and coffee; clear, yet almost opaque, very dark brown; flavor has light hop bitterness with coffee and some chocolate.

Bottle drunk on 7/8/07, at about 1 year of age.
Dark chocolate body is medium-clear, with a medium-tan head atop that is one finger high and slowly fading to cover, leaving moderate lacing.
All sorts of chocolate notes in the nose hold back much of the roast, while juicy, green hops add a pleasant complexity, despite being your average C-hop and aged 1 year. Some peanut brittle-like oxidation is noted on the end, but remains the only real sign of age, while some very dark coffee notes slowly give way to a more abundant fruitiness, as it warms. Low alcohol warmth and though it is a lighter, more manageable version, I dont think it suffers from this fact and dosent seem thin or washed out in the nose. No flaws that I could find, that’s certainly something new for this brewery and probably points to more aging for their beers being needed.
Chocolate and biscuits collide with a very sweet, marshmallow-vanilla creaminess, while bitter hops and bitter roast are soaked up well by this maltiness and downplayed by the low carbonaion (though it isnt too low). German chocolate cake, splashed with some old coffee about sums up the flavor, but hops continuously evolve and work with some of the fruitiness that emerges with warming to create a modest complexity. Alcohol is not perceived, no flaws. Pretty impressive for a 12 oz, filtered, non-bottle conditioned bottle of its age from this brewery. As with the aroma, there’s only a small amount of flabby, peanut-brittle-like oxidation. Alot like 2 Bros. Northwind Impy in its mellow presentation, though I think this one adds a bit more bitterness.

12oz bottle, freebie courtesy of argo0. Thanks, Aaron! Pours a dark brown color; khaki-colored head with good retention and fine-bubbled lacing. Dark chocolate, roasted malts, and marshmallow in the aroma; hints of anise and alcohol. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: burnt malts and dark chocolate upfront; moderately dense and chewy, with lots of burnt / charred qualities, but not much depth; slightest herbal hop presence. A one-dimensional imp stout. Lengthy, burnt malt and dark chocolate finish; slightly dry.

Dark brown, dark tan head. Smells of many fruits, molasses, and brown sugar. Sweet and bitter. - Hoppy. Can taste the sugars. Coffee or espresso on the exhale. Very nice stout. Kinda what you expect. Strong and robust. Slight alcohol aroma, but surprised to see how high the content is. Love it!