Newport Storm Hurricane Amber Ale

Brewed by Coastal Extreme Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Middletown, Rhode Island USA

Poured a hazy amber color with a thin off-white head. Sweet fruity aroma with nice malt and acidic hops. Notes of caramel and gum. Malty caramel flavor. Light hops present as well. Not a terrible amber.

Bottle: Clear amber, thin white frothy head, sparce lacing, very light carbonation.   Malty aroma, minor sweetness.   Very soft pale fruit, accompanied with some sweet malts and slight graininess.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Finishes much the same, not as sweet tho, with a slight hint of vegetables.   Ugh... too many of this east coast stuff right in a row is giving me indigestion.   Thanks danem for sharing!

Pours a transparent golden bronze color with a thin white head. Aroma of sweet dark toasted caramel malt with a touch of hops. Body starts with a mild buttery sweetness with some toasty caramel maltiness. An ok amber apart from the diacetyl.

Clear amber color with a thin creamy white head. Aroma of dark malts and molassas. Dark malt flavor with some caramel and molassas.

(02.14.06) 12 oz brown bottle as gift from Thaichile. Bottle lot no. 05.075. Clear red amber ale having a small white head. Soft carbonation. Fruity/toffee/sweet malt aroma. Medium bodied ale that starts dry with toffee/toffee/toasty malt flavors. Finishes dry and clean with light hop bitterness fade. This is a very good drinkable dry amber ale. Thanks Thaichile!

Had on tap at the brewery and now from the bottle, so I’ll split the difference and rate both. Pours out a nice amber color with a small white head. Aroma is of sweet malts with slight hop. Taste is not as bad as the ratings say. Slight hop with some sweet malt I liked the beer and would definitely like it in the can in the summer out on the boat, and thats what its made for, for that I give it a thumbs up.

Newport Storm Hurricane Amber pours to a bright amber color with a good bit of carbonation, and a white head that fades. Really not a whole lot going on in the nose, slight bit of grassy hop aromatics, a hint of malt. The palate is like the nose, very timid, and tame. The body is thin, watery, anything but extreme. A touch of estery fruit, slightly grainy on the tongue, and that is about it. It has potential, if only the flavor was cranked up 1000 times. What a boring beer. This beer finishes as timid and bland as it started, with a slight bitter hop finish that quickly fades. Very disappointing, bland beer.

There’s a lot of name’s involved with this beer; Coastal EXTREME(!) is the brewery, Newport Storm is the brand and Hurricane Amber Ale is the beer. Now that’s cleared up let’s focus on the Amber Ale. It delivers what I beleive an amber ale should be, hops are blended with the malts. Nothing EXTREME(!) going on here with this amber ale, and that’s the way an amber should be.