Newport Storm Cyclone Series James

Source:12 oz bottle shared at a Nashville tasting.
Glass:Fullers snifter.
Appearance:Clear dark amber pour with a thin tan head.
Aroma:Caramel, chocolate, nuts and a hint of vanilla.
Flavor:Heavy chocolate and nuts with a smokey finish.
Palate:Full body with solid carbonation.
Overall:Pretty nice scotch ale. Loved the heavy chocolate.

12oz bottle, thanks to Summer Secret Santa. Pours slightly hazy amber brown, capped with a medium sized beige head. Aroma of nuts, caramel, chocolate, and earth. Chocolate hits the palate first and is the predominant flavor. Nuts, caramel, peat and earthy flavors meld nicely with the chocolate. Alcohol builds towards the finish. Flavorful and very easy to drink. I really enjoyed this.

Bottle, thanks Kristi. Dark golden brown, small white head. Chocolate, sweet malt aroma. Taste is very sweet malt with alcohol and more chocolate. No smoke as expected from style. Sweet hoppy finish. Great Scotch ale minus smoke.

Pours brown with a thin tan head. Smells of sweet malt, molasses, earth, brown sugar, peppery. Tastes sweet and sticky with a spicy hint on the finish.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown with thin tan head. Aroma is carame, dark fruit, malt, and chocolate. The flavor was about the same, but a hoppy bitterness came out in the finish. This is pretty good beer. Thanks to the guys in front of me at DLD for hooking me up.

Bottle. Nice beer! Pours brown wtih a medium sized beige head. Aroma has some sweet notes wtih caramel, hops, biscuit and some smoke for sure. Flavor has some really nice smoked malts, some caramel malts and a good hop balance. Good beer. I would drink this again in a heartbeat!

Clear light brown pour covered by a moderate off-white head. Timid aroma does not quite reach out towards the caramelly and fruity riches of this world, but rather remains among easier toasty, relatively dry and quite nutty flavours. Almost roasty in character, its maltiness is never slick, nor chewy. Pertaining a timid leafy bitterness that seems amplified by the globally dry nature of the beer. Certainly not a typical all-in sweet scotch ale. Light-medium body. Fairly drinkable with its lighter than most body and soft carbonation, but not too captivating.

Pours with a brown body topped by a thin to medium thick head with some lacing. It’s slightly sweet with some roast and a little bitterness. Medium bodied and highly carbonated with a touch of dryness.