Newport Storm Winter Ale (Blizzard Porter)

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

Cold 12oz bottle: Pours a clear very dark amber color with a minimal amount of tan bubbles and nice lacing. Roasted malts, earthy hops and chocolate. Medium to full bodied with ample carbonation. Ending is of roasted malts with earthy notes and a slight alcohol burn.

Bottle. Pours a clear, reddish dark brown with a lacy tan ring of foam. Aroma of chocolate and vegetables. Medium-light body with medium carbonation. Taste of chocolate, nuts, caramel, with just a hint of smoke. Pine-dry finish.

12oz bottle, freebie courtesy of argo0. Thanks, Aaron! Pours a dark, cherry-cola color; fluffy white head with intricate lacing. Light aroma: hints of nougat and caramel, roasted malts. Light carbonation, light mouthfeel: roasted malts, milk chocolate - but not much else until the end. Very, very drinkable. Medium finish, showing bitter and milk chocolate.

Dark brown and scarcely carbonated. Lots of hops for a porter. Smells more like a brown ale than a poter. Caramel and sweet malty nose. Taste is similar, but a little watered down. Taste is slightly nutty and has a faint roasted quality. Not bad, but when I want a porter, this one won’t cut it.

Pours a nearly opaque dark brown with a thin, wispy-lacing light tan head. Sweet cocoa and caramel malty aroma has a touch of green hops and some fruitiness. Body starts with a nice light almost aged, malty sweetness with a touch of toasted nuttiness. Has some characteristics of an early infection, but there really isn’t much sourness to speak of. Just a fairly authentic British style porter. Thanks to kramer17801 for the bottle!

Julios Spring Beer Festival. Light aroma of faint chesnut. Pour of clear mahogany. Flavor is watery and fairly indistinct bland roasted malt, with a touch of brown sugar, molasses and aged cheese rind. The backend gives way to some light apple fumes. Overall, not that exciting.

12 oz bottle, via OldGrowth. Pours a medium brown body, clear, under a fizzy two finger beige head that faded quickly. Chocolate malt nose with some roasted malt and caramel. Flavor is a little grainy and rough with chocolate and burnt malt. A subtle bitterness in the finish helps cover a little of the husky grainy character. Mouthfeel is a little thin with a more active carbonation level than I prefer. Not the best beer, but certainly drinkable. Overall, just a little too weak and thin.

(Bottle from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/massachusetts/w target=blank>Julio’s Liquors) Pours a not too dark coffee brown with a tan head. Aroma is mild coffee, chocolate and strangely, honey. Lots of weepy lacing. Mouthfeel is smooth, full, creamy, with some prickliness in finish. Flavor is kind of muddled but seems like cocoa and coffee, but there is a grassiness and also a soapiness (don’t think it’s coming from my glass) present, particularly in finish, which kind of interferes. Soapiness lingers in aftertaste. Can’t rate it very high for flavor.