Newport Storm '16
Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co.

on draft at the brewery

opaque dark brown in color, not much head. aroma is milk chocolate, moderately sweet, mild roast. taste is a bit sweet as well. body is too thin for my taste.

Bottle to snifter, the appearance was a black color with a cap of a little white foamy head that fell off at a decent pace. Sly lace, somewhat runny. The aroma had some black licorice, milk chocolate, mild coffee roast, dried leaves and a touch of vanilla. The flavor was moderately sweet with a touch of the black licorice sly spice to amplify the overall taste. Nice aftertaste of the spice to the milk chocolate. Finish was semi-smooth. The palate was medium bodied with a good sipping quality about it. ABV did feel as projected. Carbonation felt almost on par, it did seem a touch under to be honest. Overall, a mostly good imperial porter worthy of more pours.

Poured from a wax-sealed corked 750ml bottle into a large snifter glass.

A: The beer is a deep dark brown color with a thin light brown head that fades quickly and leaves a very thin lace on the glass.

S: The aroma contains roasted malts, chocolate, licorice and vanilla, but there’s an odd scent that I can’t place which throws everything off.

T: The taste starts out sweet with flavors of milk chocolate, coffee, vanilla and licorice. Then a hearty roasted malt character comes in. The hops presence is very mild as you would expect and there’s a decent balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet and slightly bready.

M: A little crisp and a little smooth, medium-to-heavy body, light-to-medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.

O: A little tasty, goes down easily, slightly filling, very strong kick, decent representation of style, this brewery has definitely produced better big stouts than this one.