Newport Storm Rhode Island Blueberry
Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co.

Newport Storm Rhode Island BlueberryNewport Storm Rhode Island Blueberry
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From:
Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co.
 
Rhode Island, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #334
ABV:
4.6%
Score:
77
Ranked #27,025
Avg:
3.37 | pDev: 19.29%
Reviews:
66
Ratings:
168
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 23, 2022
Added:
Jun 19, 2006
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  26
Our Rhode Island Blueberry Beer is a crisp, refreshing Kolsch style ale made with fresh blueberries from local Rhode Island Farm, Schartner Farms in Exeter, RI! The prominent blueberry aroma that first meets the nose translates into a perfect balance of blueberry and beer flavor that pleases but doesn’t overpower the taste buds. The addition of fresh blueberry juice, over other types of flavoring, keeps our second year-round beer light and not-too-sweet-but-just-right!

11 IBU
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Ratings by mostpoetsdo:
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Reviewed by mostpoetsdo from Rhode Island

3.9/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A: Pours a hazy amber, with not much head or lacing.

S: Huge aroma of blueberries, but also a caramel sweetness.

T: Can definitely taste the blueberry, but has a nice malt taste to it to almost make it a blueberry muffin kind of taste.

M: Thin, and decent carbonation, makes for a nice refreshing feel.

D: The fruit can get a little overwhelming, odd to drink in the winter, but tasty nonetheless.
Mar 05, 2010
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by Jjmj51 from Rhode Island

Jul 23, 2022
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Rated by howardnss from Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Faint blueberry taste.
Jun 21, 2021
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

4.27/5  rDev +26.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
I recently CANpleted a brewery horizontal with Knee Deep & these next few represent my next foray into a buncha CANs for The CANQuest (tm), while also CANtinuing to reduce the backlog.

From the CAN: "Rhode Island's Microbrewery"; "Rhode Island Blueberry Beer".

I CANmittedly did some in-CAN agitation before Crack!ing open the vent to being a relatively aggro C-Line Glug. I wanted to ensure that any adjuncts were back in suspension if there had been any flocculation. It foamed beautifully to form just under two fingers of foamy, soapy, rocky, eggshell-white head with modest retention. Color was a hazy Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9). Nose smelled like a basket of freshly-picked blueberries, straight from the field! 8=O

Digression Dept., Pt. 1: When I was a kid, blueberries were my favorite fruit! I loved them in everything from cereal to muffins to pies. My paternal aunt had a blueberry patch & we would ocCANsionally go out & pick the fruit. I loved to just eat them as is, but she taught me a modicum of self-CANtrol & would bake a pie for me to take home, or if I had been especially hungry & not many were left, a quick batch of muffins and/or biscuits was in the offing. I try to make a 4th of July cake every year with blueberries, strawberries & either/both apples and/or peaches to resemble an AmeriCAN flag. Mmm.

Digression Dept., Pt. 2: The first time that I had a Blueberry Beer was at Gritty McDuff's in PORME during the Summer of 1990. I was a Mug Club member & when they had its release party, I was there! Maine says that they have five (5) seasons: 1) Winter; 2) Mud/Spring; 3) Tourist 4) Blueberry & 5) Black Fly with most overlapping. Haha! F**king Maine blueberries are the finest ever. I could eat a pint in one sitting. Gritty's would blend (first time that I ever heard of such a practice) their Black Fly Stout with the Blueberry Ale & call it a "Blue Fly". Haha! They would even put in some blueberries for good measure. On that note, BOS Beer Works also offers a Blueberry Ale & they will give you a scoop of defrosted frozen blueberries in your glass that, in CANbination with the carbonation, looks like a poor man's lava lamp with blueberries going up and down. Haha!

Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, but a) it was a base Kölsch-style ale & if you are looking for a dense mouthfeel, then you are squandering your time + b) mouthfeel is not the focus in this style. The presence of fruit is! Well, this was certainly fruity. The malt(s) gave it a more bready/biscuity quality than pie-like. That is to say that it was not a dessert beer. Its sweetness was held in check while the fruitiness had a ChANce to shine in CANjunction with its malt(s). Finish was semi-dry, definitely not sweet, which would have killed it for me. YMMV.
May 31, 2020
 
Rated: 3.93 by Hefsbeercaps from Ohio

Jun 13, 2019
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Reviewed by CodyBasden from Texas

3.46/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Nice amber color with white head that doesn't really hold for long, strong blueberry smell, though a very pleasant taste it's just to sweet for me but if you like beers that aren't bitter this is a nice go to, medium feel
May 19, 2019
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Reviewed by EMV from Pennsylvania

3.19/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a Lagunitas mason glass

L: Clear light golden pour with 2 fingers of fluffy white head. Great lacing.

S: Blueberries and light grains. Smells as advertised.

T/F: Crackery grains... blueberry juice and light fruit. 1-dimensional and the berry doesn't work terribly well with the malts. Some sweetness but not a blueberry soda at least. Light bodied... fizzy carbonation.

O: Pretty underwhelming.. a light forgettable beer with blueberry. Easily drinkable at least. Not one I'd reach for again.
Dec 28, 2018
 
Rated: 3.56 by PJCarnell from Massachusetts

Aug 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.95 by scootny from New York

Aug 08, 2018
 
Rated: 3.44 by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut

Nov 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.15 by Kurzman from Rhode Island

Jul 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.15 by baldy00 from Connecticut

Jun 09, 2017
 
Rated: 2.79 by rfgetz from New Jersey

Apr 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.58 by DDrugg from Massachusetts

Mar 26, 2017
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Reviewed by ryanoh401 from Rhode Island

4.95/5  rDev +46.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
This is a light and floral fruit beer, as compared to the typical heavy and syrupy flavor- they use local blueberrys & blueberry juice from exeter RI instead of the typical artificial extracts and flavors in most fruit beers, so i think that's what really sets it apart.
Nov 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3.57 by mjbrandt18 from Pennsylvania

Sep 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.43 by mmoriarty from Rhode Island

May 30, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Dface from Texas

May 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.38 by braican from Massachusetts

Feb 22, 2016
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Reviewed by wac9 from Pennsylvania

3.05/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
not as good as other blueberry ales but the more i drink the more i i like so if u like a blueberry ale in summer try this one too looks good in the glass so enjoy
Feb 03, 2016
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