Newport Storm '11
Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co.
- From:
- Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co.
- Rhode Island, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 11.7%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 9.95%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 27, 2015
- Added:
- Nov 21, 2011
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
To celebrate our first year in our new facility we invited each of our professional brewing peers in Rhode Island to join us for a collaboration brew. Together, the brewmasters from the Ocean State created a beer using hops and honey from Rhode Island, rum barrels from our distillery, and one brewpub’s Belgian yeast. They made it red in honor of the State’s unofficial mascot, the Rhode Island Red Rooster. Per usual, no style guidelines were used but you can rest assured that brewers Aaron, Adam, Dave, Derek, Marshall, Sean, and Tom saw to it that this beer is as good as Rhode Island is small. It took 7 brewers and almost an entire year to create this unique beer. This beer truly “goes to eleven.”
105 IBU
105 IBU
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Reviewed by ghostwalker from Illinois
3.46/5 rDev -13.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -13.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Cloudy brownish red body. Thin yellow head. Looks like a barleywine.
Nose is sweet and spice.
Flavor is spicy with a sour, slightly funky finish. Boozy, burning quality. Getting some of the rum here, less of the barrel.
Mouthfeel is rich, coating, slightly astringent.
Overall, it's OK. They tried hard to make a huge Belgian booze bomb. Mission accomplished.
Aug 27, 2015Nose is sweet and spice.
Flavor is spicy with a sour, slightly funky finish. Boozy, burning quality. Getting some of the rum here, less of the barrel.
Mouthfeel is rich, coating, slightly astringent.
Overall, it's OK. They tried hard to make a huge Belgian booze bomb. Mission accomplished.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.5/5 rDev -12.9%
3.5/5 rDev -12.9%
Light fizzy head, hazy auburn color
Nose Hoppy, floral grassy hops, sweet candy malts, candy toffee etc.
Taste sweet candy, decent grassy floral hops, juicy malt, nice hops but light. Bitter syrupy Hoppy finish.
Aug 17, 2014Nose Hoppy, floral grassy hops, sweet candy malts, candy toffee etc.
Taste sweet candy, decent grassy floral hops, juicy malt, nice hops but light. Bitter syrupy Hoppy finish.
Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado
4.75/5 rDev +18.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +18.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Thanks goes out to portia99 for this brew.
750ml Blue Bottle
Black Wax/Corked
Very loud POP when the cork was removed. Poured into a chalice a very nice brownish color, very nice carbonation, with a nice one-finger creamy light tan head, with a nice huge oil slick in the middle of the glass. The nose is malty, very slight hop note, yeast, figs, raisins, plums. The taste is very nice, sweet, malty, slightly hoppy, with lots of dark fruits. Medium body, ABV is hidden very well. This is another very tasty brew from CE. Thanks Bill!
Apr 20, 2012750ml Blue Bottle
Black Wax/Corked
Very loud POP when the cork was removed. Poured into a chalice a very nice brownish color, very nice carbonation, with a nice one-finger creamy light tan head, with a nice huge oil slick in the middle of the glass. The nose is malty, very slight hop note, yeast, figs, raisins, plums. The taste is very nice, sweet, malty, slightly hoppy, with lots of dark fruits. Medium body, ABV is hidden very well. This is another very tasty brew from CE. Thanks Bill!
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
4.2/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.2/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Split this bottle with Stopper. Poured into a snifter at cellar temp.
The beer pours a clear deep mahogany with creamy beige head of 1 cm foaming up and gradually fading to a thin surface layer.
Aroma is rich caramel and some dark fruit, mostly plums and raisins. Very rich and robust nose, but not boozy or overbearing.
First sip reveals an average to thick body with almost non-existant carbonation, like a cask pour. Very silky smooth texture. Nice pleasing mouthfeel.
Flavor is malty with caramel and raisins very robust and complex with some dark chocolate and just a little booze. I dont get a lot of floral notes or body thinning from any honey and the booze is amazingly well hidden for a young beer of 11%ABV. Big malty brew that is complex and robust yet easy to drink. I recommend splitting the bottle or it will catch up with you quick.
A well crafted big beer with a cool collaborative story behind it. Nice to see RI come together to make a tasty beer!
Jan 08, 2012The beer pours a clear deep mahogany with creamy beige head of 1 cm foaming up and gradually fading to a thin surface layer.
Aroma is rich caramel and some dark fruit, mostly plums and raisins. Very rich and robust nose, but not boozy or overbearing.
First sip reveals an average to thick body with almost non-existant carbonation, like a cask pour. Very silky smooth texture. Nice pleasing mouthfeel.
Flavor is malty with caramel and raisins very robust and complex with some dark chocolate and just a little booze. I dont get a lot of floral notes or body thinning from any honey and the booze is amazingly well hidden for a young beer of 11%ABV. Big malty brew that is complex and robust yet easy to drink. I recommend splitting the bottle or it will catch up with you quick.
A well crafted big beer with a cool collaborative story behind it. Nice to see RI come together to make a tasty beer!
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