Newport Storm Hurricane Amber Ale - Coastal Extreme Brewing Co.

puboflyons

New Hampshire

3/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Sampled in November 2008 from a 12 fl. oz. bottle with a December 2008 expiration date. It pours a cloudy orange-amber with very little off-white head. I catch a whiff or malts and some overripe fruit. It feels smooth enough in the mouth. The flavor is also malted and lightly hopped. Overall I found it to be an alright brew.

Serving type: bottle

11-15-2008 22:02:21 | More by puboflyons

cadaugherty

Illinois

3/5  rDev -6.3%

05-08-2013 00:35:09 | More by cadaugherty

Celtics76

Rhode Island

3.5/5  rDev +9.4%

04-21-2013 15:54:07 | More by Celtics76

SmellsofMahagony

Texas

2.25/5  rDev -29.7%

04-10-2013 02:26:23 | More by SmellsofMahagony

barroomhero1977

Rhode Island

2/5  rDev -37.5%

02-06-2013 20:58:42 | More by barroomhero1977

Smoke

Massachusetts

4.3/5  rDev +34.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

12 oz bottle poured into glass. Exp date March. Poured into glass with a medium head. Crystal clear amber color. The first smell of this beer is a combination of caramel and spicy hop. Seems like a nice balance between the two for an amber ale from the east coast. The first sip not surprisingly is smooth and full of caramel sweetness. A mild hop bitterness balances out the caramel and malty sweetness and finishes clean. Certainly not a hop bomb, but I don’t think it is supposed to be. Great example of an amber ale

Serving type: bottle

02-03-2013 22:00:53 | More by Smoke

Stahlsturm

Germany

4.5/5  rDev +40.6%

12-18-2012 14:54:46 | More by Stahlsturm

biegaman

Ontario (Canada)

3.38/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Hurricane Amber looks as though it's survived a storm; its darkish, honey-dijon colour is completely clouded over, seeming as though it were recently shaken up (it wasn't). Its highlights are dull. Its carbonation spent. The beer offers very little by way of aesthetics.

The aroma has the correct combination of gooey maltiness and resiny hops, but it could stand to be a lot more expressive. The malts, while toasty, have but a slight nutty overtone and the hops don't have any specific character to them aside from a vague herbalness. Dry-hopping would have been wise.

Crystal malt provides notes of crunchy caramel and a touch of burnt sugar. These otherwise sweet flavours are balanced by a fairly prominent hoppiness, which spots hints of pine resin and grapefruit rind that carry through to a medium-length finish. The aftertaste develops a pineapple flavour.

Hurricane Amber is a tad light-bodied but maintains a bready, somewhat chewy maltiness in the mouthfeel thanks to the inclusion of Munich malts. For an American amber ale this is far from buff, but it's still in fine shape. Refreshing, and agreeable enough for casual drinkers.

Hurricane Amber is a good entry-level amber ale that is best suited to easily pleased palates, though I doubt even the most discerning drinkers will find anything not to like about it. Newport Storm's flagship beer lives up to the brewery's reputation as being very good, but not great.

Serving type: bottle

11-22-2012 23:40:32 | More by biegaman

Brewsed

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev +9.4%

11-04-2012 19:00:43 | More by Brewsed

NilocRellim

Minnesota

3.5/5  rDev +9.4%

10-06-2012 15:50:08 | More by NilocRellim

taigor

New York

3.25/5  rDev +1.6%

09-29-2012 00:30:16 | More by taigor

Gregwa

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -6.3%

09-24-2012 03:21:43 | More by Gregwa

Durge

Connecticut

3.53/5  rDev +10.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A beautiful, muted amber/gold brew with a solid creamy off-white cap and generous lacing. The aroma brings a somewhat weak caramel malt, maple. Nice but too meek as far as I’m concerned. The flavor is more pronounced with a peppery malt and subtle evergreen / herbal hop. Very nice really. A bit musty and crisp with a medium-light body that offers an evenly carbonated, crispy feel. A touch of cardboard here, but not really a negative. I think this is a little different and a worthy amber with a great vegetable/herbal edge that works in this tap offering tonight.

Serving type: on-tap

09-17-2012 16:42:24 | More by Durge

comfortablynirm

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +9.4%

09-06-2012 14:44:56 | More by comfortablynirm

RES

New York

3.25/5  rDev +1.6%

08-21-2012 00:19:26 | More by RES

smakawhat

Maryland

3.95/5  rDev +23.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from the bottle into a shaker pint in Bristol RI. From notes, consumed 12-08-2012.

A nice somewhat clear copper amber body, producing a solid off white head of about three fingers, and even some creamy character. Looks solid.

Interesting notes. Boy is this ever toasty, but very grainy and malty. Lots of ripping and powdery husky grain, some spicy hop angle to this also. Real interesting, feels inviting, even some doppel toffee like angle here.

Taste is extremely grainy. A real mish mash of flavors, sweet malts and husky dry grain, even some Irish ale stickiness too. Toffee angle comes in with a sweetness on the finish, and powder grain. Toast angle seems all over this, and that spicy hop burst comes through in places even with a little bit of a wet body.

This is a real dyslexic beer, with what feels like a mish mash of Red like styles and even some doppelbock stickiness. I actually think its pretty interesting and find it quite enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

08-12-2012 23:17:57 | More by smakawhat

GarthDanielson

New Hampshire

2.6/5  rDev -18.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured from a bottle into a tumbler pint, the beer is a cloudy, hazed, amber-copper coloring with no head. Slow, steady flow of carbonation cuts through the muddled looking body. The nose is richly sweet, with caramel and cane sugar aromas in the forefront, followed by some buttery highlights. Flavors are a bit watered down, with toffee and caramel backbones amidst a slight smoke highlight that just confounds the palate, becoming both sharp and cloying at the same time. Sugary aftertaste leading to a messy, clumsy, tangy flavor left behind on a limp, cloying finish.

Serving type: bottle

07-20-2012 21:39:06 | More by GarthDanielson

Dizzy242

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +17.2%

07-08-2012 12:15:50 | More by Dizzy242

Didier

Maine

3.25/5  rDev +1.6%

07-04-2012 16:54:55 | More by Didier

RichD

Rhode Island

3.25/5  rDev +1.6%

07-02-2012 16:41:52 | More by RichD

bluesplit63

Connecticut

5/5  rDev +56.3%

07-01-2012 15:32:25 | More by bluesplit63

MAUEX_MFA

Rhode Island

2.75/5  rDev -14.1%

06-17-2012 01:03:02 | More by MAUEX_MFA

BostonHops

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12oz bottle served in a standard shaker pint.

pours a slightly hazy amber tone while yielding a foamy 1" or so of an off-white head. mediocre retention and lacing. decent looking beer, nothing to write home about. nose is muted, offering mostly subtle notes of bready/toasty malt, maybe a touch of caramel. not bad; nothing special.

continuing with the established theme of mediocrity, the flavor is fair but really nothing that impresses at all. grainy, more toasty maltiness, and not a whole lot else. medium bodied mouthfeel with average carbonation.

overall? drinkable, inoffensive, but nothing about it comes close to wow-ing the palate. wouldn't refuse one if offered in the future but no need to seek out more. average beer.

(originally reviewed: 06-26-2011)

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2012 22:54:30 | More by BostonHops

mcss

New York

3.75/5  rDev +17.2%

06-08-2012 04:14:45 | More by mcss

braican

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +9.4%

06-02-2012 16:30:34 | More by braican