Newport Storm Cyclone Series Brent
Newport Craft Brewing Co. in Newport, Rhode Island, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Doppelbock Regular|
Score
6.31
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle @ Spuyten Duyvil, how do they get their hands on all this stuff? My first Newport beer poured into a wine glass. Color is brown, tanslucent but cannot see through the beer. The aroma is light malty mixed with alcohol. Sweet, yet light malty taste. Too one demonsional overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A decent example of the style - loads of chocolate and caramel - some roasty qualities - however, an almost artificial, heavy sweetness in the finish kind of ruins the experience - not too bad, though.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle number two that I’ve had now. And it still releases a putrid DMS aroma right upon uncapping. Further sniffs show smoked beef and pork, oily, warm cheddar cheese, light rotten veggies, old, wet, rotting mint plants. Caramel fits in there as well, though you can not help but note the DMS front and foremost. Flavor is not as dominated by rotten veggies, but there is still a strong undertone of it. Spoiled meat that’s been left out warm too long. It’s too bad too, because there is some well-done roasted malt, touches of smoke and sweet honey-caramel in there. Alcohol is well-concealed as well. Mouthfeel shows light carbonation, moderately loose bubbles. Retronasal has light smoke and roast, with just a hint of hops. Baked bean skins and veggies linger on the aftertaste. Some candied apples, cherries and toffee in there as well, but every time I try to drink more, the cringe-inducing veggie finish makes it not worth the well-malted beginning. Light lager yeast notes, definite pils malt, much like in the ’03. Not vinous, not very warming. Clear auburn-caramel, layers of bronze, beige and amber, to a dark mahogany in the center. Head recedes immediately to cover and then is gone in short time. To the drain.