After braving a pretty brutal New England winter storm (complete with rain, snow, sleet and various other forms of precipitation) to get down to Rhode Island there was no way I was coming back without beer. So when I found myself at the Newport Storm brewery (Coastal Extreme Brewing Company to be exact) with the option of either getting a growler of fresh beer or leaving empty handed…well…you can see what happened.
Coastal Extreme’s Winter Ale is one of their seasonal beers. It compliments a Summer Ale (IPA), a Spring Ale (Irish Red) and a Regenschauer Oktoberfest (Marzen Style Lager) quite nicely. As a dark, robust porter it is a really drinkable beer on a cold winter’s night. Their Winter Ale used to be called Blizzard Porter and it’s dedicated to the Blizzard of ’78. For those of you not familiar with this storm, its very worthy of beer dedication.
I really enjoyed this beer (well, technically I have half of the growler left so I will continue to enjoy it this weekend) and find it to be a nice combo of lots of dark roasty malts and a good deal of hops to compliment them perfectly.
The Winter Ale (Blizzard Porter) won a gold medal at the 2005 Great International Beer Festival. Way to go!
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