Coastal Extreme Brewing Company

Coastal Extreme Brewing Company
Industry Alcoholic beverage
Founded 1999
Headquarters Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Products Beer

Coastal Extreme Brewing Company is a brewery in Newport, Rhode Island. USA, that produces beer under its Newport Storm label. It first began brewing beer in 1999.[1]

In 2007, Coastal Extreme Brewing Company expanded to create Newport Distilling Company, producer of Thomas Tew Rum; the only current rum producing operation in Rhode Island.

History

Coastal Extreme Brewing Company was established in 1999 by four graduates of Colby College: Brent Ryan, Derek Luke, Mark Sinclair, and Will Rafferty.[2] Rhode Island was chosen as the location because, at the time of opening, there were no other microbreweries in the state.[3] Coastal Extreme Brewing company produces approximately 5000 barrels per year.

In 2007, Coastal Extreme also began producing Thomas Tew Rum, named after Rhode Island's first pirate. Brent Ryan, President and CEO of Coastal Extreme, said that the production of rum is part of an effort to "resurrect the rum history of Newport."[4]

In January 2011 the brewery was featured in an episode of the show Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe in which the brewery showed in detail how they produce and package their Thomas Tew rum.

List of Cyclone Series beers

The Cyclone Series of beers are beers of varying types released by Coastal Extreme Brewing Company approximately every four months. Below is a list of all the Series to date. The names are in the style of the National Weather Service's naming of Tropical Storms where each letter of the alphabet is used as the first letter in each name and male and female names are alternated. Q and X are included in this series unlike the naming of the Tropical Storms. The one exception to the male and female alternation is the letter 'M' because Mark (named for a founder, Mark Sinclair) would have fallen on a female name. All names are someone either involved with the brewery or someone close to the brewers. The notable exceptions are Alyssa, Elle, Gloria, Isabel, Neo, Ophelia and Quinn.

Name Type of Beer IBU ABV SRM Namesake
Alyssa Brown Ale 33 8.1 83 Brent Ryan's beloved Porsche
Brent Bock Lager 26 8.5 26 Founder and President, Brent Ryan
Chloe Imperial Pale Ale 75 8.6 13 Niece of a brewer
Derek Stout 61 8.7 235 Founder and Head Brewer, Derek Luke
Elle Belgian Ale 16 8.1 20 "Sexy French Name"
Frank Belgian White (Witbier) 7 6.8 13 Brewer at Coastal Extreme Brewing
Gloria Pumpkin Ale 16 7.3 11.5 Hurricane Gloria of 1985
Henry Dark Ale 20 7.6 39 Great Grandfather of a brewer at Coastal Extreme Brewing
Isabel India Amber Ale 53 9 19 Hurricane Isabel of 2003
James Strong Scotch Ale 20 8 22 Brewer at Coastal Extreme Brewing
Kim Marzen Lager 19 7.8 20 Twin sister of founder, Brent Ryan
Luke Indian Red Ale 65 8.6 28 Founder and Head Brewer, Derek Luke
Mark Coffee Milk Stout 33 7 33 Founder, Mark Sinclair
Neo Cascade Pale Ale 35 7 13 Neo from the Matrix
Ophelia Peach Ale 20 5.9 25 Hurricane Ophelia of 2011
Peter Spiced Ale 30 7.5 33 Distiller/Assistant Brewer at Coastal Extreme Brewing
Quinn Barrel-Aged Porter 38 7 Unk Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman Series
Ryan Rye Pale Ale 48 8 21 Founder and President, Brent Ryan
Sabrina Belgian Pale Ale 38 7.1 13 Daughter of founder Brent Ryan
Tim Dunkelweiss 14 6.3 35 Friend of the Brewery
Ursula North American Pale Lager 19 6.1 9 Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid
Vlad Russian Imperial Stout 77 9 225 Employee chosen name
Will West Coast IPA 89.5 8 21 Founder - Will Rafferty
Xavier Sour Ale with Black Cherries (Berliner Weisse) 5 7 6 Employee chosen name
Yoko Dark Ale with Toasted Coconut 45 7 105 Employee chosen name
Zach Oatmeal Stout 47 10.1 251 Massachusetts sales representative

Awards

2007 Annual Great International Beer Competition[5]

2005 Annual Great International Beer Competition[6]

Advertising

Taglines: "Newport Storm beers. Brewed in small batches—so every drop counts."[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Van Siclen, Bill (2007-05-03). "Brewhaha". Projo.com. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  2. ↑ Pike, Meaghan (2005-03-16). "Local Micro Brewery is an Extreme Hit on Rhode Island's Coastline". Srumosaic.com. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  3. ↑ Donnis, Ian (2005-08-19). "The Beer Boom". Providencephoenix.com. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
  4. ↑ "History of Thomas Tew". thomastewrums.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  5. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/20080705014613/http://www.beerfestamerica.com/competitionResults11.PDF. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20070321234824/http://www.beerfestamerica.com:80/competitionResults9.php. Archived from the original on March 21, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑

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