Coastal Extreme Brewing Company

Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company - founded as Coastal Extreme Brewing Company in 1999 - is a brewery in Newport, Rhode Island. USA. It first began brewing beer in 1999, under the Newport Storm brand name.[1]

Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company

Industry	Alcoholic beverage
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Key people	president: Brent Ryan
Products	Beer

In 2006, 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 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.

In March of 2018, Coastal Extreme Brewing rebranded under the Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company name. At the same time, Brendan O'Donnell joined the company's management team as Chief Executive Officer."[5]

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[6]

• 3rd Place - Strong Beer: Other (Imperial Irish Stout)

2005 Annual Great International Beer Competition[7]

• 1st Place - Amber & Dark Lager (Cyclone Series Brent)
• 3rd Place - Brown Ale (Cyclone Series Alyssa)
• 3rd Place - Porter (Bizzard Porter)

Advertising

Taglines: "Newport Storm beers. Brewed in small batches—so every drop counts."[8]

See also

• Beer in the United States
• Barrel-aged beer

References

1. Van Siclen, Bill (2007-05-03). "Brewhaha". Projo.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
2. Pike, Meaghan (2005-03-16). "Local Micro Brewery is an Extreme Hit on Rhode Island's Coastline". Srumosaic.com. Archived from the original on 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
3. Donnis, Ian (2005-08-19). "The Beer Boom". Providencephoenix.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
4. "History of Thomas Tew". thomastewrums.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
5. "Newport Storm Gets New Name, New Leadership, And Some New Ownership". thenewportblast.com. 2018-03-23. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
6. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/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)
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20070321234824/http://www.beerfestamerica.com/competitionResults9.php. Archived from the original on March 21, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company Official Website
• Thomas Tew Rum Official Website
• Craft brewers adopt a can-do attitude - Boston Globe article about craft brewer's use of cans