Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company
IndustryAlcoholic beverage
Founded1999 (1999)
HeadquartersNewport, Rhode Island, US
Key people
President: Brent Ryan
ProductsBeer

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

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.

NameType of BeerIBUABVSRMNamesake
AlyssaBrown Ale338.183Brent Ryan's beloved Porsche
BrentBock Lager268.526Founder and President, Brent Ryan
ChloeImperial Pale Ale758.613Niece of a brewer
DerekStout618.7235Founder and Head Brewer, Derek Luke
ElleBelgian Ale168.120"Sexy French Name"
FrankBelgian White (Witbier)76.813Brewer at Coastal Extreme Brewing
GloriaPumpkin Ale167.311.5 Hurricane Gloria of 1985
HenryDark Ale207.639Great Grandfather of a brewer at Coastal Extreme Brewing
IsabelIndia Amber Ale53919Hurricane Isabel of 2003
JamesStrong Scotch Ale20822Brewer at Coastal Extreme Brewing
KimMarzen Lager197.820Twin sister of founder, Brent Ryan
LukeIndian Red Ale658.628Founder and Head Brewer, Derek Luke
MarkCoffee Milk Stout33733Founder, Mark Sinclair
NeoCascade Pale Ale35713Neo from the Matrix
OpheliaPeach Ale205.925Hurricane Ophelia of 2011
PeterSpiced Ale307.533Distiller/Assistant Brewer at Coastal Extreme Brewing
QuinnBarrel-Aged Porter387Unk Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman Series
RyanRye Pale Ale48821Founder and President, Brent Ryan
SabrinaBelgian Pale Ale387.113Daughter of founder Brent Ryan
TimDunkelweiss146.335Friend of the Brewery
UrsulaNorth American Pale Lager196.19Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid
VladRussian Imperial Stout779225Employee chosen name
WillWest Coast IPA89.5821Founder - Will Rafferty
XavierSour Ale with Black Cherries (Berliner Weisse)576Employee chosen name
YokoDark Ale with Toasted Coconut457105Employee chosen name
ZachOatmeal Stout4710.1251Massachusetts 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

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. ↑ Pinnock, Tristan (2018-03-23). "Newport Storm Gets New Name, New Leadership, And Some New Ownership". thenewportblast.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  6. ↑ "Great International Beer Competition" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
  7. ↑ "The 9th Annual Great International Beer Competition". Archived from the original on March 21, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
  8. ↑
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