Newport Storm Brings Pumpkin Beer to Bottles this Year

Last year, Newport Storm had a hit on its hands with it’s R.hode I.sland P.umpkin (R. I. P.), but it was only available from a tap at select taverns in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

This year, “the brewers called hogwash on the notion that admirers of the pumpkin brew couldn‟t savor its spiced goodness after a day of raking leaves in the yard or sitting by the fire on a crisp fall night,” the brewery said in a release. “The brew schedule for 2014 was adjusted, and brewers managed to make enough draught and bottle beer to hit shelves the first week of September.”

That means you can get your fix of the spicy, sweet and malty brew from liquor stores for home libations — as far away as Maine.

And it includes a mix of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice and cloves from The Spice Mill in Wakefield — a secret weapon for many Rhode Island restaurants who deliver food that ”just tastes better at the restaurant.”

“Boasting 3 pounds of pumpkin per keg, coupled with lactose milk sugar, a touch of chocolate malt for a ruby/orange color, caramel and cara malts for sweetness and copious quantities of pale malt, the only ingredient left for this liquid pumpkin pie libation was spices. Staying true to RI, we sourced those spices locally from Spice Mill, located in Wakefield, RI,” explains Brewmaster Derek Luke. The mixture of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice and cloves will „warm you up with a cold one,‟ all fall and winter long!

R.I. P.umpkin will be available throughout Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine September 1- December 31! The Spice Mill is located at in Wakefield, RI- for more information call 401-789-7329.