Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company
Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company was established in 1999 as Coastal Extreme Brewing Company by four Colby College graduates — Brent Ryan, Derek Luke, Mark Sinclair, and Will Rafferty — and was the first microbrewery in Newport, Rhode Island. The company added distilling operations in 2006, launching Newport Distilling Company and producing Thomas Tew Rum, named after Rhode Island's first pirate and the only rum currently produced in the state. In 2018, the company adopted its current name to reflect the combined brewing and distilling identity. A major multi-year expansion project completed in 2024 added a new production facility, taproom, outdoor bar, and event spaces.
Beers by Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company
3 beers
The recurring character behind the beers
Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company brew across 3 style families.
Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
Compared with 560 other breweries brewing New England IPA:
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Rhode Trip
Their beers place in the Top 39% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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hopIQ exclusiveBased on style overlap and flavor profile
About Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company
Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company was established in 1999 as Coastal Extreme Brewing Company by four Colby College graduates — Brent Ryan, Derek Luke, Mark Sinclair, and Will Rafferty — and was the first microbrewery in Newport, Rhode Island. The company added distilling operations in 2006, launching Newport Distilling Company and producing Thomas Tew Rum, named after Rhode Island's first pirate and the only rum currently produced in the state. In 2018, the company adopted its current name to reflect the combined brewing and distilling identity. A major multi-year expansion project completed in 2024 added a new production facility, taproom, outdoor bar, and event spaces.
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