The
Coastal Extreme Brewing Company was started in 1999 by
four graduates of Colby College. During his college days
the head brewer, Derek Luke, reaquired a homebrewing kit
he had given his sister and quickly went to work brewing
and passing his knowledge along to the company's president,
Brent Ryan. As Graduation grew near and the cold reality
of post-collegiate life set in Luke and Ryan knew that
they could turn their affinity for beer and their new
found ability to make it into a viable alternative to
unemployment or sitting at a desk answering to "The
Man". Of course, they couldn't do it by themselves,
so after very little convincing, they got roommate and
friends, Mark Sinclair and Will Rafferty to join them.
On Father's Day in 1999,
after almost two years of planning and preperation, the
first batch of Hurricane Amber Ale was brewed. By July
2nd the first kegs had been shipped to three Newport Restaurants
and were quickly tapped and emptied. A little over a month
after the release of the first kegs, 6-packs of Hurricane
Amber Ale began to hit the shelves. Since then we have
expanded our product line and our distribution territory
but continue to brew up a storm in our Middletown Brewery.