Mad River Jamaica Red Ale

Brewed by Mad River Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Blue Lake, California USA

The Dan Journal No.248. Tasted 11/10/08. 12oz bottle. Filtered with a reddish golden hue. Trace ring of off-white head. Aromas of honey and rye. Medium bodied with a busy palate. Rolling palate goes from sweet to bitter. Tart to sugary. Fruity with apple orange and grapefruit notes. Odd palte roll, but interesting.

Bottle. Cloudy dark amber supporting a small but long lasting light khaki head. Sweet malty aroma. Flavor dominated by caramel with a little milk chocolate and bar nuts. Creamy mouthfeel and sweet finish. Could use more assertive hops but not a bad beer - more irie than a Red Stripe, Mon.

Orange with yellow highlights with no head. looks like it has no body. nasty smell that reminds me of swamp water. Totally gross. Interesting taste. Reminiscent of a Murphy’s but better. Not that that’s saying much. It feels like I’m forcing this one down. I’m not a fan.I guess you could drink many of these, if you were already drunk and wanted to keep the buzz going.

Murky copper with a thin tan layer of head with dark yeast floating early and often into the glass. Aroma of caramel, malt, brown sugar and biscuit. Taste of caramel, mild citrus hops with a mild dry peppy caramel finish. Alcohol is faintly noticeable.

<b>12 oz. bottle</b> from Plaza Liquors - Pours a light brown color with a 1/2 finger thick off white head. Light lacing. Aroma is toasted malt and light hops. Flavor is sweet toasted malt and hops. Nice balance. Medium body. A nice beer.

Bottle. Pours red with an off white head. A bit of sweetness in the aroma with some light hoppy bitterness. Smooth body and a well balanced flavor with sweet malt, hops, and earthy notes. Nice.

This get’s my vote for ugliest lable ever. I mean, is really bad. Well onto the beer. I noticed some sediment on the bottom. Been a while since I got a ’’yeast feast.’’ Pours nice amber, plumish colour. A few floaties. While waiting for the head to subside I took a peak inside. Damn man. They got the name on this all wrong. Mad River would have been brilliant in naming it ’’The Burial of Pompey’’ with the amount of sediment inside this thing. Jayzz...Anywho, the useee...malty, yeasty. Caramelly smelly. Roasted malts about here and there, but not really everywhere. Got sweater the further I dug into this thing. Like Pecan Pie, I think my jaw locked up on this one a bit. It could give that ol Thomas Hardy’s a run for the mun. A little licorice, thought ’’walmart’’ tasting brand...what do they call it, President’s Choice? Yea, maybe the President of Mexico...or in the case of this, Jamaica. Well, I guess this wasn’t a shock. I mean, The Clash certainly had a bigger shock when they visited Jamaica in the 1970’s only to find they didn’t belong. So, this beer. Right..well, it sucks. Sorry Mad River, but from your eye bleaching lable, to your ’’sedimental’’ bottom and thin glass bottle, this get’s an F. VW in da houseeee...

bottle - Pours hazy amber with a medium sized head. It has a mostly caramel malt aroma. The flavori s caramel malt sweetness with a good bittering hops balance. All in all it’s a fairly good session ale but no more.