Mad River Steelhead Double IPA

Brewed by Mad River Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Blue Lake, California USA

bottle @ redlight redlight. Pine resin right of the bat, some citrus tones in the background, some sweet maltiness in the aromas. Pours cloudy amber with a thin white head that disipates. Nice hoppiness, citrusy hop flavors, with some pine and grassy notes, with a good bitterness upfront, balanced nicely with some sweet malts, but not too much its still pretty hop forward. Nice Dble IPA.

4oz Taster - Spring Beer & Wine Festival - Portland, OR
Aroma – Good IPA aroma has a good use of malts.
Appearance – Amber in color, Nice light head and clear.
Flavor – This was a very nice easy drinking IPA not over the top. The malts used where very good.
Palate – Good Mouthfeel, nice texture with a dry finish.
Overall – A very easy drinking IPA the flavor was full and rich this was good. You can order another and not need to scrape hops off your tongue being too strong.

Pours a copper color with a thick white head. Citrus, pine, caramel, malt aroma. Citrus, hop, ,alt taste. Big explosion of hops gives this a slightly bitter aftertaste. A very good DIPA.

Thanks to Padrefan98 for the bottle!
Pours a semi cloudy orange color with a nice beige head and sediment. Smell is mild but fruity with oranges and hops. Good hop flavor, and much stronger than in the nose. Nice solid bitterness too. Moderate malt orange like sweetness to balance well and very drinkable and pretty tasty. A good DIPA.

Bottle. Small ivory head that mostly diminished, splotchy amounts of lacing, cloudy, no carbonation observed, and a deep orange with a golden tint for the hue. Nose was malty, hoppy, some caramel, and citrus. Ditto for the flavor. Mostly smooth mouthfeel and slightly tingly and medium body. Quaffable, easy to drink considering the style as it was not IMO overly hoppy. Simple brew as I was expecting a lot more hoppiness given the style. Worth a try anyways.

My bottle (12oz) shared with HogTownHarry & tupalev -- courtesy of kp. Pours a cloudy orange-amber with an average size diminishing off-white head. Nice resiny hop aroma with some hints of fruit. Flavour of resiny hops balanced by sweet malt and some fruit -- pretty good, could be hoppier. Decent bitter finish. Alcohol’s totally hidden. Medium bodied. A simple but enjoyable, easy to drink DIPA.

12 oz. Bottle. Pours orange with a dissipating white head. Great aromatic character on this one. Some pine and grapefruit/orange citrus qualities. Mouthfeel is a bit syrupy with a sticky resinous hop character. Taste of crystal malts and a solid slightly sweet malt profile. Finish is hoppy with minimal bitterness. Fairly simple, high quality beer. Extremely drinkable.

12-oz bottle received via trade with mgumby10. Pours hazy harvest orange with a small, frothy, white head, somewhat lasting with spare lacing. Aroma is average malt (bread, cookie, lightly toasted grain), heavy hops (pine, flowers, grass, citrus), average yeast (dough, sweat) with notes of apple, pear, and butter. Medium bodied, slick texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness.