Mad River Steelhead Extra Stout

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

PITCH black and thick with a shortlasting chocolate brown head. somewhat smooth molasses and cognac brew that is full of dates and perhaps raisins. there is a lesser roasted malt character that is lingering. perhaps a touch of charcoal enhanced by a characteristic type carbonation. brandy in the nose. seemed to have been more amped up in the alcohol (as is posted.) i do not find this to be a particularly outstanding brew for ordinary circumstances, though when called for this stout would be a real pleaser. i find quite low chocolate and similar in the sweetness.

12oz bottle. Pours pitch black with no head at all. Aroma roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Taste is the same as the aroma with lite bitter finish.

12 oz bottle. Black with a tiny brown head - damn near a still beer. Sweet roasty malt and coffee nose, a wisp of smoke, some mild fruitiness. Flavor is way more smoky than anticipated, lightly bitter coffee and chocolate fudge. Very drinkable for a big, flavorful stout. Chocolatey and charcoal finish. Body is the full side of medium. Delightful!

This is an excellent stout, It pours well and has that coffee aroma. it has the substance that good stout needs and does not have any of the acid that some are afflicted with. I recomend

very dark, with a nice cherry chocolate looking head, although it is small. looks very tasty. the head sadly dissolved quickly. very strong coffee/ rich chocolate aroma. smells delightful. creamy at the start, smooth going down. coffee/chocolate taste, with an after taste of roasted coffee....and chocolate, the more i drink. might have one for breakfast tomorrow...hahaha.

Rich? Yes. Creamy? Yep. Black? Yup. Scary? Yeh. BUT! It really does hide the alcohol well. Smooth drinking with this one. I only really get the alcohol in the after taste.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized brown colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a opaque no visible carbonation dark brown colored body and a fair lacing. The mild aroma was roasted malt and dark malt. The smooth mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish with a mellow hoppy aftertaste. The mild flavor contained notes of roasted malt. A decent one that I would consider buying again.

Bottle. Pours black as night with a thin, quickly dissolving tan head. Some lacing, but it’s gone in a heartbeat. Smells of muted caramel and chocolate, milk, eggs, and oranges. Flavor is rich chocolate, roasted coffee, watermelon, raisins, strawberries, nuts. Squishy and nougaty in the mouth, with a watery finish. So far the three Mad River beers I’ve had have been very drinkable.