Mad River Steelhead Extra Stout

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

Date: 07/21/1996
Mode: Bottle
Source: Chevy Chase, DC

Appearance: black with a whispy tan head,
Aroma: sweet roasted malt aroma,
Body: good body,
Flavor: strong roasted chocolate flavor that leads to a slight bitter aftertaste

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Score: *4
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12-ounce. Thanks, BitBucket! Pours nearly-opaque black with thickish moussy tan head. Nice chocolate and roast nose, along with the tiniest bit of sour milk. Creamy body, soft carb, rich chocolate and roast flavors forward on the attack and persisting through the mid-palate. Clean, easy-drinking, despite being creamy. Clingy roasty finish. Nice stuff all the way through.

12 oz. bottle. Pours black with a small creamy tan head that disappears to a small ring. The aroma is mocha and molasses. The flavor is roasted malts, dark chocolate, coffee, and molasses. Medium/full bodied and smooth drinking. This is a bit better than advertised IMO.

Bottle. A random grab that turned out to be quite a pleasant surprise. It has a oil black color with a thin dark chocolate head. The aroma was a bit strange - smelled of pine resin and heavy on the fruit such as grapes. Flavor worked better - a toned down piney, grape taste that gives way to roasted coffee aftertaste.

12 oz. bottle - jet black with slight tan head; pleasant roasted coffee aromas lead to burnt, yet smooth flavors; oh so smooth and would certainly classify as another "hit" from Mad River

12 oz. bottle- color of dark raost coffee , with a medium tan head - nose of bittersweet chocolate , sour red fruit , cocoa , and coffee – taste of coffee , burnt , bitter chocolate , vanilla , and milk chocolate - body is a medium smooth cream , dry , and with light carbonation – aftertaste of vanilla , coffee , chocolate , and lingering

the wife and I have conducted a blind taste test over the past year of every stout we could get our hands on and Steelhead has come out the victor... but only barely edging out Blackhawk and 8 Ball in the US stout championship

Short stubby 12 oz bottle. Beautiful black pour into my glass. It comes out really viscous. Thick and slow. Attractive brown beer aroma like those wax lips and luscious old campfire coals. I even smell some chocolate milk in there! Coats the inside of your mouth like used shovelhead oil. Carbonation is low medium but that does not curtail any creamy tingliness. The creamy carbonation is one of the better features. Taste impact is like a yeungling black and tan filtered thru old cooled campfire coals that have been put out with creek water. Bitterness on the back of the throat that reminds me of meat that has been charred heavily on the grill. This is quite impressive and offensive to an extent. Finish is annoying burned dark chocolate again like dark chocolate brownies that have been baked way too long on too high a temperature. Now, think about dipping those brownies in cold black coffee before you eat them. Comes on almost like an imp stout.