Mad River Steelhead Extra Stout

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

2009 Bottle - Thanks beerbill! - Aroma is cocoa, vanilla and coffee, malt heavy and terrific...flavour is similar, dark roast coffee, vanilla creme and a bitter chocolate finish...this is another terrific sleeper from Mad River...

Nice dark brown/black pour wtih a simple brown head. Aroma is heavy on coffee and booze with a bit of chocolate and sugar. Flavor is very good, chocolate, roastiness, coffee and the beer is alittle creamy. Well done.

2009 Peoria International Beer Fest. Pours a clear, black and brown with a small off white head and moderate carbonation. Aroma is almost all of malt with lots of roasted barley showing through, light coffee and chocolate notes also come through. Flavor begins with a bitter black patent malt, followed by coffee and chocolate and ends with a very bitter dark chocolate presence. Overall an okay beer to try but not one I would consider for my every day drinking.

2 bouteilles de 12 oz partagées lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal chez Goldorak. Arôme: Odeur de chocolat et de café avec une pointe de petits fruits. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de chocolat avec une pointe de café et de mélasse légèrement fruité. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de café en arrière goût. (Rating #2392)

12 oz bottle from Bev4less. Pours an opaque black color with a small tan head. The aroma is moderate in strength with dark fruits and licorice. The flavor is earthy with dirt, black licorice, burnt toast and chocolate. The mouthfeel is unbalanced with a thin beginning, a gritty middle and a creamy conclusion. The finish is short and dry with lingering black licorice. Overall: A decent beer, but not up to the higher standards, and expectations, of a good craft stout.

Pours black into an English pint. Off-white mocha micro head with excellent retention leaves a thin sheet. Dark cocoa aromas. Smooth and slightly thin with upfront soy and molasses. Turning to chocolate in the finish.

Sampled at 2009 Peoria Int’l Beer Festival. Pours dark brown, clear, with a spare light-brown head. Aroma is heavy with molasses, chocolate and roasted grains, and a light hint of alcohol. Roasted grain and cocoa flavor, a touch light for my tastes, and a little citric hops. Grainy, rye finish. Lively carbonated.

Deep black pour with red visible only while being poured. A small active short lived tan head. Aroma is full of sweet malt with dark fruit and chocolate. Flavor is chocolate and coffee with a nice little hop bite. It is acidic and lactic with some molasses and vanilla. There is an underlying tartness that is surprisingly big. This is a beer that feels substantial in the mouth and is sticky and thick.