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Mad River Steelhead Extra Stout

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94
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3743.66/5.03.65/5.06%93.3English pint
Commercial Description:
A black opaque ale with rich creamy roasted malt character and a very mild hop complement. This beer may look a little scary but take a sip and you'll see why this Extra Stout can convert even lite beer drinkers to Stout lovers. A unique flavor profile that starts with a slight coffee flavor and finishes with a hint of roasty chocolate. Try a pint with a scoop of French Vanilla ice cream. This beer is a favorite as a compliment to any dessert or as a hearty breakfast drink.
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 thegreenrooster (1818), St.louis, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Apr 25, 2008  
Pour is a super dark black with a small tan head. Aroma is a very nice dark chocolate and roasted malt with some coffee in there. Flavor is about the same with the coffee coming over the top with some more chocolate and nuts. As close to an Impy stout as you can get w/o calling it so. I guess the alcohol is to low to call it that.


 BrewDad (2366), Olympia, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Apr 25, 2008  
12oz Bottle - Gravity Beer Market - Olympia, WA
Aroma – Big stout aroma tons of chocolate and coffee aroma.
Appearance – Black in color, Nice small head and clear if you can see through black.
Flavor – A very good stout lots of flavors. Chocolate and coffee flavors where very strong on this beer.
Palate – Great Mouthfeel, Crisp texture with a nice dry finish.
Overall – A very nice Stout with tons of flavor. This was not for the everyday beer drinker this was a serious beer with tons of flavor and it gave flavor at every sip.


 zathrus13 (1296), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 25, 2008  
Pours black, with a brown head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malt, and coffee. Flavor is chocolate, roasted malt, and smoke. A nice one for sure.


robbmotiwalla (50), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/513/20
Apr 24, 2008  
coffee all the way. pours black as night with a brown head. nutty, roasty and a little bit of fig.


 maltdog (514), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/510/20
Apr 24, 2008  
Zealous decanting creates only a quickly-receding skin of foam atop the opaque ebony liquid; lacing is nonexistent. I start to inhale deeply of the decadent fudgy aroma, but nearly gag from the background taint of sharp cheddar and stinky feet. Upfront, the flavor is superSWEET and roasty, as if I were drinking unfermented wort; sour milk and maraschino/strawberry tastes ensue. Carbonation: nil. A latent vegetal quality reminiscent of overcooked brussel sprouts proves as nettlesome as no-see-’ums. Ditto the thick, sugary mouthfeel. A coffee and sour-fruity aftertaste is perhaps the beer’s least annoying quality. Maybe a decent sweet stout at the core, but countless niggling defects ruined it for me. Madness indeed.


 WillieV (191), Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Apr 22, 2008  
Bottle: A great almost black pour with a pretty thin light brown head. Scents of Chocolate and burnt coffee. Taste is the same as scent. A great stout. BOM 2.


 JCB (1747), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Apr 19, 2008  
12oz from a beer club. Pretty tasty session stout, if you ask me. Thick, chewy body. Hopped up like a West Coast stout should be (lots of overtones of SN’s stout, to me) and backed up by a very prominent roasted flavor that makes it pleasantly aggressive. Good stuff.


 posikyle (165), Alabama, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/102/517/20
Apr 17, 2008  
Pours a typical deep brown color with a thick head. Aroma is all malts. Flavor is very malty, with a bit of nuttiness and an alcohol bite in the end. Would definitely recommend.



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