Mad River Steelhead Extra Stout

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

Bottled
Opaque dark brown color, small brown head. Chocolate, rye bread, glue and hops in the nose. Glueish, very coffeish with some barley wine -like flavors, dark rye bread and roasted malts. Very American style stout. Cold coffee in the aftertaste.

Bottle from Total Wine in Naples, FL. Pours a deep brown/black with a quickly dissipating brown head. Aroma of chocolate, nuts, and balsamic reduction. Medium bodied with thin creamy texture, and slight soda like carbonation. Initial flavor of toasted nuts, maple, dark roast, and raisens. Subtle bitterness mid-palate to balance things out. Roasty finish. Not bad.

12oz bottle part of world market 10pack. pours a very nice black with an aroma of coffee and toasted java beans.. first hit to the palate is very smooth and somewhat of a buttery choclate flavor. strong but subtle.. good stout

A below average stout. Aroma was so-so. Chocolate malt and coffee. Pour was a dead flat dark brown with no head. Taste was flat and thin. Roasted and chocolate malt with a semi bitter aftertaste. With no carbonation, this beer tastes stale. Not very good.

From bottle : Pours a black as night color, with a small short lived borwn coffee colored head. A nice aroma, like a chocolate candy bar, very good, like you could eat the smell of this baby. Flavor is really fantastic. Coffee notes up front, then a very nice ending, it goes from malty, then transitions into roasted chocolate, and thats the aftertaste it leaves. Smooth as velvet on the palate, and a nice and thick body. This has to be one of the best stouts i’ve had to date. Wow.

Very dark brown body with a medium brown head. Roasty, fudgey nose with a stinging burnt overtone. Thick, slightly fudgey and milky body. Simple milk chocolate and fudge character. Easy-going quaffing stout but with more body that suits the role.

Bottle: Black in color, nearly opaque, large frothy fawn colored head, spotty lacing.   Big chalky cocoa powder nose, some chocolate malt.   Malts seem slighty roasted.   Low hop profile.   Mild lactose like sweetness on the tongue.   Hop aspect is quite soft.   Mainly chocolate malt with a small slice of roasted malts.   Solid everyday Stout in my opinion.   Glad its not overly hoppy to be honest.   This is a malt oriented Stout, just how I like them.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate to full.   Could stand to be a tad thicker, but as is it’s fairly robust.   Nothing out of the ordinary, but as a Stout its a solid example.   Glad to say this one wasn’t overly hopped up but instead it stayed on the maltier side.   Recommended.

Bottle. Cocoa malt and pepper aroma. Thick dark black color with big brown head. Cola, cocoa malt and white pepper flavor - moderate carbonation. Nice full body. A very nice straight stout.