Mad River Steelhead Extra Stout

Pours into a pint glass with a black color and small brown head that disapates quickly. Aroma is mild hop character with the initial pour fading into a roasty, chocolate and hints of coffee. Initial taste starts with coffee, roasted chocolate pours over the palate claiming it’s fame. The mouthfeel is slight sticky and medium body. There is a faint sour overlay surrounding the body of this stout. Finishing with roasty palate and mild bitter hop. Palate ages slow. Leaving you with the ice cream smooth texture palate. This is truly a stout to savor slowly and deliberately for its taste as well as its grace.

Pours pitch black with a thin brown head. Aroma was sweet with hints of semi sweet chocolate, malts, brown sugar and plum. The flavor was a little mild, but smooth, with notes of coffee, vanilla, chocolate, malts, and mollasses. Overall a very good and easy drinking stout.

Black pour, brown head. Aroma is chocolate and roasted malts and some leafy hops. Taste is dry roasted malts, dark chocolate and yes just like the aroma leafy hops. Dry bitter character roasty but with some sweetness. some coffee also comes as it warms, creamy mouthfeel and pretty good beer.

Picked up single 12-oz bottle at John’s Market Place in Portland, Oregon. Pours an opaque near motor oil black colored brew with a decent tan head that slowly dissolves to a film and tan ring. Aroma of dark chocolate, toasted dark malt, some molasses, toffee and a touch of coffee. Taste is full bodied, thick, chewy with hardy any carbonation with toasted dark malt, chocolate and a touch of flowery bitter hops. Finish is smooth, creamy with a dark chocolate aftertaste. That was one heavy stout.

A simple but pleasant stout with all of the usual characteristics. The Aroma has chocolate and malt, and the flavor has these as well as coffee. A fairly thick and heavy beer with a better than average palate, and it is very smooth.

Bottle. 12 fl. oz. Pours a very dark brown, almost black color with small, light brown head. Very much resembles cola. Aroma of chocolate and roasted malt. Full bodied with a dry texture. Wonderful, sweet chocolate flavor with a nice amount of roasted bitterness at the end. Not very strong, but a tasty stout nonetheless.

Thanks to Skyview for sharing. Pitch black body with burn malt aroma and chocolate malt hints. Dry roasted malt body with a smooth finish and coffee hints.

Thanks to Skyview for sharing. Very dark black, with a quickely fleeting tan head. Nice bitterweet chocolate, coffee, menthol, sweet salted meats, and a light smokiness. Light almost watery mouthfeel, with a nice salted meat character, and tart oaky acidity.