Mad River Steelhead Extra Stout

(Bottle) Pours a black body with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and chocolate. Flavor of strong roastiness and chocolate with a somewhat bitter finish.

Bottle from Hollingshead; roasty malt with coffee hints nose; opaque black with a decent dark tan head; flavor of coffee, roastiness, and cocoa flavor.

Poured a extremely deep, oily black with a huge creamy tan head. The moment it started to pour you could smell the roasted malts, but also hints of cherry and plum. Roasted, nutty flavor hints of vanilla and malt. Creamy on the palate.

Opaque espresso colour, tan head. Sweet brandy aroma. Rich flavour, coffee-brandy malt tones.

Dark brown body with a small brown head. Sweet caramel and roasted malt aroma, some fruit. Sweet roasted malt and coffee flavor, some light fruit.

(06.12.06) 12 oz brown bottle from beeronthewall.com. Poured opaque black with small tan head. Soft carbonation. Expresso coffee/chocolate aromas. Medium bodied stout that starts dry with tiny malt sweetness and smoke/expresso coffee/burnt malt flavors. Finished dry and astringent with lingering burnt flavor and bitterness. Some chalkiness in the mouth. Good dry stout with pronounced smoke flavor.

With a little more noteriety, this beer can really go places. It’s got all the characteristics of a really great stout. Aroma was roasty, chocolatey, rich, strong, and coffee beans. Appearance was a nice dark black with highlights of red (only a faint amount). Mouthfeel is the kryptonite of this beer as it’s a little thin (that’s being nitpicky really because it’s not bad). Flavors were distinct with roasted coffee beans, cream, bitter chocolate, vanilla, slightly smoky and very earthy. Excellent stout!

bottle. dark black pour with thick creamy tan head. malts, chocolate, hops , oak barrel and small alcohol aroma. nice coffee, roasted malts and chocolate finish. flavor dies a little quick. easy drinking stout.