Mad River Steelhead Extra Stout

Black pour with a brown head. Aroma of coffee and roasted malts. Flavor of roasted malts and coffee with a burnt finish.

Bottle. Fruity malt aroma. Black body, small brown head. Flavor is much sweeter than expected, but by no means unpleasantly or overpoweringly so. Coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt. A little bitterness in the finish. Excellent.

In short: A sticky and syrupy little stout. No thanks.
How: Bottle 12oz, from JCB. Thanks a lot Jason. Consumed with a few weeks of receiving it (probably fresh)
The look: Black body topped by a very small beige head
In long: Taste has a lot of dark malts without developing chocolate or coffee flavours, just plain black malts. Some molasses and dark fruits concentrate. Body is annoyingly sticky with a tar texture/flavour. Roastiness kept to minimum, this one needed a lot more roastiness to dry it out. As it is it feels way way too sweet and syrupy. Totally lacking in the hops department, almost no hops presence save for a light green grass presence. A 6% stout should be very drinkable, this one is syrupy like a 11% impy stout but without the oomph of an impy stout. Named after a fish, that little animal that makes blind men all exited.

Bottle. Poured black with a brown head that settled quickly to a ring and left spotty lacing. Aromas of burnt malts. The flavor found milk chocolate and light coffee. Medium body, smooth, light coffee bitter aftertaste.

From a 12oz bottle this beer pours a jet black with a thin brown head. Has a very strong coffee and chocolate aroma that was very inviting. Nice and creamy mouthfeel with a solid coffee, chocoate, cherry, vanilla and malt taste. Solid beer and very drinkable.

Dark, dark brown, not quite black, completely opaque with a small head that left a very small film and minimal lacing. Roasted coffee aromas with some sweet malts. Coffee and chocolate dominate the flavor profile, which inlcudes some sweetness. Full bodied, smooth on the palate, and a mildly sweet malt aftertaste.

Draft @ the brewery taproom. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty coffee and chocolate flavor with some bitter hints. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee finish.

12 ounce bottle from In Vino Veritas in Keswick, VA. Poursa dark brown color with no head. Roasted malt aroma with some dark fruit notes. Slightly bitter. Dry and bitter roasted malt taste with some coffee notes. Creamy texture. Full bodied.