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Madhouse Brewing Company is microbrewery located in the Historic East Village area of Downtown Des Moines. All brewing, fermentation and packaging of the beer occurs onsite, and is then distributed. Madhouse beers are packaged in six-packs and 22oz bottles and standard kegs. These should be available from your local supplier of quality craft beer. Tasting room hours are Thursday & Friday 4-10pm and Saturday 12-8pm. Limited food options available.
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Buckeyeboy (18930) reviewed
Carpe Diem from Madhouse Brewing Company
10 years ago
8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
750ml bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice big sweetness coffee vanilla maple coffee. Taste is more of the roast malts coffee vanilla maple syrup. This is nice.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2016 at 20:19
Rennat42 (5675) reviewed
Carpe Diem from Madhouse Brewing Company
10 years ago
9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 10 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle. A- Espresso beans, coffee, chocolate. A- Black color, black liquid, beige head. T- Coffee, espresso, chocolate. P- Full body, thin texture, average carbonation, full finish. O- Tried this as a fest last week and searched forever for it. Not on here and no response from the brewery. Turns out that’s because I tried it even before it was "officially" released. Now that it’s release party is tonight, I added it. Great beer. A bit thin on the body but otherwise simply excellent. Tons of espresso and chocolate and very tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2016 at 18:26
Jow (8747) reviewed
Hopburst IPA from Madhouse Brewing Company
10 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Little Iowa craft beer stand in hotel lobby couldn’t resist. Nose is tropical fruits and candy. Tastes way sweet of lemongrass, rock candy, malt, caramel. Touch to sweet for my tastes
Tried from Can on 01 Feb 2016 at 19:44
Rennat42 (5675) reviewed
Sumatra Coffee Stout from Madhouse Brewing Company
10 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. A- Cocoa, roasty, subtle coffee. A- Black color, black liquid, light brown head. T- Roasty, cocoa, dry, coffee. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, roasty finish. O- Not half the coffee I think should be in there. In fact, it was very weak. Tasted good, but needs more if you’re going to headline it being a Sumatra coffee beer.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2016 at 14:50
deyholla (23111) reviewed
Hopburst IPA from Madhouse Brewing Company
10 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a clear deep amber gold with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has musty pine hops with a bit of bitter citrus and an earthy grain backbone. Flavor has bread and sweet grain with a good amount of bitter citrus.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2015 at 23:38
Travlr (34369) reviewed
Hopburst IPA from Madhouse Brewing Company
10 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle courtesy of HuskerTan, thank you! Hazy golden amber color, bright white head. Aroma of fresh haystacks and light citrus. Taste has earthy lemongrass, scallions. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2015 at 18:23
Rennat42 (5675) reviewed
Woolly Bugger from Madhouse Brewing Company
10 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. A- Peach, apricots, subtle earthiness. A- Orange color, hazy liquid, off white head. T- Peach, apricot, gummy worms, stone fruits, juicy. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, juicy finish. O- Very little bitterness and tons of juicy fruits from the Citra hops. A very nice and tasty beer.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2015 at 10:53
Rennat42 (5675) reviewed
V.I.P. from Madhouse Brewing Company
11 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. A- Alcohol, chocolate syrup. A- Black color, black liquid, brown head. T- Licorice, chocolate syrup, alcohol. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, rich finish. O- This was not what I was expecting. Didn’t really know what the VIP stood for either. Now that I know, it really could’ve used a lot more vanilla because i hardly got any of it. Also didn’t detect any bourbon. I got the alcohol but it was more of a sharp vodka kind of burn than a whisky booze. Still not too bad.
Tried from Draft on 27 Aug 2015 at 21:44
Travlr (34369) reviewed
V.I.P. from Madhouse Brewing Company
11 years ago
8.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft at Local. Opaque black color, dark brown head with good retention. Aroma of fruity coffee. Taste is ruch Hersheys syrup, sweet and smooth. Delicious.
Tried from Draft on 23 Aug 2015 at 12:23
jcwattsrugger (14885) ticked
Sour Diesel from Madhouse Brewing Company
11 years ago
8/10
Tried on 23 Jul 2015 at 16:29