Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cloudy golden colour. Toasty with light notes of lime/kaffir lime leaf. Bland taste, with hints of sea breeze and bread in the fresh malts, but sadly not so many hints of hops.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed IPA from Mad River Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours clear copper until the sediment dropped into the glass. Now the copper has a hazy orange hue to go along with a thin off white head. There’s still sediment sludge left behind in the bottle. The aroma has sharp citrus hop notes with grapefruit juice bitterness being the main one followed by tangelo and a hint of sweet orange juice. I can just smell a vague malt sweetness too. The taste has several levels and varieties of citrus hops just like the nose. Initially I get sweet orange juice followed by a tart grapefruit and then tangelo hop bitterness. Very nice. There’s also a hint of malt behind all of the hops.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle Pours a fairly clear amber with a small off white head. Modest hop aroma for a double. Nice hefty malt body and fairly balanced with a bit of alcohol in the flavor. Just not very "Double"
cheap (9533) reviewed Jamaica Red Ale from Mad River Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Shorter than usual brown 12 oz bottle with a twist off cap, reminds me of Seirra Nevada. Twist off the lid in a manly manner and you get a whiff of uncooked bread dough and maybe even rootbeer. When I pour it into the glass I think there is some malty roastyness. Color is hazy brownish and I am surprised to find some sludge in the bottom of the bottle, must be unfiltered. When I swirl the last bit of brew, like wit, before I pour it into the glass, pretty large bits (1/8 to 1/4 inch) come loose and go into the glass, wow! Has a bitter bite when you first taste it, malty but not hops as far as I can tell. I know that the label says its hopped but I can’t really find the hops. There is no citrus or grapefruit rind flavor that can be detected. Mind you, it is not really stoutlike or heavy porter but it does have a definable bitterness that is not hops. Carbonation is medium low. Finish leaves a lingering medium bitterness on the back of your throat. This brew does not overpower my taste buds but it is oppressive in it’s own way. Not as good as Groelsch Amber or Redhook Copperhook but just a little better than Hereford & Hops Hop Rocket Ale, Otter Creek Copper Ale, and Thirsty Dog Hoppus Maximus. Those beers are more hoppy than this. Overall a decent entry into the darker beer arena. On par with Great Divide Ridgeline but ridgeline has much better carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle Poures a medium coper with a nice off white head. Lots of malty aroma and little citrusy hops. Flavor is a bit more bitter but still the woody, slightlky sweet malts are forfront. Active carbonation and a mild bitterness with some papery trailer. Not bad.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Redwood Stout from Mad River Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12oz Bottle Pours out a nive black topped with a tan head. Great aroma of sweet chocolate and nice roast. Sweet tast, but not as thick as I wanted it to be. Not to bad.
cheap (9533) reviewed Uniontown Porter from Mad River Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
This bottle looks like it is from the west, 12 oz brown with twist off cap. In a man like manner, twist off the cap and get a whiff of dark roasted malt. The color is opaque brown and when you taste it, the flavor of bittersweet chocolate sticks it’s happy head out.Not quite as imperial as other porters I’ve had but it definately packs a bitter burnt back of throat punch. Perhaps a little rude for my girlie taste buds. Alcohol seems like it is around 6%. Roasted and dark, appreciate the beauty. More personality than I would like. Bitter unsweetened chocolate or cold black coffee back of throat linger. Yuengy’s Black & Tan is refreshing if you use this scotch porter as a standard.
maniac (11822) reviewed Steelhead Extra Pale Ale from Mad River Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cloudy orange-amber body with a small off-white head. Sweet caramel and mild hops aroma. Sweet caramel and tea flavor with a light floral bitter in the end.
maniac (11822) reviewed IPA from Mad River Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cloudy orange-amber body with a thin white head. Sweet citrus hops aroma with a caramel background. Sweet caramel and malt flavor with a citrus hops ending.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Redwood Stout from Mad River Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours deep dark amber-mahogany with a couple of photons of light making the journey at the edges creating a deep red glow. The tan head dissipated quickly. The aroma comes off as rich roasted malts, malt sweetness and what seems like a hint of smoke. The taste starts out with roasted, burnt and chocolate malts. There’s also a malt sweetness that approaches a caramel character. Near the finish a faint coffee note surfaces and then gets over-run by more burnt malts. Tasty brew.