Steelhead Bourbon Vanilla Porter
Mad River Brewing Company
- From:
- Mad River Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.87 | pDev: 8.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 08, 2016
- Added:
- Dec 15, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Aged in Heaven Hill Kentucky bourbon barrels.
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Reviewed by UknownAce from California
4.17/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.17/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A: Dark, expected for a porter. Head is brown and creamy. Good lacing.
S: Smells strongly of a spicy rye bourbon with hints of dark chocolate and licorice coming through.
T: Flavor starts strongly with bourbon, followed by a mellow alcohol. Towards the end, the chocolate comes through sharply, ending with a bit of a subdued malty flavor rounding it out.
M: Body is heavy and creamy. A velvety richness hangs on the tongue, and it leaves a lingering residual heaviness in the mouth.
O: For a porter, it runs a bit heavy. However, the addition of the bourbon barrel aging balances out the heavy mouthfeel, resulting in a enjoyable experience. It works well as a desert beer due to the chocolaty nature of the beer, or would pair well with a heavy beef steak.
Aug 08, 2016S: Smells strongly of a spicy rye bourbon with hints of dark chocolate and licorice coming through.
T: Flavor starts strongly with bourbon, followed by a mellow alcohol. Towards the end, the chocolate comes through sharply, ending with a bit of a subdued malty flavor rounding it out.
M: Body is heavy and creamy. A velvety richness hangs on the tongue, and it leaves a lingering residual heaviness in the mouth.
O: For a porter, it runs a bit heavy. However, the addition of the bourbon barrel aging balances out the heavy mouthfeel, resulting in a enjoyable experience. It works well as a desert beer due to the chocolaty nature of the beer, or would pair well with a heavy beef steak.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.64/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Brown and black pour, thin tan head. Aroma was heavy on the roast, milder on the vanilla and bourbon.
Taste wasn't bad, being a porter it allowed some stuff to come out, vanilla, oak, chocolate, bourbon. Heat in check. Body, not too thin, sometimes a problem w porters gettin barrel aged. A tad warm, but hey, what did you expect?
Dec 23, 2015Taste wasn't bad, being a porter it allowed some stuff to come out, vanilla, oak, chocolate, bourbon. Heat in check. Body, not too thin, sometimes a problem w porters gettin barrel aged. A tad warm, but hey, what did you expect?
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