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Slammin' Salmon Double India Pale Ale
Mad River Brewing Company
- From:
- Mad River Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #2,029 - ABV:
- 8.6%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #20,453 - Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 11.08%
- Reviews:
- 416
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 13, 2024
- Added:
- Mar 18, 2006
- Wants:
- 25
- Gots:
- 72
Formerly Steelhead Double India Pale Ale
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.96/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Grunt fill from Albertsons. Dark amber pour, small creamy head, lots of lacing. Aroma is nice rich blend of hops and malts, while taste features a much richer malt base. Caramel and toffee, nice hop bite at the finish. Much better than expected.
Feb 13, 2024Reviewed by monkist from Hungary
4.61/5 rDev +21.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.61/5 rDev +21.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
The story starts with the fact that I haven’t really had an IPA for quite some time now. I am telling you this because for the last five years, I had nothing BUT IPAs - and I’m not really exaggerating here, check my beer history in BA if you don’t believe me. But in the last year and half, partly due to the scarcity of imported beers from the US here in Japan, I’ve been having less and less of them.
Even this Mad River, I’ve had this for quite some time now and been keeping it for “the right moment” to open it - and for some reason I thought tonight was one. What I managed to find out was the brewery bejng from NorCal, almost near to the Oregon border, made me think of Lost Coast and even Anderson Valley that I used to like so much back in the day. I expected this beer to be in the vein of those, big nature, Yosemite, Sierra beers. But I was wrong.
The beer looked amazing and the aroma just fantastic. Very hard to pinpoint it but I would say pine and earth were its dominant aspects. And when I took a sip...
Man, this beer took me back. Took me back down South, to be honest. It did not taste anything like those beers from NorCal. It tasted very SoCal, what’s even more, very San Diego, and even more, almost down there by the border. Very much like the Desert Southwest. I think it was very similar to the Citracado IPA made by Stone for their Anniversary, made with Avocado flower honey. So I hope you got the picture: amazingly piney, earthy and resinous and full of excitement. The aroma has been very intense all the way and it brought back all those memories from a few years ago.
For me this beer was like a time travel. Back to the “good old days” and was also an eye opener - no matter if I can’t get all the beers I want right now, there will always be a time to do it again. Because those beers welcome you back all the time and they can give you back that same old, great feeling.
What a beer!
Aug 07, 2020Even this Mad River, I’ve had this for quite some time now and been keeping it for “the right moment” to open it - and for some reason I thought tonight was one. What I managed to find out was the brewery bejng from NorCal, almost near to the Oregon border, made me think of Lost Coast and even Anderson Valley that I used to like so much back in the day. I expected this beer to be in the vein of those, big nature, Yosemite, Sierra beers. But I was wrong.
The beer looked amazing and the aroma just fantastic. Very hard to pinpoint it but I would say pine and earth were its dominant aspects. And when I took a sip...
Man, this beer took me back. Took me back down South, to be honest. It did not taste anything like those beers from NorCal. It tasted very SoCal, what’s even more, very San Diego, and even more, almost down there by the border. Very much like the Desert Southwest. I think it was very similar to the Citracado IPA made by Stone for their Anniversary, made with Avocado flower honey. So I hope you got the picture: amazingly piney, earthy and resinous and full of excitement. The aroma has been very intense all the way and it brought back all those memories from a few years ago.
For me this beer was like a time travel. Back to the “good old days” and was also an eye opener - no matter if I can’t get all the beers I want right now, there will always be a time to do it again. Because those beers welcome you back all the time and they can give you back that same old, great feeling.
What a beer!
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From old, undated notes. Poured from the bottle. This was called "Steelhead Double IPA" when I had it.
Murky orange color.
White head; a curtain of lace.
Subtle orange citrus smell.
Medium mouthful.
Pleasant citrus flavor; a touch too bitter.
Nice if inessential.
Oct 12, 2019Murky orange color.
White head; a curtain of lace.
Subtle orange citrus smell.
Medium mouthful.
Pleasant citrus flavor; a touch too bitter.
Nice if inessential.
Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand
3.79/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Amber with slow rising carbonation, and 4 fingers of sticky, light beige head.
Smells of malts, with little citrus and pine.
The taste is sweet and malty, with a little citrus, and very little pine.
Medium, sticky body with little carbonation.
I got this in Roseville, and am drinking it in Redding, July 19, 2019.
Jul 20, 2019Smells of malts, with little citrus and pine.
The taste is sweet and malty, with a little citrus, and very little pine.
Medium, sticky body with little carbonation.
I got this in Roseville, and am drinking it in Redding, July 19, 2019.
Reviewed by TheRougeBastard from North Carolina
3.84/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Also known as "Steelhead D/IIPA"...purchased a 12oz bottle from WOB...no date on the bottle so in my opinion, by the "barleywine-esqe" taste, it was past 120 days (IMHO the drop-dead date for freshness date for an D/IIPA). Now that being said, if it were labeled as an barleywine, my ratings would be much higher if it were, however, as labeled...I'll leave it as is.
May 21, 2017
Slammin' Salmon Double India Pale Ale from Mad River Brewing Company
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
852 ratings
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