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Serious Madness
Mad River Brewing Company
- From:
- Mad River Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 8.2%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 10.1%
- Reviews:
- 126
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 02, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 26, 2009
- Wants:
- 16
- Gots:
- 9
No description / notes.
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Ratings by BB1313:
Reviewed by BB1313 from Ohio
3.33/5 rDev -15.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.33/5 rDev -15.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
12oz bottle poured into a snifter. Pours black with brown hues. Kakhi head that fades and leaves decent lacing. The aromas are full of roasted chocolate malts. There's hints of smoke, oak, caramel and vanilla. There's a subtle anise/black licorice notes, but it definitely doesn't dominate. Not much of a hop aroma. Flavors are loaded with dark chocolate giving it a nice bitterness. Hop bitterness is there; hop flavor not so much. But I don't really think this is intended to be a "Black IPA". This truly is a black ale. It's more reminiscent of a stout or a porter, but not quite. Very roasty. Coffee notes are there as well. Mouthfeel is somewhat thin for a big beer and there's alot of carbonation. It doesn't exactly match with the flavors, imo, but still works. Alcohol is hidden.
Starts off interesting and then becomes redundant, but it's still pretty solid. This would be good for the winter or during the colder weather.
Apr 13, 2013Starts off interesting and then becomes redundant, but it's still pretty solid. This would be good for the winter or during the colder weather.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.39/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.39/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Real black beer with a brown 1/2" head on it. Dark black. Lots of roast, some alcohol in the nose.
Taste was fucking roasty and bitter as fuck. Lots of chocolate and coffee malt notes. Tons of carbonation, a good degree of bitterness. Hid the alcohol better in the mouthfeel than it did in the nose.
Total hybrid of a black ipa, porter, stout, all well hopped with bittering hops more than any other stage.
Mar 24, 2016Taste was fucking roasty and bitter as fuck. Lots of chocolate and coffee malt notes. Tons of carbonation, a good degree of bitterness. Hid the alcohol better in the mouthfeel than it did in the nose.
Total hybrid of a black ipa, porter, stout, all well hopped with bittering hops more than any other stage.
Reviewed by OsoRojo from Colorado
4.1/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Very nice beer, delivered as described, met my expectations quite well. did not see this listed on their web page currently, is this beer still being made?
May 15, 2015Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
4.02/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This beer was poured from a 12 oz bottle at about 45-50F. Looked near perfect, with a large tan head over a black body with dark mahogany edges, The head is durable and leaves plenty of splotchy lacing.
Medium+ body; silky smooth; Light+ carbonation.
The aroma promises a load of dark malts and has hints of chocolate.and coffee.
The flavor follows. It's rich and moderately complex, with as much dark malt as I'll probably ever want. Fairly minimal burnt flavors and negligible char. Momentarily sweet, it becomes increasingly bitter going into the finish and aftertaste. Higher ABV is partially evident but well integrated and eloquant.
Sep 22, 2014Medium+ body; silky smooth; Light+ carbonation.
The aroma promises a load of dark malts and has hints of chocolate.and coffee.
The flavor follows. It's rich and moderately complex, with as much dark malt as I'll probably ever want. Fairly minimal burnt flavors and negligible char. Momentarily sweet, it becomes increasingly bitter going into the finish and aftertaste. Higher ABV is partially evident but well integrated and eloquant.
Serious Madness from Mad River Brewing Company
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
218 ratings
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