Mad River Brewing Company Seasonal Special: The Mad Belgian is Now Available

Event Type: Homebrew Event

Location:
Mad River Brewing Company
101 Taylor Way
Blue Lake California 95525
United States

When:
Jul 17th, 2009 - Dec 31st, 2009

Contact:
707-668-4151
http://www.madriverbrewing.com/

Description:

Mad River Brewing Company is pleased to announce the launch of the next beer in our Artisan Reserve Series – The Mad Belgian. The Mad Belgian is slated to be released Mid July. Our reserve series will culminate this year, with one last limited edition handcrafted ale, our long time friend, John Barleycorn Barleywine released for the harvest season.

The Mad Belgian will be available in 4-packs and on draft in some markets, and as always in the Mad River Brewing Company Tasting Room where you can find all of our fine ales, including specialties and seasonals.

Our Tap Room and Brewery are located at 101 Taylor Way in Blue Lake, CA just minutes from the junction of the 101 and 299 North & East of Arcata, CA.

Tasting Notes:

This latest release from our Artisan Reserve Series, was orchestrated to capture the best of "Belgian Style Ales" while preserving the duration of longer warmer days. Too often, especially here in Sunny Blue Lake, we find our day punctuated by a nap after tasting “just one more Dubbel or Trippel.” Welcome our Quaffable Mad Belgian Golden Ale in a Humboldtian Mad River American Microbrewed Craft Style, at a reasonable gravity.

We begin with a moderate amount of our House Two-Row Malt augmented with some Golden Naked Oats which have
“ a special, sweet berry-nut flavor... and deliver a deep golden hue with light caramel flavors to the finished beer as well as a creamy, satin finish. Honey Roasted Malt rounds out the malt additions and lends an enhanced golden hue and a moderate but clearly stated royally elegant and lightly honeyed sweetness.

The Mad Belgian is delicately hopped with Sterling and Goldings for subtle Malt and flavor enhancing light bittering and aromatics.

The result is a simple yet sophisticated, delicately nuanced, warm weather treat.

The Mad Belgian pours a shimmering gold with a frothy white Cumulus head. Beautiful Honey notes in the nose with the expected forward banana notes, provided by Belgian Ardennes Yeast. The mouth is crisp, dry and a refreshingly effervescent, light to medium body with a dreamy well balanced honey complexity. All the flavor without the nap. Low, low IBU's and only 6.5% Alcohol by Volume.

Enjoy with responsible abandon.

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