Mad River Brewing Company

Mad River Brewing Company is a microbrewery in the town of Blue Lake in Humboldt County Northern California. The brewery was established 1989 by brewmaster Bob Smith and a small group of investors. Beers include: Steelhead Extra Pale Ale, Steelhead Scotch Porter, Steelhead Extra Stout, Steelhead Double IPA, Jamaica Brand Red Ale, Jamaica Brand Sunset IPA, and the seasonal John Barleycorn. The brewery has won many local, national and international awards including in the World Beer Championships and the United States Beer Tasting Championship. On October 13th, 2007 Mad River was awarded their first Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal for the 2006 vintage of their John Barleycorn seasonal Barley Wine.

The company also attempts to reuse all of its equipment and materials, and has reported a waste reduction rate of 98%. Much of the organic waste, ten tons of spent barley malt and yeast a year, are fed to local livestock or used as composting material. For their efforts in waste reduction the company won 7 WRAP awards presented by the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

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* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/dining/09beer.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&sq=mad%20river%20brewing%20company&scp=1 Beers of The Times: A Taste for Brews That Go to Extremes] ERIC ASIMOV/The New York Times Article Launched: January 9, 2008 Retrieved Wednesday, January 10th, 2008 9:00 AM PST
* [http://eurekareporter.com/node/94580 Beer prices expected to rise] Courtney Hunt-Munther/The Eureka Reporter Article Launched: Nov 26 2007, 5:30 PM · Updated: Nov 26 2007, 11:47 PM, Retrieved Wednesday, January 10th, 2008 9:00 AM PST
* [http://eurekareporter.com/node/93324 Mad River Brewing Co. earns gold at Great American Beer Festival] Courtney Hunt-Munther/The Eureka Reporter Article Launched: 10/22/2007 Retrieved Sunday, October 28th, 2007 1:00 PM PST
* [http://www.jgpress.com/archives/_free/001252.html Becoming a Zero Emissions Brewery] BioCycle February 2007, Vol. 48, No. 2, p. 29 Molly Farrell Tucker/BioCycle Posted in BioCycle on February 21, 2007 10:04 AM. Retrieved Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 2:00 PM PST
* [http://www.times-standard.com/fastsearchresults/ci_5124608 A Brewing Tradition] Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standard Article Launched: 01/31/2007 04:29:18 AM PST. Retrieved Sunday, April 8th, 2007 9:00 PM PST
* [http://www.madriverbrewing.com Mad River Brewing Company]