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Daedalus Irish Stout
Elysian Fields
Beer Geek Stats
- From:
- Elysian Fields
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Irish Dry Stout
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 3.07 | pDev: 0%
- Reviews:
- 1
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 16, 2009
- Added:
- Feb 16, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by RedDiamond from Oregon
3.07/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
3.07/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Ah, the things you learn at brewpubs. I didn't know Daedalus was Irish.
Daedalus begins with a perfect dry stout aroma of casual roasted elegance. This aroma whet my appetite for the beer behind it, as did its ideal presentation as a black ale with a compressed, nitrogenated head of sand-colored velvet. But Elysian allows this dry stout to "sour" in some way during its production. I'm not sure what that means exactly, but the effect is notable in the taste, which is more tart than a dry stout would ordinarily be. The sour element is workable though somewhat conflicted and certainly untraditional. There's also a frail note of peppermint adrift in the finish.
But it's Daedalus' dilute body and flavor that drove me away from greater appreciation. The taste strays from dry finesse to one of unfocussed ambivalence, and the mouthfeel gains nothing from the nitro infusion, which would appear to have bolstered the head at the expense of the body. The effect is one of restrained flavor and timid dimensions that just didn't work for me. If the rest of the beer delivered as much zest as the aroma, it would be stellar. But that just didn't happen.
Feb 16, 2009Daedalus begins with a perfect dry stout aroma of casual roasted elegance. This aroma whet my appetite for the beer behind it, as did its ideal presentation as a black ale with a compressed, nitrogenated head of sand-colored velvet. But Elysian allows this dry stout to "sour" in some way during its production. I'm not sure what that means exactly, but the effect is notable in the taste, which is more tart than a dry stout would ordinarily be. The sour element is workable though somewhat conflicted and certainly untraditional. There's also a frail note of peppermint adrift in the finish.
But it's Daedalus' dilute body and flavor that drove me away from greater appreciation. The taste strays from dry finesse to one of unfocussed ambivalence, and the mouthfeel gains nothing from the nitro infusion, which would appear to have bolstered the head at the expense of the body. The effect is one of restrained flavor and timid dimensions that just didn't work for me. If the rest of the beer delivered as much zest as the aroma, it would be stellar. But that just didn't happen.
Daedalus Irish Stout from Elysian Fields
Beer rating:
3.07 out of
5 with
1 ratings
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