Zed's In Ireland
Zed's Beer / Bado Brewing

 

An easy drinking and on style dry Irish stout. Roasty and chocolate, looks and feels right on point.

 

Bado Brewing "Zed's In Ireland - Irish Stout"
on tap at the brewery on 17 February 2018

Notes: This is one of the beers that I return to at Zed's, along with their Best Bitter, and hopefully, their new Dublin Porter which I love (I should stop 'round and ask about buying a whole keg for me basement). It's an Irish stout and as such it looks like an Irish stout, smells like an Irish stout, and tastes like an Irish stout. I'm not sure I need to explain that because it should be obvious to everyone on BeerAdvocate, but that's not also to say that it tastes like Guinness because it doesn't, it doesn't have that subtle tang and acidity or abrupt bitterness and raspy roastiness. No, it's much more rounded and smooth. If I had to compare it to a mass produced Irish stout I'd go with Murphy's. But I should also note that I've been drinking it with a standard carbonation as opposed to the partial nitrogen carbonation and nitrogen pour that's expected these days - and I find it very interesting that they offer it both ways. During my one two-week visit to Ireland years and years ago I didn't find anything like this, but some small breweries have opened that are doing it this way. Anyway you cut it, and however you decide to have it, it's nicely balanced, not too roasty, not too bitter, and with just a little more "middle" to it than most other versions. A true session ale at just 4.1% abv (the same as Guinness Draught). Worth trying just to compare it to mass produced Irish stouts.