So apparently Mikkeller had a beer a while back that was a coffee IPA but I personally never got to try that one so I have absolutely nothing to compare the Stone/Aleman/Two Brothers "Dayman" to. So I will judge this one with the fact in mind that I've never had a beer like this before.
Dayman pours from the bottle with a nice lightened amber hue and leaves only about a quarter inch of off white head that subsides into simply some bubbles layering the top of the liquid. The beer sits in the glass with a deep crystal clear amber color. It's a pretty beer.
The nose is all coffee and hops. It smells kind of like coffee grounds do after the morning joe has already been brewed... Mixed with resiny, piney hops. While I realize the idea of spent coffee grounds may not be a smell that you associate as being good... I find the nose on this beer to be quite delightful and insanely interesting!
What is this thing going to taste like? Well it tastes like a coffee IPA... What I mean to say is that it tastes like no other beer I've tasted. The coffee is really very forward on the pallet much like Epic Brewing's Big Bad Baptist. BBB though is a stout and you can imagine those flavors blending perfectly before even opening the bottle... On this one it's big coffee and big hops... It's almost like tasting your garden that you've fertilized with coffee grounds. That sounds bad but I honestly don't mean for it to... It's delicious!! There's really no detectable malt backbone to me cause the other two flavors are punching my taste buds in the face so much... What a crazy and rebellious tasting beer. No aftertaste and finishes nice and wet.
The mouthfeel is full and rich. A little sticky but not too much... It works perfectly with the flavor of Dayman.
Overall I was pretty floored by this beer! It definitely had the potential to be a mess but then why would Stone have made it... Many people I assume won't like this beer and I wouldn't fault them... It's a really crazy brew... I however want more! I think it's amazing and extremely daring. It stretches everything you consider about beer styles. It marries 2 flavors that shouldn't work....but at the end of the glass, for me, it really really works!
Giving this one a full 5 of 5! It's just so different and challenging that no other score from me would give it justice. I hope one of the three collaborators makes this beer again!
Cheers!
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