Elysian Avatar Jasmine IPA

Brewed by Elysian Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Seattle, Washington USA

22 oz bottle purchased at 99 Bottles in Federal Way, Washington. SEPT 04 09 printed on label. Pour is hazed golden yellow with nice swirling settling building up a full 2 inch white head. Fair amount of lacing. Really pretty beer. Aroma is soft inviting floral hops and perfumy Jasmine. Some orange tangerine sweetness and toasty malt rounds out the nose. Nice gentle and fresh nose. Taste is grainy, bitter resin hops with the tangerine sweet (and slight sour) poking through. The Jasmine is present in the middle to finish, lending a nice earthy perfume element. The finish is dry, hop bitter and a little wet dirt. Aftertaste is long and dusty. Palate is medium, lighter carbonation. Interesting and drinkable beer.

On tap at Rattle’n’Hum. Light, lemony aroma. This is a pretty sweet, malty IPA that is easy with the hops. A dash of floral and spice flavors. A little light, but good.

22oz no date from Bottle Barn--the latest Elysian they got! Clear golden orange with a one finger creamy off-white head, good retention. Light flower petals atop some biscuity malts and lighter caramel notes. Not much in the malt realm thus far. The flavor is pretty much the same with maybe a hint more jasmine. The finish is semi-dry with bitterness around a 3 at best. Medium body with light prickly carbonation. This was way more like an APA

Caramel and bright jasmine aroma. Clear gold. Sweetness is quickly balanced with the spice/herb? hops don’t really come in.

Draft at RNH. Pours a honey amber body with an off white head. Floral earth y notes with a hint of honey and a dry bitter earth character and some light tea notes.

Draught. Poured amber golden with thin white head. Little lacing. Very jasminey aroma with a bit of citrus. Hoppy flavour, tastes like an ale, not a jasmine tea. Hoppy finish. This ale had a bit of butteriness as well, which helped to balance the spicy food.

On tap at RNH (NYC). Very thin head with little retention and pours an amber/golden color. Smells like an infusion of jasmine flowers and honey- and the taste hits the palate with a surge of soft, sweet herbal notes. #022 on 16062009, DG.

Pours an orange/amber color with a thin white head. Aroma was floral, caramel, not very hoppy, very vegetal, almost some strange broccoli hints. Flavor was the same, some floral notes, some almost cloying sweetness, and a big hit of broccoli water. Not my favorite beer.