Elysian Dark O The Moon Pumpkin Stout

Brewed by Elysian Brewing Co.
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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22 oz. from Tangletown. Whoo boy! Quite possibly the best, most flavorful beer I’ve ever had. Smells like ginger bread and tastes like heaven. A beer so rare they wouldn’t let me fill up a growler to take home (and it’s not offered at Elysian downtown). Can’t praise it highly enough.

sampled at GABF ’10. pours midnight black, head cannot be determined in a 1 oz pour. nose is dark roast and pumpkin, mouthfeel is thick and oily. taste is almost more pumpkin and spices on the front before the roast and burnt malts kick in. definately one of the best beers sampled on that wonderful evening. too bad elysian isn’t sold in mn, or i would have a cellar full of this brew.

Super dark pour,brown head. Aroma of roast, chocolate, roasted pumpkin, light pie spices. Flavor is smooth, roasty, chocolate, pumpkin and light spice. Damn good.

Bottle courtesy of Pailhead. Pours opaque black, with a thin tan ring of foam around the outside of my glass. Aroma is cinnamon, with a bit of roasty chocolate. Body is full, flavor is pumpkin, cinnamon, and smooth chocolate. Excellent!

UPDATED: NOV 25, 2011 Courtesy of Pailhead. Black with nice beige head. Aroma nice pumpkin, spice, roasted grain, chocolate, faint coffee. Flavor has tons of chocolate, spice comes through more as it warms, light coffee, earthy character i guess is the pumpkin, not much actual pumpkin. Still rocks though. Medium mouthfeel. Well done.

On tap at Iron Hill North Wales as part of their 2008 Pumpkin Fest. Pours a deep brown almost black with a creamy deep tan head that laced. Aroma of milk chocolate, toasted coconut, cinnamon, nuts, toffee and caramel. Aroma was great! Flavor of the same...a nice chocolatey porter with cinnamon notes and this interesting touch of toasted coconuts. Not sure where the coconut was coming from but this really surprised me.

Tap at Blind Tiger. Up until this night I’d thought pumpkin beers were pretty much all crap. But first I had the Allagash Pumpkin, and loved it... then I had this, and it was unquestionably just as delicious, so I had to stick it right up there with the Allagash, and later the Elysian Pumpkin Scottish Ale. These guys don’t mess around with their Pumpkin beers!

This beer was a deep black with good head. Flavor has an awesome, clean coffee, roast with minor pumpkin pie spices. Not too complex but very delicious. Aroma is big coffee and well balanced. Really sessionable, and just perfectly made.

Bottle shared at a recent BA/RB tasting... Poured black like coffee with a thin tan head. Lots of pumpkin squash and grain qualities. Nutmeg, cinnamon, with a creamy lactic tone. Like pumpkin bread.

UPDATED: NOV 13, 2009 Black with a tan head. Aroma has some mild pumpkin pie spices along with dark roasted malts and semi sweet chocolate. Medium - full bodied with a rich, smooth mouthfeel. Nice flavors of nutty dark roasted and lightly bitter burnt malts with sweet n’ spicy pumpkin flesh, cinnamon, and chocolate to balance. A great base stout that would do well with a bit more pumpkin and spice flavors. Draft@ Bottleworks.

UPDATED: NOV 20, 2010 Courtesy of 5000 via trade

Bottle: The aroma is a nice combination of chocolate and cinnamon with some hints nutmeg. It pours a dark brown with no transparency and a small beige head. The flavor starts with starts with moderate chocolate with a hint of vanilla. The finish has lots of cinnamon with some nutmeg and faint roastiness. Medium bodied with mild carbonation and somewhat creamy mouthfeel.