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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Tap at Blind Tiger. Very, very dark black beer with a light tan head. Aroma is very toasty and chocolatey. Dark bittersweet chocolate over a rich caramelly maltiness. Lots of cocoa and a bit of licorice as well. Flavour has a touch of pumpkiny sweetness but it is quite subtle in the rich chocolate, plum, and cocoa. I was expecting something like Cape Anne, but this isn’t that at all. Like the pils, the pumpkin contribution is subtle, but it’s definitely there. Sticky toasty/roasty flavour with a kiss of oakty stickiness. Quite a delicious stout.

Thanks to 5000 for sending me this bottle. Reviewed from notes. The beer pours a very dark brown to black color with a large tan head. The aroma has a ton of cinnamon in it, as well as some pumpkin, nutmeg and allspice. The flavor also has a lot of spices in it. I get some cinnamon, clove, allspice and nutmeg, as well as some pumpkin and quite a bit of roasted malt. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

On tap at Alibi’s 300. Pours a solid murky black/brown with a creamy off-white head. Aroma of pumpkin, roasted malts, and yeast. Flavour the same but also some boiled carrot in there too. Odd.

Bottle shared by Madvike thanks Matt. Black pour with little head. Nutmeg on the nose. Taste has some spice in there, ut is not bad but not great. Glad I got to try but I would not seek out.

Bottle from brewolf...thanks Michael! - Nice black pour with a thin ring of tan head. Mild baking spice on the nose, with a subdued nuttiness and a bit of lightly soured milky/roasty malt. Taste is smooth roastiness, building towards the end into a chalky roastiness with espresso notes, cinnamon, and a dry mellow ashiness. A little bit watery, but still a soft fluffy body. Good stuff.

22 ounce bottle pours a cola black color, aromas of all spice, cinnamon, and pumpkin. Flavors are roasted malt, but the pumpkin steals the show, pumpkin and allspice is all you get, overpowering at times.

Dark black, little tan head. Smells like chocolate and spice. Taste is spicy and a bit sour. Had this on tap before, and having it on bottle now, I know this doesn’t age well. It is a great beer when it’s first released. TREAT is still way better.

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!

On tap at the Falling Rock Tap House during GABF.
Aroma: nutty, pumpkin, pie spices, roasted malts
Taste: malty, pumpkin, nuts, pie spices, roasted malts
This is one of my favorite beers. I have yet to have another pumpkin beer that is this well balanced and complex.

Bottle; Pour is murky dark brown with a modest khaki head in this tulip; mild, spotty lacing is present here. The nose is roasted pumpkin seeds, chocolate - the flavor profile is roasty pumpkin notes, pumpkin seeds, chocolate malts, with a hint of licorice, and a bit of bitter hop profile. This is a fairly nice pumpkin stout!

There is definitely some real pumpkin flesh and sweet, seedy aroma as this opens up, some burnt bitterness and rich roast too. In the mouth it is milky and sweet with toasty seed flavour very apparent. It has a sparkle of Anchor OSA about it but just misses the mark. A really delicious beer, it has many of characteristics that made me fall in love with stouts to begin with.