Elysian Dragonstooth Stout

Brewed by Elysian Brewing Co.
Style: Foreign Stout
Seattle, Washington USA

This beer is why I think Imperial Stouts aren’t always necessary. The flavour was rich and chocolate with a nice bitter coffee touch without all the alcohol found in the impy stouts. Dry finish with a lasting touch of dark chocolate. This is easy to drink and beckons the drinker back for more.

Pours a deep dark black- almsot as dark as dark horse stouts- almost pitch black with a thick frothy tan head and some nice lace. roma is cofee, dark roasted barley and soem nice chocolate and toffee notes. Rich deep chocolate and thcik blakc roasted malts, a bit harsh and astringent with tons of acrid bitter malts and a little sweet in the middle. Smooht and big body and easy to drink. A great Foreign stout overall.

Black colour with a nice creamy head. Lovely aroma of chocolate, also very tasty flavour of chocolate and hints of liquorice, very tasty endeed.

Dark brown almost mahogany with a lovelly large l frothy/thick lighter brown head. bitter dark chocolate type aromas, some alcohol too, slightly spicey. Some hops. Very nice taste, dak ,bitter yet smooth and chocolaty. Milky, slightly sour, alcohol detectable, some black coffee in the finish. Nice palate, I believe the oats add to the pleasurable mouthfeel, giving a luxuriant thickness. Overall a good drinking stout, not the best but good enough.

Pours dark brown with a joke of a tan head, gone in thirty seconds. Aroma is excellent: bitter cocoa, hops galore, essence of cardamom, burned toast, peanut butter, caraway. Tastes of old cappucino, the frothy milk flavor everpresent in the entire taste process. I like the taste but this beer is not the least bit quaffable, takes a concerted effort to get every following sip down. I seem to feel this way every time I try this beer, I guess I won’t be trying it again. Full bodied in the fore but a weak, stale and lingering finish that is altogether unpleasant. Pity, I like Dick Cantwell’s books, his brewing style confuses me.

Poured very black with a tight tan head. Aggressive hopping on the nose, which carries over to an acrid coffee like finsh. Mellow middle is rich and malted, a definite study in contrasts.

22 oz. bottle from Liq. Sol. - Pours a thick black color with a one finger thick light brown head. Light lacing. Has a roasted malt and coffee aroma. Flavor is also roasted malt. Has a good bit of bitterness up front. Very smooth. Has a dry, bitter, burnt finish. Medium to full body. A very nice beer.

Bottle. Pours clear and very near opaque with an average rocky dark brown head, lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, molasses, coffee, burnt), light hops (flowers, perfume), average yeast (sweat, leather) with notes of prune, date and tar. Long duration, moderate sweetness and bitterness, light acidity, sour milk; roasted chocolate and coffee malt, leathery yeast and dark fruit flavor. Full bodied, oily texture, soft carbonation and chalky finish.