Elysian Icarus Belgian-style Tripel

Formerly brewed at Elysian Brewing Co.
Style: Abbey Tripel
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Draft @ Brouwer’s Bottleworks X release party; clear dark orange with plenty of carbonation; slight sourness on the nose with musky syrup and sweet apple candy; slightly sharp on first sip with raw sugars, sour apples and bitter orange; nice to try, but probably not as intended at this point

22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is dry malty, light oxidised. Mild spiced. Sweet fruity, dense caramelish and slight sticky. Fruity lingering finish with a mild toasted caramel malt touch.

Floydster on the hookup at woddshop! Orangish pour. Funky(cheese)aroma and some overripe citrus fruit. Flavor is quite tart and funky. Tastes better than the nose would indicate.

Sample from 22oz via Floydster. Pours a mostly clear peach color with a frothy white head. Nose is quite fruity with some tart citrus. Flavor is also fruity with some faint dry oak qualities.

Another Elysian in which one flavor overwhelmed me. In this one, all I could taste was a funky cheese/dairy/sour milk flavor. The smell was complex, with vinegar, sugar, malts and apple predominating, but the cheesy taste overpowered what I think were some spicy cinnamon notes and a bit of pepper.

Cloudy orange with a head just covering the top. Aroma of cinnamon and something that reminds me of spanish cheddar cheese? slight bittering hops with some fruit spices. Taste is spices and peppery a bit. Palate is quite creamy and full.

Thanks for sharing Jason! 2003 vintage bottle? The beer pours to a vibrant orange body with a white head that’s got spotty lacing. The aroma is candied pineapple and other fruits. Slight oxidation. The flavor is sour fruit and pale malts. Still tastes fine but I doubt that it’s what it’s supposed to be. The palate is sour and tangy. Summed up it’s like a tripel gueuze.

Bomber thanks to Andre! Poured medium orange with a well-retained cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up sour paler and light fruity malts with notes of cinnamon, white pepper, and lemony/orangey zest.. sour and well-presented. The flavor was sour throughout, but in a good way.. candied pineapple, orange zest, and some funk gave it a little bit of gueuze character.. black pepper and coriander spicage around.. paler malts at the core. Medium-bodied and sour again on the palate but with decent balance.. I was prepared for much worse, so I enjoyed it.

on tap at brouwers. Bright gold, unforgiving persistent head, picturesque with lacing. Chamomile aroma, some Belgian yeast, very soft. Creamy and incredibly soft, texture is like a warm marshmallow. Starts very sweet like agave nectar, gradually becomes herbal and finishes with considerable weight and residual sweetness.

UPDATED: MAR 6, 2009 5-year-old vintage on tap at Brouwer’s. Pours clear orange with a thick head. Nose was dusty spicy yeast, a little nutty, with a brown sugary sweetness and a little bit of peach. Flavor was mostly the same, pretty mellow, mostly like peach-flavored candy rather than actual peaches. A little bit tart, but not strikingly so. Never had this stuff when it came out, but it didn’t seem like a disaster to me.