Elysian Perseus Porter

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

Courtesy of sebletitje. Pours deep dark amber with thin white head. The aroma has a mix of chocolate, burnt malts and some caramel. The mixture creates a very pleasing aromatic experience. The taste begins with caramel and a modest level of burnt malts and then moving toward a rich chocolate note by about midway. As the finish approaches the chocolate blends in seamlessly with the roastiness and burnt malts.

The pour is black with a small tan head that fades quick. A nice chocolate malt aroma with some toffee notes. Taste is big; sweet, malty, chocolate, toffee, some vanilla. This is a good medium-full body beer that is creamy, smooth and lightly carbonated. There is light bitterness on the finish. A real nice porter.

Typical porter, but quite drinkable. Coffee and roast caramel in the nose, coffee, chocolate and roasted malt tastes. Not necessarily a standout porter but a solid offering and one I’d have again.

22 oz bomber picked up on my last Seattle trip. Pour a deep cola brown color. Body is moderatly opaque with a small cream brown head. Nose is roasted malts and chocolate. There is also a small coffee hint to it as well. Flavors are a little uninspiring but fine. Roasted malt, a bit of tobacco or smokiness. Not my on my upper end of favorite porters.

How appropriate. Dark wet ground coffee notes, jet black and a small tan head, looks eerie in my guinness glass. Dense and sticky, intensely roasted with a balanced sweet whipped cream finish. Chewy and satisfying.

bottle. blackish mahogany body, chestnut at the edges. head is thin creamy dark tan. aroma is a little nutty for a porter, light roasted malt. flavor is dry roasted pale chocolate malt, a faintly sour and acidic. bitter mild hop finish and aftertaste. more like a stout, lower profile than I expected.

Another really nice beer from Elysian. The pour shows a deep black body with a 1" dark tan head. Aroma is dominated by chocolate but there is some kind of International coffee cream/chocolate/coffee trifecta going on too. Flavor has more chocolate, brown sugar, coffee and vanilla. Very enjoyable beer.

Smells like chocolate but the taste balances that with a good amount of bitterness. the hops overwhelm the richness on the finish which is too bad. A little too bubbly.