Elysian Poison Dwarf Scottish-style Ale

Ruddy amber color, clingy head. Big nose with grassy and piny aromas. Crisp texture ontop a medium malt body. Big hop taste in the middle and end, lingering peppery character. Just a little heavier than an IIPA, but not quite as heavy as something like Bigfoot.

Seattle-Draft, Nov. 2008: Nice golden amber color. Medium lacey head. Nice hoppy nose - some grass in there too. Medium hoppy taste- not bitter. Vanishes soon with a short after kick. really nice.

Draft at Tangletown. Pours a crystal clear rubied garnet. Should have known right away with would not be a typical scottish. Big sudsy light tan head up top. You almost expect to see flecks of milled grain in it, ’cause it looks so much liek bread dough. Big sticky sweet smelling nose, lots of caramel and brown bread, with some floral and light piney hops poking through. Creamy medium body. It’s not quite literally sticky, but, man, is it close. What a malt monster. Brown bread, caramel, maybe a little bit of honey underneath a truly notably hopped flavor profile; there’s earth, some peppery pine, and a nice little resiny bite at the end. The malt bill needs some serious diversification if this beer is to attain greatness, though. It’s a great concept, but right now it’s a super-hopped sticky-sweet brown ale. It needs more peat, smoke, molasses, maybe some leafy bite to the malt. Maybe some roast. I don’t know, but some differentiation has to be there. Still, the pint was easy to put down with gusto. Seeing such obvious room for improvement with simple changes (who doesn’t love buffing out a specialty grain bill?) bodes well for the future.

For me this was a nice scotch with not much smoke and moderate bitterness. Very nice smooth malt sweetness. Some wood almost enhances the richness.

Guest beer on draught at the 1221 E. Pike Street brewery in Seattle, Washington. Pours a semi-clear copper amber brew with a creamy off-whtie head that has some nice retention and good lacing. Aroma of multi-grain malt, some citrus zest and a touch of raisin. Taste is full bodied, light carbonation with a very malty multi-grain flavor that has a nice smooth texture. Finish retains the malty flavor with a mild bitter aftertaste that slowly disappears. One of the better Scottish Ales I’ve tried.

Draught @ Elysian Fields. Pours a dark brown color with a longlasting off-white head. Roasted malty caramel aroma with some weak hints of hops. Roasted malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Roasted malty hoppy finish with a long bitter aftertaste.

Opaque brown,small lasting tan head.Light sweet nose,light sweet brown sugar profile,lightly roasted.Complex medium hop & roasty bitternness with a long lasting finish. Effervescent, good lacing

Tap at Blind Tiger. Deep amber-brown garnet-tinted beer. Aroma is okay. Fairly sweet and toasty with a hint of stewed prunes. The flavour is pretty hoppy with a lightly spicy/earthy character. Slightly sticky and chewy. There is a kiss of vanilla/oakiness but I don’t think it’s actually spent any time in oak. A very atypical, but pretty decent scottish ale.