Elysian Space Dust IPA

Brewed by Elysian Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Pungent resin, almost B.O. hop aroma. Flavor is balanced between biscuit maltiness and grassy and orange peel hops. Another great Elysian IPA.

pours a semi-clear orange with a small egg shell head, and good lacing. smell is of hops, citrus, caramel, and malt in the back. taste is a little thick and bitter, orange, hops, a little pine, some malt, and caramel. ends somewhat oily and nicely bitter.

22oz bottle - pours hazy gold yellow, decent white head, good lacing. Balanced, subtle nose of hops, oranges, malts, and pine. Good creamy palate, medium bodied with lots of round hops at the end. Smooth and balanced. Good deal.

Draft at fields. Pours a cloudy medium amber with a loose and creamy white head. Plenty of sheeting lace. Big caramel and pine nose, a little floral. Creamy medium body with lively carb. Darkened caramel with deep piney overtones. Long bitter resin finish.

Tap@Elysian Fields. Clear amber color with ivory head. Citrus, spicy hop aromas with marshmallows. Medium body with average co2. Floral, tropical fruit hoppy flavors with a light caramel, honey biscuit sweetness--nicely bitter finish--good.

UPDATED: OCT 26, 2012 Sample at GABF 10/13/2012, thanks to Bluemeow76 for assistance with note-taking. Hazy amber-gold color with a medium off-white head and spotty lacing. Aroma of grapefruit, hops and malt. Medium body with flavors of grassy hops, orange rind and bready malt. The finish is short with a mildly bitter hops aftertaste. Decent overall.

Amber pour. Aroma has a big citrus hop note and lots of caramel/wheat thin maltiness. Flavor is kind of one note. The citrus hops hit and then not much else happens. Not a bad flavor, but could be so much more.

Caramel and pale malts on the nose, tropical fruit, some citrus and floral notes as well. Amber pour, thin bubbly head and nice lace. Flavors of dough, caramel, light sweetness, tropical fruity hops, citrus, and a hint of dank. Smooth, cask carbonation. Drink well.

Draft at the brewpub in Seattle. Pours a hazy, dark golden orange color with tangerine edges and a 1.5 finger frothy white head that slowly settles into a thick lasting ring.  Streaks of lacing left behind. Sweet citrus hop aroma with a strong topical fruit presence countered by bready yeast and pale malts.  Lots of mango, papaya and orange peel along with some grapefruit and subtle earthy pine.  Bready yeast and pale biscuity malts. Medium bodied with a nice balance of sweet and bitter hops countered by a strong yeast presence and some pale malt.  The yeast presence is really prominent with lots of bread and banana flavor slightly taking away from the hops.  Lots of tropical mango and papaya along with pineapple, grapefruit and orangepeel.  Subtle grassy, earthy bitterness underneath the sweetness.  Pale malts come in toward the finish but are a bit prominent for my preference.  This beer is well balanced but the hops are too tame as a result.

Draft @ OBF ’12. Solid IPA but nothing too special. I expected more from Elysian. Maybe next year.