Elysian The Immortal IPA

Tap at Barclays. Was a bit disappointing, expected more. Pours with an amber color and a smallish head. Some aromas of grapefruit and citrus but not floral or anything. Was a bit rough around the edges, hop flavors were somewhat harsh, the malt backbone did not generate any contrast to the hops. NorCal’s own such as Blind Pig or Racer 5 are clearly better, so is Avery IPA.

This amber pours smelled of fresh hops. The flavor was dry, hoppy and it has a bitter aftertaste. I quite liked it.

Bottle (660ml). Pours a clear, bubbly copper-gold with an average size mostly-lasting frothy white head. Nice aroma of fruit and resiny hops along with caramel malt in the background -- simple but pleasant. Flavour of resiny hops is maybe a little thin, a touch spicy and a little overly simple -- it could have more going on but it’s easy to drink and tasty enough. More then average bitter finish. Medium bodied. A fine IPA, I easily drank a bomber and would have it again.

Pours a thin copper color from the bomber with a trim off-white head. Fair carbonation and mild sediment. Smells and tastes of crisp red apples and bitter hops. Lacking depth and an element of citrus. Much more like an ESB than advertised.

Sampled from a pint bottle at the superpower beer session, part one, in Tromsø. Copper-amber body with a slight haze and topped by a moderately, white lacing head. Aromatic with fresh tropical fruits. Flavoured with dried hopped fruit, accomplished by notes of pine and late oranges. Bittersweet notes creeps in towards the ending. Medium bodied. Pleasant stuff. Bottle carried from Seattle to Tromsø by Elisabeth and Stefan - thanks [13.01.2009]

Tap. Pours a light straw color with a white head. Aroma is citrus hops, not much else. Taste is citrus and floral hops up front with slight malt and wheat on the finish. Beer was fairly smooth, though those hops definitely stay with you. It’s good, but not great.

Light hay in the nose, hops too of course. Clear gold color. Kinda one-dimensional taste profile since the hopping just overpowers everything else. There is a sugary sweetness towards the end, but this is no consolation. The hops zing the tip of the tongue and lingering long after the swallow. You can almost feel the hop resin sticking to your teeth.

Nice golden/amber coloured body with a perfect tan head. Aroma of fresh hops, nice malt, a bit of citrus and plenty of caramel. Medium-bodied; Nice sharp hoppy flavour up front with good caramel and plentiful malt. Aftertaste clean and bitter - a good IPA from Portland. Definitely worth trying if you can get your hands on it. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Portland, Oregon on 23 November 2006 (Thanksgiving).