Elysian The Immortal IPA

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

22oz bottle. Pours clear golden in color with full full full FOAMY!!!!!!! head, almost all head. Aroma citrus hops. Taste citrus hops with bitter finish. To much head for me, the first pour was all head except about an inch of beer with slow pour.

Ok after reading a few reviews I cant decide wether the bottle was infected or if this thing is just way overcarbonated. When I say this beer poured all head I mean it poured ALL HEAD. Aroma was dust, musty old hops, dirty cellar and notes of vomit. Despite all that I somehow managed to sip it and POW, I was punched in the mouth with tons of carbonation. Flavor of citrus rind, toffee and just very bitter especially in the finish. Maybe I will revisit this in the future after people begin to sy things like average size head or soft carbonation.

Bottle. Pours an almost clear but gently hazed light amber color with an enormous thick white head that is taking up at least half of the pint glass and stubbornly not deflating very quickly. Aromas are slightly scented with hops, but I’m not getting very much complexity, no clear citrus or resin filled pine notes, just a roughly hoppy scent. Body is thin to medium at best with more of the seemingly excessive carbonation showing up. Finish is nothing but bitter, and a lot of it, with no layers of flavor or anything long lasting. Just a big quick bitter kick in the tongue. Being a big fan of big IPAs, I was quite let down by this one. It is not bad to the point of being a dumper, but I certainly will not be shelling out for another bottle.

Gold pour with just a hint of red. Malt with very light hops on the nose. Spiced flavor with just a hint of bitter. Light bodied with really aggressive carbonation. Very weak ipa not much hop aroma or bitter at all. I will buy another bottle and try again.

poured with huge amount of foam, amber orange color. nose is floral and piney.flavor follows suit. kinda British style IPA, nice but not a fav

what was the deal with the giant head? Aroma seemed to be a little on the malty side to be, i mean there was some pine notes to it, but definitively a grain note to this. Flavor had some hops and some almost corn like notes. an okay IPA, nothing out of the ordinary.

Yeeeesh. Pours a nice golden thick body with a bubbly thick head. But man, the flavor is so dominated by soap flavor, it kills it, and this coming from a hop head.

Bottle from the rip and run. Eager to try it since an old co-worker rambled about it since he now lives in Seattle. The quick search shows that no one had the issue that I had with this ctritter. The gentlest of pours yields the largest rolicking and lively head i have ever had to deal with. It took me 45 minutes to pour the entire thing. After this arduous experience, I assumed that if one was immortal, they would literally have all the time in the world to deal with a seemingly fleeting issue of pouring a beer. I, on the other hand, am not immortal and was a bit unsettled by this experience. Aroma was lost on me since I was attempting not to make an entire mess of it. hops were average and once the whole shebang decided to act like a beer to be consumed it had some nice clear orange hue. Some nice grapefruit hop bite for finish. Ehh.