Elysian The Immortal IPA

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

Pours out a dark amber/light copper with a medium sized white head. Aroma is of floral hops and some pine. Taste is well balanced, some citrus/floral hops blend with a few sweet malty notes, maybe slight fruit, bitter hoppy finish. Solid IPA

22 oz bottle. Average size dense head that dissipates quickly. Somewhat hazy blonde/amber color. Sweet/flowery aroma. Nice caramel malty hoppy taste. No bitter overly hopped aftertaste like I have experienced in some IPAs recently. I know some people like that, but I prefer a balance where at least taste some malt and SOME of the malt lingers in the aftertaste. Bitterweet instead of just bitter, and this one is a perfect balance i think, Nice. Very nice. The other IPAs went fully (after 3 drinks) or partially (after half the beer) down the drain tonight. Not this bomber. I am gonna finish this one :=)

Amber pour, mid-sized off-white head, decent lacing. Retention for such a dimunitive head is excellent. The aroma is of mellow pine, new wood, lightly toasted grains and tangerine rind. Flavor is moderately bitter, lightly sweet and lightly to moderately acidic. The malt holds it’s own, just barely. Finishes resiny, bitter and drying. The mouthfeel is adequately carbonated, dusty and medium bodied. Average.

Bought in the ubiquitous 22 oz brown bomber! This is an excellent looking beer as poiured into my British style dimpled pint mug,pretty dark orange for a typical IPA..with a great frothy white head that billows then recedes but leaves a good lace film on top and on the side of the glass.. Very fresh spicy, zingy IPA hop aroma..well done. This is a well balanced IPA i can taste a wee bit of malt before the hops come crashing through..sherbety grapfruit after taste. Pretty good on the palate..refreshing A good PNW IPA..not as hopped up as some but well drinkable.

bottle from sams in chicago

copper with a white head that is long lasting as a rim around the glass. nose medium hops, not much grapefruit bot some More of the grainy part of hops. the taste is full, more hops than in the nose but again, more of those grains. add some malts and this goes from mediocre to great.

Bottle. Pours a hazy orange body with small white head that vanishes quickly. The aroma is sweet fruit, malt, sugar, pine hops. The taste is extremely smooth and refreshing with a slight dry finish.

Pours apple-juice amber with a thin ring of head and some patchy spots of lace. Nose is typically hoppy but with an interesting hint of toasty malt and roasted marshmallow—I like it. Medium to full bodied with very subdued carbonation adding to the perception of thickness. Very lightly sweet with some fruity apple notes. Bitterness in the finish is rather subdued and earthy. This definitely isn’t an IPA for hop-worshippers; rather it’s a solid strong ale that’s as pleasant as it devilishly drinkable. I can dig it.

Location: Location: 22 oz bottle from Whole Foods-Bowery, 10/11/09

Aroma: Balanced citrus fruit nose
Appearance: Clear copper-orange color
Flavor: A nice smooth hoppy flavor
Palate: Light to medium in body
Overall Impression: This is a pretty decent IPA, not the greatest beer I’ve ever tried, but a pretty darn good example of the style. I enjoyed this one quite a bit.