Elysian The Wise ESB

Brewed by Elysian Brewing Co.
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in English pint

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On tap at Taphouse Grill, Seattle. Pours a clear copper color with thin white head with decent retention and lacing. Aroma of sweet caramel and a hint of grassy hops. Flavor starts with lots of caramel sweetness up front, but gives way to some nice citrusy and peppery hop bitterness. Medium mouthfeel and pleasantly dry finish. Very nice beer.

22 oz. bottle, pours caramel orange with almost no head. Aroma of caramel malts and hops - nice balance. Flavour follows pretty similarly, with caramel malts and toffee on the palate, and a hoppy finish. Very well brewed.

West USA trip 2010. On tap at the brewpub. The aroma has some malts and flowers. Clear, amber coloured brew with a thin, white head. The taste has some pine hops, bitterness and maltiness.

Pours dark ruby amber, thin beige head leaves a ring. Aroma of caramel, toffee, mild citrus. Taste is maltier than expected, very little hop up front but the finish has some resin and burnt malt. Great balance overall, medium body, soft carbonation. Good price.

Tap at Maggios. Pours a rich copper with sticky thin head. Malt is up front and significant. Hops are more subdued to me. Tasty and easily sessionable.

On tap at the brewpub in Seattle on Pike. Pours a copper hue with a medium white head. The aroma is lots of metallic hops. The flavor is a very nice hoppy ESB; rich caramel, sweet citrus hops, loads of malt background. Nice.

(Old BA rate - bottle) Thin white head, with a deep copper-brown color. Wonderful malty, prune-like aromas (not too overpowering though)Balanced flavors throughout, biscuits, dry hop bitterness toward the end. Great malt back. Thinnish MF, with tight bubbly carbonation. Huge on the drinkability front. Great balance of all elements of the brew, and the dry finish is really appetizing. I could have easily quaffed this brew all evening. Not too heavy-handed on the hops.

Pours opaque and copper colored with an off-white head. Piney, floral hops predominate with hints of citrus fruits and caramel malt. Bitterness is upfront with a calming malty backbone, hopiness recurring in the finished. Palate is medium and resinous. A very good ESB that I would like to pair with a sweet and spicy meal.

Some times I am a man of few words. This beer was good.

UPDATED: AUG 28, 2010 The Wise ESB 1999 12 oz. Bottle. 6.00% ABV. (4.5 / 5.0) Hazy rich copper golden color. Light sediment adds to rich lacy head. Malty hoppy light floral front. Smooth rich ESB doughy sweet caramel biscuit body. Floral hops flash in smooth spicy finish. Sampled 12/25/1999. 2000 22 oz. Bottle. 6.00% ABV. (4.0 / 5.0) Clear rich copper bronze color. Smooth floral toasted hop front. Crisp ESB toasted fruit malt body with a touch of doughiness. Mild light hop finish. Very clean smooth mild ESB flavor. Sampled 12/14/2000. 2004-B 22 oz. Bottle Extra Special Bitter--Athena Goddess of Wisdom Graphic. 5.90% ABV--45 IBU’s.? (4.5 / 5.0) Mild lacy head. Clear rich deep amber color. Mild toasted malty earty floral hop front. Crisp creamy malty sweet earthy toasted caramel body. Clean dry crusty hop spice mild citrus end. Classic! Sampled 12/9/2004. 2004 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal Winner Sticker 22 oz. Bottle. 6.13% ABV--45 IBU’s.? (4.5 / 5.0) Rich lacy head. Clear garnet amber red color .Malty mild hop toasted malty front. Sweet smooth creamy toasted doughy caramel mild earthy fruit body. Rich clean earthy bitter creamy hop end. Tasty. Sampled 8/15/2004. 2008 ELYSIAN 22 oz. Bottle. 5.90% ABV--39 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) Rich dense lacy head. Cold hazed rich bright copper red amber color. Mild toasted malty mild hop front. Light sediment. Creamy mild earthy rich malty mild toasted caramel toffee mild sweet fruit hint smooth body. Cloying malt smooth balanced mild hop spice end. Sampled 7/2/2008. 4 @ $3.33 Each. Elysian Brewing Company, Inc.--ELYSIAN The Wise ESB--2010 22 oz. Bottle. 5.90% ABV. 39 IBU’s. (3.5 / 5.0) Thin mild lace off white head. Slightly hazy bright rich dark amber ruby color. Lightly toasted mild hop front. Crisp light toasted caramel biscuit earthy hint medium ESB body. Dry mildly bitter light hop spice end. Smooth refreshing but dead taste buds bland. Sampled 8/27/2010. 2 @ $3.99.