Elysian The Wise ESB

Amber orange ale with a thin white head. Sweet caramel malt aroma with light C-hops. In mouth, a light sweet malt with floral hops, burned caramel and a smooth medium body. Mondial 2006.

(On cask at the PP Real Ale Festival 2006) Pours with an orange-amber body topped by a thick creamy head with a good amount of lacing. It’s bitter and piney with an underlying malty sweetness. Medium bodied and smooth.

Bomber. Pours a clear orange amber with a lacy beige head. The aroma is oranges, toffee and a bit of yeast. Creamy medium body with light-ish carbonation. Taste is lightly sweet with toffee, fruit and grapefruit. Lighty bitter finish with a bit of aftertaste. Nicely balanced, with the hops supporting a malty backbone.

Smells of bad oranges and yeast. Pours dark and hazy – an extremely shadowy amber hue. Head was but one inch and was gone before I knew it. It has got the bitters, but its not knocking me over the head. Aftertaste lingers a bit too long and tastes of alcohol A solid ESB to give the nod, but not to write home about.

Dry, wooden hoppiness heralds American, not British, intensity...Lean-bodied butterscotch maltiness is able to lift the orangey, earthy hops and their generous bittering...Equilibrium is reached, but somehow interest isn’t...

Nice copper/amber color with an ample tan head. Aroma is hoppy, so is the taste. Taste is a blend of hoppiness, malt, caramel, and fruity tones. Nicely balanced flavor in this esb.

New brewery i discover at the Mondial de la biere in Montreal... Aroma:Good caramel aroma... Appearance:cooper,good head... Flavor:Caramel,butter,light bitterness..

Finally rating this one...on cask from Tangletown. Yummy...This is one of my favs to sip on at Elysian. Amber with very little head. A very hoppy ESB, which is probably why I dig it so much...a good balance of malt. You could definitely consider this a "dark IPA".