3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2011 Elysian GPBF #11. Ursa Minor with a shot of Elysian’s pumpkin mojo juice. Tart citrusy wheat, lactic aromas with some mild pupmkin spice. Medium body with light co2. Nice tart pale wheat, mild lactic sour flavors with a hint of pumpkin pie spices--goot sheet
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Tap @ Elysian’s Great Pumpkin Beer Fest... Poured pale, straw yellow with no head. This was off the hook, my absolute number one of the fest. Dry and tart with a nice mixture of wheat malt and pumpkin spice. Sqaush-like and candied sugars with some light grass or hay, and a little bit of a lactic acidic finish.
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap at GPBF. Light orange-yellow. Well carbonated. Slightly tart, citric aroma. Flavor was light, salty, and quite tart, just as it should be. Pumpkin was secondary, mellowing the beer a bit, and adding a minor hint of sweetness. Wish this could be year-round, as there just aren’t many quality beers of this style available in the PNW. An excellent, but not quite traditional, Berliner Weisse.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at GPBF. Bright sparkling medium gold. Loose sudsy white head. Nice pickle quality to the tartness on the nose. Fizzy light body with very understated tartness and not much else happening. Pleasant and easy drinking. Served in some very burly company, but shows a lot of promise as a refreshing palate cleanser.
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