6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle provided by FrumptyDumpty @ Heavyweight Open House, thanks Ryan. Pours ridicolously black. The aroma is overly hoppy for my tastes, some roastiness in the background. Body is thin, which passes on to the thin taste. Some roastiness and coffee but too weak for me. Feels watery as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2006
at 22:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bitter chocolate, roasted grain, munerally and berrylike aroma. Black hole coloured, brown creamy head. Nice roatey flavor, full chocolaty with a hint of oranges, nutty, raisins. Medium body, mellow mouthfeel. Nice chocolate aftertaste.
Tried
on 30 May 2006
at 23:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cloudy beige colour. Aroma shows big coriander, dust-accented yeast, and a bit of pale malt. The body is firm and more or less dry. Spicy, fruity flavours atop confident pale malts. Not so brave in interpretation but solid in execution.
Tried
on 16 May 2006
at 21:58
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught No head left; amber-foxy beer. Hoppy, discreet USA hops and some cookie malt, even caramel. Nutty, grapey, hoppy flavours. Bitterness makes up the finish. Slick, slightly oily, smooth. Sweet aftertaste, strangely enough. Very good ESB, no diacetyl, bravo!
Tried
on 20 Apr 2006
at 02:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught Small white rim; clear orange-amber beer. Slightly woody & smokey caramel malt, enlightened by good USA hops. Good hoppy flavours, more IPA than pale ale, I’d say, even when there’s sweetess detectable underneath. Lipsmacking sweet-hoppy residy makes up the MF, rather well bodied. One of Elysian’s classics - and rightly so.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2006
at 02:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught; brewed at Elysian Tangletown Pure gold; good white head. Citrussy, vinous as white Chardonnay wine, also cedarwood. Corn, maize taste and alcoholic in the finish. Slick, maize and alcoholwarming building up the palate. Excellent for a malt liquor, but all in all, only the nose is great. Still makes up for the best malt liquor I’ve ever tasted. Not that that would be difficult.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2006
at 02:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Very clear orange-copper beeer with a small rim. Lots of caramel, and unmistakably jasmine - absolutely, sahib. Sweet, way sweeter than an IPA is expected to smell - but not bad, IMO. Sweetish, spicey-flowery jasmine, jasmine tea; surprising absence of bitter/hoppiness. Rather light, smooth, a bit light for this style. Surprising jasmine-dominated taste, just not anywhere like usual IPA’s. Original, worth trying.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2006
at 02:43
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught Good persistent yellowish head leaving lace; orangey-clear beer. Slight bitterish nose, a bit lactic and caramel malts. Sweet, breadsugar but not bready. Ever so slight caramelly and hopbitterness. Lots of fresh-tasting malts, but not very Germanic. Slick, well bodied, a bit cloying even. Not exactly my favourite from Elysian. Taste a real German one and adapt - or give it another name?
Tried
on 20 Apr 2006
at 02:34
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught Fully jet-black with a brown-yellow head. Licorice, coffee, espresso, some toffee and coffee sweets. Bitter initial taste, rapidly overcome by a sweet coffee-and-milk flavour. Well bodied, slick, nearly cloying. Lots of restsugars, even in the aftertaste. Very sweet; the Dragon has a sweet tooth, is it?
Tried
on 20 Apr 2006
at 02:30
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught Good yellow dense head; hazy chestnut colour. Fresh hops, not necessarily USA in aroma, even if they are - little bit of toffee. Discreet, but nice hopsflavour. Slightly greenery, leafy flavour, nearly spinach-like. Just enough bitterness. Medium bodied, slightly slick, rather oily than gristslickness. Good, special session beer, like it.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2006
at 02:26