Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Bifröst Winter Ale from Elysian Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught pint at Redbones, 12/29/2005. Deep gold and rust tones swirl amidst light copper and amber notes. Moderately hazy, with a dense, yet small white head that is well-retained and laces quite significantly. The aroma lets you know you’re in for a hop ride right away, coming at you with lemon, grapefruit, orange peel and light pine all at once, leaving only a small place for the pale malts. A touch of rusty/sourish munich malt can be sensed as well, but it is nearly lost in the pine sappy-like sourness. The flavor begins very strongly bitter and hop flavored. Light nectarines, peaches and oranges emerge in the background but are fully controlled as grapefruits, lemons and pine resin dominate the palate. The pale malt sweetness is there, in a lightly doughy way, but yet it adds body and light balance, without much flavor. Soft fruits, sweaty hay-like notes and then more grapefruit perfuminess abound in every sip. Surprisingly, the pine acidity seems to recede as it warms and I drink more (or at least, it does not build up to an unbearable level). Sticky hops meet sticky doughy, sugary malts, but there is so much of everything that it is difficult to not appreciate the quality. For all the talk of hops bitterness, pine and grapefruit, it dosent destroy the palate, nor cloy you with the malt. Alcohol is well-controlled and the carbonation is low.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Dragonstooth Stout from Elysian Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Milwaukee YEHa!05, brought by JPDIPSO. I didn’t take many notes for this beer, but I remember it better than I rated it. Dark brown body, light tan head. Roasty aroma with toasted maltsw and plenty of chocolate. Rich, roasted malt body, toasty, chocolatey, and with an earthy hops finish. Medium-bodied and fairly rich.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Night Owl Pumpkin Ale from Elysian Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Copper-amber colour. Cinnamon, nutmeg and clove aroma, with soft caramel maltiness. Sweet flavour is heavy on the cinnamon, with accents of clove and rich caramel maltiness. Sticky sweet spicy finish. Pretty good balance between the malt and spice, but not such good balance between malt and hops. Might be mullable, though, which is a neat bonus feature.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Cyclops Barleywine from Elysian Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
BW tasting at Dumdum’s, Late March 2005. Lightly hazy orange amber ale, with a nice off-white head. Sweet esters of fruits and floral hops come out, with orange notes. Sweet honey malt in mouth, with floral hops in attack, lingering bitterness and warm alcohol. Rather sweet, bitter and simple. Thanks Cap.
BoiseBrewBlog (9108) reviewed Saison Elysée from Elysian Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle Pours a murky dingy apricot color with a small head that took some serious violent pouring to generate. This quickly dissapears to wisps of lacing. Aroma is dominated by the yeaty, fruity notes that are comon with the Belgians. Flavor was more fruity and quite sweet. Tastes of apples bananas and pears kept in the cellar a bit to long. Very soft carbonationand a sour bite in the trailer followed at the end by a fairly acidic bitterness that puts me off a bit. Pleasant if you keep sipping it.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Saison Elysée from Elysian Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
An unclear orange beer with a disappearing white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of pineapple, coconuts, banana, and coriander. The flavor is sweet with notes of oranges, vanilla, and pineapples. I think this is the most complex Saison I’ve ever had.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed The Wise ESB from Elysian Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught Pint at Redbones on 11/17/05 with OldGrowth. On the border between transparent and transluscent, this amber to cherry-red and beige colored beer invites a beige colored head to dinner and the two chat in to the evening (alternatively, the head is well-retained). Spotty lacing evident on the glass. Very respectable appearance for a pressurized, low gravity draught. Aroma has a touch of earth to it, lightly musty notes arise as well, and then a hint of cherries, dry peaches and finally soft caramel. Only a smattering of orange-peel-like citrus notes are apparent at first, but after warming, evolve to a more broad orange and light grapefruit variety. Flavor combines medium-dry caramel with light oranges and a touch of minimally sour, munich-like grains. Supportive malting mixed with low carbonation produces a lightly creamy texture. Strong dryness on the finish suggestive of dusty yeast, dry grains and light hop bitterness. Fresh, and with more yeast character than your average American ESB. Lightly sweet toffee lingers on the aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle Pours a slightly hazy orange amber with a small quickly dissipating off white head and thick clinging lacing. Aroma is light pumpkin spice and some vanila and cinnamon. Flavor was sour vinnegary. Feel was thin but smoth and had a fairly high carbonation. The spices come through again on the trailer. Overall the pumpkin is subtle. I’ll never get used to these I guess. 6/30/10. Has this on tap at Brewforia and it was a great, lightly spiced pumpkin delight. If I hadn’t known it was a pumpkin ale I might have been hard presed to nail that. Adding a few more points as I reconsider.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Bifröst Winter Ale from Elysian Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
bottle-pours a light tan head, color is golden. Aroma is hops. Taste is hops, mild, good carbonation.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Saison Elysée from Elysian Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
22oz bottle opened by the ever acquiescent Eyedrinkale with Egajdzis and myself on 8/27/2005. Somewhat darker for a saison, a caramelly-amber-copper body, collapsing white head reduces to a film of covering with no lacing. Aroma gives notes of old brown bread dipped in dry, old caramel, with a big dose of black pepper and sour vegetables. Flavor. Wow, what the hell happened here?? Putrid, rancid, bready-astringent and EXTREMELY overspiced. It’s like a bunch of old vegetables, cabbage, carrots, celery, with some dry caramel, a cup of pepper and then some rotting oranges. Or something like that. Really hard to tell because I couldnt take more than a sip or two. Eek. Kind of like a caramel malted sahti gone bad.