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Elysian Brewing Company operates three locations of which Elysian Capitol Hill is the main brewery and a full production brewery – Elysian Airport Way, in the Georgetown neighborhood (since 2011). Known both for classic styles and for flexibility and innovation, Elysian has brewed over 500 different recipes since opening in 1996. While Elysian’s brewers use a variety of unusual ingredients, they are seasonally notorious for their pumpkin beers. In 2015 Elysian joined AB InBevs' family of craft brands.
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7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draught Colour undeterminable. Very hoppy nose. No real Dortmunder beer has ever been hopped as such, but it is a nice individual touch. Some sweetness backstage. Hoppy, dry taste with just enough restsweetness to make "Dortmunder" believable. Kind of wry cake retronasal, but agreable. Extremely dry MF, but that doesn’t spoil anything. A surprising but very worthy lager. Do try.
Tried on 19 Apr 2006 at 12:50

7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draught Colour not determinable. Very much roasted grains and impressive coffee nose, "BIG", but in a grand way. Smoked, cigarette ash, dry, bit severe, but very "closed" on a "right" porter, with all the requirements and without the sourishness of a stout (as wrong as that may be historically speaking). Dry, to style; medium bodied. Now here’s a porter for you.
Tried on 19 Apr 2006 at 12:47

5.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask 2005 Vintage Cask, but unconditioned, murky, all yeast in suspension. Smell of jenever, enormously alcoholic, appealing. Jenever taste, but also adstringent, pungent tastes of yeast, brandy cask, sugar (cane-) and other rather aggressive, intimidating substances. Thick is one way of putting it. Off. As the brewer - who chivalrously admitted that the cask had been omitted to vent - knows, casks are to be treated as prime high school girls, not like bimbo’s! Deserves a second rating under better circumstances.
Tried from Cask on 19 Apr 2006 at 12:42

6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught Golden with orange shine; very small white rim. Faint hops, I can believe Czech, and a little fresh green leaves. Malt stays discreet; Good hoppy bitterbite, no metallic nor resiny tang. Malt again is just for backing. Light MF, "crisp" enough, specially in the aftertaste. Good pilsener, goes well with some of the food in the brewpub.
Tried from Can on 19 Apr 2006 at 05:23

3.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
Draught Fully hazy yellow; slightest rim. Breakfast grain prepared with soured milk for nose. Taste are "health cookies, whole grain dry toast. Light MF, just the grain giving texture. This has as much to do with Berliner Weisse as me with J.F. Kennedy. Sorry guys, needs to be reworked sorely.
Tried on 19 Apr 2006 at 05:12

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Fully hazy orange; pale orange coloured head. Very orange/curaçao nose, coriander, OK, making it smell like a "tripel wit". Extremely fruity & spicey, lots of citrus. Obvious alcohol, contributing to the sweetness; esters. Slight alcoholwarming, highly carbonated. Not bad at all, but definitely not a beer apt at sessions, I’d say. More for dinner, as Garrett O. suggested.
Tried on 19 Apr 2006 at 00:45

3.5/10 — Appearance 2 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Light golden colour. Lightly grassy, lightly malty aroma. The flavours are light, but the bitterness is not. Tons of Pride of Ringwood character. Dry finish. A bit one-dimensional, more a showcase for the PoR hop, which really isn’t one of the world’s better hops. But I can see why they’d want to try brewing it.
Tried from Can on 19 Mar 2006 at 22:56

7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Slightly hazy ruby brown. Appley, bubblegummy, yeasty nose. Kind of thin and tobaccoey but also with some peppery, footy yeast and faint dark fruit notes.
Tried on 19 Mar 2006 at 22:54

4/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Golden colour. Appley, unionmade aroma. Apple and malt character with light bready notes. This is followed by overwhelming raunch. Yeah, I thought it was clean but after it warmed up a bit it’s damn nasty. Too many high alcohol and dirty yeast notes. Well, it’s authentic, bitch.
Tried on 19 Mar 2006 at 22:47

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bright copper with a thin head. Rich caramel aroma with earthy hops. Rich earthy hop bitterness, mossy, more caramel and brown sugar sweetness late.
Tried on 05 Mar 2006 at 19:24