Elysian Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Seattle,
Washington,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Anheuser-Busch InBev USA
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 1996
Contact
Description
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.
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
Draught at the brewpub. Pale brownish amber. Sweetish with light body and clean, hard mouthfeel. Slightly syrupy with lingering resiny finish. Harsh and raw.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2006
at 08:26
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at the brewpub. Deep golden. Grapefruit hop aroma. Sweet with plenty of hops. The malt is there, but isn’t noticed. The hops OTOH are very much in your face. There’s grapefruit and licorice. Lingering very bitter finish.
(To give English speaking any idea how silly it looks when a letter like "Ö" is used in the wrong place I suggest that they rename the beer to "BIFRQST".)
(To give English speaking any idea how silly it looks when a letter like "Ö" is used in the wrong place I suggest that they rename the beer to "BIFRQST".)
Tried
on 21 Feb 2006
at 08:24
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Draught at the brewpub. Clear dark golden. Sweaty fruit aroma. Dry with clean, rounded mouthfeel. Some raisiny grains.Generously hoppy with notes of mango and papaya. Salty, bitter finish with a metallic edge. It’s striking how many good American brewers that completely fails making a decent pilsener. Instead of even trying to achieve the desired malt character they throw in loads of hops, presumably in hope that noone notices the flaws.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Feb 2006
at 07:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught at the brewpub. Cloudy dark yellow. Citric yeasty aroma. Sweet and medium bodied. Like a weizenbock with some citrus character. Low bitterness. An interesting, well made beer, but I’m not convinced that this concept really flies.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2006
at 07:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Draught at the brewpub. (As The Great Pumpkin, 9.5%.) Hazy nut brown. Strong aroma of nutmeg and cinnamon. Sweet and extremely spicy withfull bodya nd firm mouthfeel. Some molasses, but the spices cover that. Warming alcoholic finish. Not balanced in the ordinary sense, but very interesting.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2006
at 07:02
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at the brewpub. Cloudy mid-brown. Grassy nose with some toffee. Rather sweet with near full body. The molasses are obvious, but thankfully it’s not cloying. Plenty of cookie malt, balanced by hops. Rather low bitterness.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2006
at 06:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at the brewpub. Near black. Earthy and roasty. Dryish with soft mouthfeel and medium body. Notes of coffee before a salty, lighly tarry finish. Uncomplicated, but very good.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2006
at 06:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at the brewpub. Clear deep golden. Aroma of mango and grapefruit. Dry with clean but bold mouthfeel. There are juicy hops, but it ends with ashy bitterness. A good, solid beer, but nothing that stands out amongst the IPAs in the PNW:
Tried
on 21 Feb 2006
at 06:51
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draught at the brewpub. Clear amber. Laid back grapefruity ho aroma. Sweet with clean mouthfeel, some syrupy notes. Meduim bodied with plenty of hops. The finish holds licorice and grapefruit.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2006
at 06:48
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2005
at 13:37