I didn’t expect a witbier to have less replay value than a sour, but that’s where we landed. It’s smooth but the flavor is a mix of two earthy, bitter flavors. There’s no pumpkin spice that shines through a little bit of gourd and berries that makes for an interesting drink but not one that really appeals to me. That cranberry bitterness takes over and dominates this wit beer. It’s kinda earthy and organic and not really doing it for me. I’m gonna chalk that up to the cranberry. This pours with a lovely fluffy white head and smells … kinda grim. This is the most carbonated of the bunch. This beer isn’t my style, but it’s well done and appealing. That’s rare for a pumpkin beer and EXTREMELY rare for a sour. Like Night Owl, it’s a beer I could do two or more of in a single sitting. I like it, which is not where I expected to end up when I read the label. The tartness snaps it off a bit at the end, giving it a dry taste that maybe isn’t super crisp or clean but is memorable in a good way. The jaw-stinging sour taste - think the feeling you get when you bite down on a lime piece of Runts candy - isn’t there either. It’s much lighter than the 7.4 percent ABV suggests. It smells like a sour, though not overwhelmingly so the pumpkin is very subtle, but it does feel like it’s there. It pours very light with all the carbonation the Night Owl left behind. Let’s see if this gourd shines on its own or if I’ve been smart to dabble solely in pumpkin spice all these years. Does that explain why it’s so fancy? Is Elysian trying to impress me? Guys, it doesn’t take much. Ah damn he also says the journalists during the tasting got the only bottles of it. I’d prefer not to drink a pint of that hot mouth feeling you get before you puke.īrewer Dan-O maintains this is the ideal of an unspiced pumpkin flavor, which isn’t something I’m used to. Sours are solid enough when done right, but one minor misstep and you’re drinking a big glass of stomach bile. It’s also a sour, which … hooo buddy, I have concerns about. I swear, two or three more of these and I’d make a “ceci n’est pas un biere” joke but, you know, the timing isn’t right. You can tell this is a prestige beer from the bottle it’s a fancy, 375ml tiny-wine looking tall boy with a label inspired by Magritte’s The Son of Man. Here’s how each beer went down and whether or not you should seek them out here in the tail end of the spooky season.
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The latter is a collaboration with the SYFY series based around the star of the Child’s Play film franchise and features his Jon Gruden-esque mug front and center on the can.Įlysian also offered journalists the opportunity to do a virtual tasting with its founders, which was a nice touch. Yuk Sour Pumpkin Beer and Chucky: A Killer Wit Beer.
My most recent mailer from the brewery contained three brews their Night Owl Pumpkin Ale, the Mr.
This year, they’re taking their fall offerings - a pretty solid mix of pumpkin beers ranging from light ales to stouts - and experimenting again.
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When they want to whittle that focus group down to a specific few they’ll give you an IPA so danky it’ll make whatever room you’re in reek like weed the moment you crack a can. When they want to go wide, they come up with a mass-appeal wheat beer perfect for Seattle Seahawks games. That boldness applies to Elysian’s brewing process as well. The company behind Space Dust IPA has been aggressive with its expansion from the Pacific Northwest to the rest of the country, rolling the dice in new markets in an attempt to become a household name among craft brewers. I’ve chronicled no shortage of Elysian beers here, and for good reason. Here, we mostly chronicle and review beers, but happily expand that scope to any beverage that pairs well with sports. Welcome back to FTW’s Beverage of the Week series.
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