But there is plenty of complexity to savor… if you can stand not taking a sip right away because it tastes so good. It is a mouthful… almost makes you want to chew the brew as it goes down. The blend of the pumpkin and the spices really comes out perfect.įinally the finish.
#ELYSIAN NIGHT OWL 2018 FULL#
For it isn’t the sweet grocery store pumpkin pie, you get the full blown complexity of a just right pie that mom used to make. Now… you might be saying that sounds nasty… pumpkin pie shouldn’t be in the taste of your beer… but that is where you would be oh so wrong. Wonderful pumpkin pie hits your tongue with a silky smoothness that almost makes you want to not swallow this fine liquid. Pumpkin was there all along, though, don’t worry.Īfter you get past the smell comes the taste. I noticed nutmeg in the early stages and cloves near the end. Throughout the tasting of the bottle, you get different spices, as well, as the brew mixes in the glass and warms up. You can see and smell it the minute you open the bottle… the orange tinted, semi-sweet smell of this wonderful fall favorite wafts into your nostrils and makes you lean in for another smell. That is what I hear, at least, and I have to say that if that had anything to do with the taste of this years beer, they shouldn’t change a thing.įrom the beginning, you know the guys at Elysian wanted to make this beer truly look, smell, taste, and embody pumpkin.
Supposedly they brewed this at New Belgium facilities in Colorado to ensure they had the room and propper facilities to really make this right. We knew this was something special, even in our somewhat inebriated state at Oktoberfest and getting the last bottle at Malt & Vine the other day gave me a chance to prove it stone cold sober.Įlysian really has done something special here. The second, in a 3 night series on pumpkin ales brings us our Best of Show at the 2008 Oktoberfest…
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