Elysian Pumpkin Ale – Elysian by another name.

Frosty — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:00:22 +0000

Fresh off my 2 week Salmonella rollercoaster, I’ve decided to post something again. I know, our 3 adoring readers have been waiting with baited breath. Wait no longer! For it’s Halloween time. And that can only mean the continued onslaught of that favorite FG pastime, drinking pumpkin beer.

This weeks entry comes from Elysian brewing. I had never heard of Elysian, but the local beer pusher pointed it out as I stared at The Wall, and said to me “It’s the best pumpkin beer ever made”. Really? Ok then. So I bought it, and hoping for something better than the sorry entry by Blue Moon, I chugged it down.

Sure enough, this one tasted pumpkin-y. A bit of nutmeg and coriander. All the hallmarks of the standard “pumpkin ale”. I’m not sure if I would call it “the best ever”, but it was drinkable and didn’t feel like a pumpkin to the face.

Now wait you say, why is this tagged “New Belgium”? Let’s just says that my impressions are perhaps tainted by a bit of cheating I noticed while reading the bottle label!

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Elysian Pumpkin Ale – Elysian by another name.

(For those of you who can’t decipher my phone’s sucko camera, it says “Brewed for Elysian … by New Belgium Brewing”.)