Elysian Avatar Jasmine IPA

Brewed by Elysian Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Seattle, Washington USA

Slimming dull orangey, golden brown color. Small, compact, off-white foam dawns the top. Whispy, spotty lacing is sporatically spewed about the glass. Incredibly wonderful floral nose with a honeydew, melon sweetness,and mild, dulled lemon soaked with a crisp Jasmine herbal roundedness. Candyish sweet and floral with a tender crispness. Very nice nose! Taste is about what you’d expect given the nose. Nice! A brilliant dance of flowers, sweet candy melon and lemon, and even dome hops. Great complexity to the palate as it feathers from a sweet floral accent to a firm standing growth of more flowery stuff with pinches of lemon peel zest and some dryish, leafy, herbal hops. The Jasmine stays long after the finish with an amazing herbal dryness coating the cheeks while just a bit of the sweet, melony, lemony stuff trys to round it off. And gets the job done just enough, as it does add some balance. Feel is slightly shy of medium with a feathered powdery texture of herbal fluff and hops. Tends to add some action as it gets past the middle and into the finish where the dryness peaks and gets bolder and slightly fuller. A wonderful concoction of a brew. The Jasmine is a wonderful addition. Although I wouldn’t quite label this an IPA. Still, I like it alot. Reminds me a bit of Rogue Yellow Snow and 3F Gumballhead with a more herbal grab.

GABF 06. Light orange. Aroma is flowery, and citrus hops. Taste is citrus hops, some floral notes from the jasmine, nice amount of malt. Medium bodied, very good.

Spicy, perfumy aroma. Light golden in color with a fluffy head. Spicy melange of flavors, some bitter c-hop flavors with some floral zing. Fairly light in body with a bitter finish. Interesting, but I am not a big fan of the adjuct beers.

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On Tap At Elysian Fields Seattle. pours out a nice amber topped with a white head. Wow the arom of sweet floral in the air. I did like this one. Not to much of the floral a good mix with hops.

22 oz. bottle, from Liquid Solutions. Pours medium orangey amber, with a small white head. Aroma is dominated by floral notes, toasty and sweet with summer fruits and honey, along with lightly citrus hops. Flavor is very sweet and floral, jasmine is prevalent along with bitter hops of the herby and floral varities. Medium body and creamy carbonation.

22 oz bottle: clear gold – persistent white Styrofoam-like head…floral, honeydew aroma with hints of lemon grass, hop resin and raspberries. Creamy palate – almost fluffy texture; really nice. Strong, fresh, herbal-hop bitterness with a slightly medicinal flavour. A bit sticky and sweet through the finish, but an enjoyable beer.

Clear amber body under a thin white head. Has sort of a stinky brie aroma - pollen and musty orange. The flavor gets better because along with the funky pollen it brings in spicy-sharp and orangey hops.