Elysian Dragonstooth Stout

Brewed by Elysian Brewing Co.
Style: Foreign Stout
Seattle, Washington USA

(22 oz. bottle via trade with explosivebeer, thanks Brandon!) Pours very dark tobacco brown with about a half finger of brown head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee and roast, some molasses. Mouthfeel is medium-full, with a nice bit of oaty smoothness, light carbonation. Fine but well-defined rings and light curtains of lacing inside of snifter. Flavor is roasty and chocolatey, sweet dark and bitter chocolate and coffee. A bit of molasses as it warms. A fine, tasty stout although it seems a bit more like a regular or sweet stout than a foreign.

Roasted oaty maltiness with a dash of coffee flavors to balance it all out. One of the easiest drinking stouts I’ve ever had, a guy could easily drink two or three 22 oz bottles and not realize it until the alcohol hit. Not that I’d know anything about that...

22 oz bomber. Poured a deep dark brown with an average size frothy mocha colored head. Aroma is loads of roasted malts, touch ot oats and freeze dried coffee beans. Flavor of roasted malts, roasted malts and well more roasted malts. This is one solid beer that is simply enjoyable.

22oz. Rich black body with lay light cream head. Carmelly, roast malt but not too deep, very drinkable. warm, sweet taste with roasted aftertaste. Very solid

Thanks to Lexi for bringing this back all the way from Seattle... Rich dark pour and a gorgeous thick tan head. Aroma is caramel, chocolate and coffee. Wonderfully roasty aromas that intensified as it warmed. Velvety on the palate. This is one of the top 5 stouts I’ve ever had. An absolutely exceptional beer. Loved it.

Bottle. Thanks to BrianK for the share sometime ago. Pours a dark brown body with a creamy 2 finger h ead. Roasted coffee, chocolate, slightly bitter and silky. Some hop presence in good balance (a faint appearance if you will).

About a 3/4 inch high head of dense and creamy bubbles. Medium brown in color and lasts for quite a while. Rich chocolaty aroma with some licorice, sweet malts, roasted grains and a bit of coffee. Black like well used motor oil. Silky smooth palate. Lots of licorice again, dark roasted malts and some oat presence. Amazingly easy drinking and has a solid hops presence. Light alcohol presence. Finishes a little on the bitter side with a lingering roastyness. A damn fine stout!

THOUGHTS: A really nice foreign that was incredibly easy to drink and looked wonderful in a tulip glass. A great example of one of my favorite styles. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark, nearly black brown that was opaque black in the glass with a small, light brown head that mostly diminished and left fair to good lacing. The aroma was a little weak. There was moderate mild coffee, oat, chocolate syrup, cocoa powder, roasted and burnt malt, light yeast and light alcohol. The flavor was chocolate syrup, hot cocoa mix, dark fruits, bitter coffee, burnt and roasted malts. Nice balance of sweet chocolate and bitter coffee. The medium to full body was creamy and a little oily with lightly fizzy carbonation and a slightly metallic, lightly astringent, lightly alcoholic and smooth finish.