Elysian Dragonstooth Stout

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

Very dark body with muddy edges and a fading, creamy tan head. Lush and varied aroma of sweet and spicy C-hops, molasses, brown sugar, caramel, vanilla, chocolate and coffee. Flavor is lightly charry with abundant chocolate and some raisin, plus ample residual malt sugars and lactose-like sweetness. Starchy, sweet and full texture. A good, tasty stout, but the sweetness is a little overblown.

Bottle provided by FrumptyDumpty @ Heavyweight Open House, thanks Ryan. Pours ridicolously black. The aroma is overly hoppy for my tastes, some roastiness in the background. Body is thin, which passes on to the thin taste. Some roastiness and coffee but too weak for me. Feels watery as well.

Robe noire surmontée d’une mousse brune qui persiste. Arômes de malt torréfié, de caramel et de houblon amérisant. Saveurs de malt chocolat, de torréfié, de caramel et de houblon amérisant.

One of my favorite standby drinks at Elysian...finally rating it. Dark brown almost black. Nice chocolate and slight espresso aroma. Very sweet stout...a bit of hops. A very nice drinking stout.

Its appearance is of used motor oil black - with nary a tone of brown to be towed in slack. A thick medium sized foam sits atop, and man it just doesn’t stop, compact and chocolate hued - wow, its a quite a sight to be viewed. The lacing cakes itself in frosty sheeting - it stays ever present and never fleeting. Aroma is roasty and burnt with a fairly strong coffee presense - yet underneath lies bitter dark chocolate which carries its own essence. It stays strong with cold pressed coffee - when its the roast and bitter chocolate that take the trophy. Taste is just as roasty with a flat pace of choc-O-lat - building up as it goes and plenty of that its definately got. A gradual increase of molasses tang hides behind it - as its coffee presense tends to find it. It finishes well rounded and extended - all the while maintaining what’s intended. With bittered dark chocolate tones competing - the coffee creates roughly textured points of seating. Quite complexing as it gets warm - man this stuff just ain’t the norm. Feel is bold and rich, quite smooth and succulant - that goes with its character, wondering now where it went. Drys out late with chocolate earth - yet the coffee still gives lots of birth. It really is quite a treat, but watch out - it may knock you off your feet.

Dark, black body with tan lacing head. Butter popcorn, chocolate, coffee aroma. Flavor is coffee, chocolate. Smooth palate. Good if you can look past the butter aroma.

Draught Fully jet-black with a brown-yellow head. Licorice, coffee, espresso, some toffee and coffee sweets. Bitter initial taste, rapidly overcome by a sweet coffee-and-milk flavour. Well bodied, slick, nearly cloying. Lots of restsugars, even in the aftertaste. Very sweet; the Dragon has a sweet tooth, is it?

I was in Seattle last week and had the opportunity to try this beer. I found it to be very agressive with chocolate tones with a hoppy middle and a clean finish. This stout is not for the weak hearted!