Elysian The Golden Boot

Name: Golden Boot
Date: September 13, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Capital Hill
Appearance: clear pale yellow, creamy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet cereal aroma, light floral hops
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet cereal flavora, balanicing bitterness, cereal sweetness, touch of peppery character
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+ /4

Some very strange blend of malts, hops and sour in the aroma--almost a brettanomyces touch. Some funkiness to it but in a citrusy way. A maltier finish. A pretty good light beer.

Tap. Clear golden yellow pour with a semi-hoppy aroma. Flavor also light hops and finished bitter and dry. Solid session beer that was well balanced and easy to drink.

draft at latona. pours a lightly hazy and slightly coppery pale gold. loose white suds. mild earthy and slightly biscuity nose. creamy medium body with pleasant carb showing. somewhat indistinct mid palate of toast, biscuit, and earthy hop. mild finish. nice printable gold with a bit of flavor.

On Tap At Elysian Fields Seattle. Pours out a gold topped with a cream white head. Aroma was of light grass and some light hops. Taste was pretty mild light hops and touch of malt. not much going on.

Tap at RnH. Big notes of strawberry in the flavor and aroma. Lightly piney. Locker room sweaty flavor, mild thick body, lacking in effervescence. Unexciting.

Tap at Rattle n Hum: Hazy golden with a dense white film of head. Simple estery aroma with a touch of wheaty notes and a nondescript fruitiness. Light feel/carbonation. Simple flavor as well with a wheaty touch and nondescript fruity notes from the yeast. Boring and nondescript overall.

Tap at Rattle N Hum. Very hazy orange beer. The aroma is basically non-existent. A faint kiss of peach and maybe some light wheat. A touch of orange peel and a bit of very pale malts. Not much in the way of bitterness at all. Kind of a very non-descript pale ale. Meh.