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Elysian Night Owl Pumpkin Ale

Elysian Night Owl Pumpkin Ale

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A Spice/Herb/Vegetable brewed by
Elysian Brewing Co.

Seattle, Washington USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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1283.44/5.03.44/5.0Autumn5.9%86.9Lager glass, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Ale brewed with pumpkin & pumpkin seeds & fermented with spices. Our original pumpkin ale is brewed with over 7 lbs. of pumpkin per barrel and spiced in conditioning with nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, ginger and allspice.

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 SQNfan (500), Wheaton, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/56/102/513/20

Oct 12, 2008  
This poured copper in color with a thin white head that dissipated away. The nose is filled with tons of spice along with gingerbread and pumpkin…everything a good Halloween/Pumpkin Ale shoud have in my opinion. Though the palate is much lighter and watery then the nose suggests. Too bad as it would be much better overall, for me, if it did have more concentration in the mouth.

 lb4lb (1546), Austin, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Nov 29, 2008  
Bottle as a generous bonus in trade from thethrone. Thanks! Pours a nice clearish orange color with a lasting beige head. Smell is lightly lemony and pumpkin meatiness with some mild to moderate pumpkin pie spicing. Taste is a bit watery with more pumpkin flavor than the traditional pie spices. Nice attempt at a pumpkin beer, but was still a bit thin... Medium to thin body and light to medium carbonation.


 Guerde (514), Welcome, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Nov 28, 2008  
(bottle, courtesy of beerbill) Pours hazy orange with a scant white head. The aroma is not very strong, but it does possess all of the pumpkin pie scents. There’s the baked pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, and even some crust along with a hint of vanilla. The aroma gets sweeter as it warms. The taste is lightly sweet at first, but gets sweeter, with some salt and this strange tartness right before the baked pumpkin kicks in. This baked pumpkin really asserts itself upon exhaling. Overall this is a pretty good pumpkin beer, and it paired well with a slice of pumpkin pie. Thanks Bill!


 TheEpeeist (1032), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/516/20
Nov 28, 2008  
22 oz bottle. Clear topaz with a brief off-white head. Nose is dried apricots, cinnamon and nutmeg. Medium light with mild carb. Taste is blanched lemon peel and nutmeg with cinnamon, sweet corn and sour mash to finish. Not bad but not pumpkiny.


 hopscotch (4679), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Bottle… Clear amber ale with a small, creamy, white head. A touch of the pumpkin and all of the spices come through in the aroma – every last one… clove, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and especially the nutmeg. Medium-bodied with bristly carbonation. Fantastic balance. The spices are all there, but dumbed down and a little bland. Finally sweetens up a bit and the spices come to the forefront in the lengthy finish. <b> Kudos to brewbill for supplying the bottle&#033;</b>


 robforbes (788), Bremerton, Washington, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/511/20
Nov 26, 2008  
pours a semi-clear burnt auburn with little to no head, some lacing. smell of spice, pumpkin, baked crust, just like a pumpkin pie. taste is of spice, pumpkin, malt, some cinnamon. overall an okay beer, i really don’t care for the taste of the pumpkin brews that come out in the fall, but this one is better than most.



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