The Immortal IPA - Elysian Brewing Company

MDDMD

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A-amber color with an off-white head and decent lacing

S-caramel malt, citrus, floral, light pine

T-sweet malt, grapefruit, pine, hints of tropical fruit and floral, moderately bitter finish

F-medium body with moderate carbonation, smooth

O-a solid IPA a little on the malt ire and sweet side than I prefer, but very well-balanced

Serving type: on-tap

01-22-2013 02:48:18 | More by MDDMD

TheMultiYeast

Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours slightly hazy golden color with a small head and decent lacing.

Lots of pine in the nose and ripe fruit under that..melons in paricular..interesting. Light addition of juicy citrus.

Taste has more of that unique ripe melon taste..pears, floral hop flavors, more grain flavors as it warms, easy riding lingering bitterness. Stabbing carbonation, goes down pretty easy. Enjoyable IPA.

Unique west coast IPA

Serving type: on-tap

09-20-2012 14:35:36 | More by TheMultiYeast

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.48/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Served on tap in a 10 oz chalice glass

Appearance – Served a very lightly hazed golden color with a bit of orange tint. It was served with a one finger white head which faded over a moderate amount of time to leave a decent amount of lacing.

Smell – The aroma was a blend of citrus hop, caramel sweetness and some more bready and biscuity notes. Mixed with these aromas was also a light earthy hop smell.

Taste – The taste started out with a bready taste mixed with a very light caramel sweetness as well as a decent presence of some grapefruit hop from the start. As the taste advances further, the sweetness and the breadiness fades some and other hop flavors of a pine and light earthy nature come to the tongue. With the new presence of the earthy and pine flavors is an increase in the grapefruit hop flavor. While none of the hop individually grows very strong, tighter they create a nice hop blend. In the end, the hop combined with the now lighter bready base create a slightly bitter finish to the brew.

Mouthfeel – The body is average in creaminess with a carbonation level that is average as well.

Overall – A nice, but nothing exceptional IPA. Worth a try, but not one I would frequent with any great occasion.

Serving type: on-tap

09-09-2012 00:47:07 | More by Darkmagus82

draheim

Washington

4/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap into an American pint glass @ Red Robin.

Pours a slightly hazy copper color w/ a thin white head, good stratified lacing as I work my way to the bottom.

Aroma is good NW citrusy hops.

Taste follows nose: juicy, citrusy hops that lean toward orange or tangerine, dry biscuity malt that holds the beer together but takes a backseat to the hops. A sharp hoppy bite on the finish. Everything I look for in a NW style IPA.

Mouthfeel is soft and creamy with a crisp, refreshing finish.

Overall a really tasty, solid beer. I could drink this all day long.

Serving type: on-tap

08-03-2012 03:22:56 | More by draheim

bigdeuce

Pennsylvania

4.35/5  rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Great looking beer with a tight capped head and lacing all over the glass. Nice malty character on the nose followed by a dashing hop flavor that resonates in the back of your mouth. Very easy to drink, almost a bit creamy. Elysian is truly a west coast hop bomb that should be up in class with all the greats that come from that area. Hope to run into this one soon!

Serving type: on-tap

05-11-2012 20:02:30 | More by bigdeuce

jtierney89

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -21.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

On tap at the Spot in Pt pleasant.

Pours a lightly hazed (possibly from the chill due to this bar serving everything as cold as he rockies) golden hue. Sticky white head.

This is far too cold. Gonna have to give this pint a bit to warm up. This isn't a great bar to go to for craft beer drinking wise, the selections decent but the serving temps, glassware, and staff knowledge is always terrible.

Not really seeing the hype on this one. It's nothing special but it is a finely brewed ipa. Sticky sweet grapefruit and caramel upfront rides into big citric hop flavors and slightly bitter and spicy finish. Nothing crazy. Big creamy body and very good lacing. Again nothing special but pretty good. Standard. If anything sets this ipa apart its the subtelty. Flavors aren't in your face. They're just drinkable.

Serving type: on-tap

05-07-2012 03:12:28 | More by jtierney89

akorsak

Pennsylvania

3.53/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

On tap at Al's.

A: Another golden yellow IPA, lighter with more straw colors than earlier. Another finger, white head again, although lacing isn't a priority.

S: Caramel malts, bready sweet, pair nicely with citrus hops. Neither side gets the upper hand, another pale ale that doesn't deliver its top aroma.

T: Mild hops, citrusy, with plenty of caramel. Another IPA that is too balanced. The hops register but they don't linger, a grassy bitterness that isn't too strong. Alcohol also isn't much of an issue, perhaps a silver lining.

M: An average mouthfeel, plenty of carbonation but the IPA bitterness is reluctant to come out. At the very least, I brough some Idiot Sauvin home to salvage my trip.

Serving type: on-tap

05-05-2012 18:58:45 | More by akorsak

WVbeergeek

Ohio

4.1/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

C'mon Pittsburgh, go out and drink for we are fortunate to have Elysian showing up, so far I've had a Rapture, The Immortal, and Dragontooth Stout which have been seriously good for what they are. This beer in particular, was crazy drinkable. I had it on tap at Mad Mex Robinson, during happy hora. Pours a bright glowing orange with a shady of haze settling in, fine white head doesn't form very thick but it's there. Aromatics offer up citric glazed hops, candied malts play a nice interplay with a dry yeast component and light biscuit pale malt breadiness. Flavors complement each other nicely, on it's own I got upfront citrus, pine, herbal hop qualities that were balanced nicely with bread dough in a sour dough light and fluffy aspect with some dry powdered yeast cake notes in there. Very bright pleasing on the palate, complemented their southwest wings nicely, cilantro lime jalapeno mixed well with the spicy citric hops. Mouthfeel has the welcoming oily slick mouthfeel found in American IPAs, with moderate smooth flowijng levels of carbonation. Quite honestly this could be a go to IPA, especially with happy hour pricing, but even their bottles are reasonable...Dragontooth a mere 7 bucks for a bomber.

Serving type: on-tap

03-23-2012 14:26:04 | More by WVbeergeek

Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Elysian : The Immortal IPA

Pours a light copper color, white head and sticky lacing. Looks like a standard, IPA style beer. Aromatic floral, herbal, piney and earthy hops steal the show in the nose. In the taste, herbal, tea like hops with some citrus and earthy tones. Pale, biscuity malt backing, mild caramel notes. Well balanced, though more on the bitter side. Medium bodied, crisp feel with a hop bite. Overall, a good product and always a welcome option on tap.

Serving type: on-tap

02-26-2012 05:15:42 | More by Stinkypuss

BeerCentralWA

Washington

3.7/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Great looking IPA, not as fresh and hop forward as I prefer. Very malt driven and well balanced. The hops shine toward the end. Far too sweet for my taste. This is big beer with sweet and bitter both shining through at different parts of the tasting. Not entirely harmonious on the palate and a bit heavy and wet in the mouth.

Serving type: on-tap

02-26-2012 02:38:57 | More by BeerCentralWA

mfavoino

Washington

3.43/5  rDev -10.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Enjoyed on tap on 1/19/12.

Appearance: Light amber with an orange hue to it. Head has some good lacing to it.

Smell: Strong floral aroma with a fruity character to it as well.

Taste: Tasty IPA with a mellow hop finish that is balanced with a grassy, fruity sweetness. Enjoyed it more as it warmed.

Mouthfeel: Medium mouthfeel and bright on the palate.

Overall: Not a hopbomb by any measure, but this drinkable IPA is one with a very "natural" flavor profile. Floral, fruity, mellow.

Serving type: on-tap

01-19-2012 23:09:36 | More by mfavoino

kingcrowing

Vermont

3.68/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

On tap poured into a sample glass.

Pours a light orange color with a small white head that leaves a thin layer of lacing. Nose is quite mellow, very tame a bit of citrus.

Wow, after having the same beer on cask, this is really fresh and Brite, a nice crisp lemon/cirus with a sharp and bitter finish - Mouthfeel is full and smooth, overall very nice!

Serving type: on-tap

10-11-2011 19:18:53 | More by kingcrowing

drabmuh

Maryland

3.73/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

This was my favorite IPA from Elysian so far. Beer is yellow / amber, mostly clear, thin white head of small bubbles, some lacing, looks good.

Aroma is earthy, piny, and mildly citrus, nice.

Beer is medium in body and sweet on the front with a mild to moderate hop profile and a good finish on the backend. It doesn't finish too dry but with just a hint of dryness to get through the bitterness and bring it forward. I enjoyed it and would have it again.

Serving type: on-tap

08-22-2011 03:36:14 | More by drabmuh

Franch

New York

3.98/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

pretty unremarkable "IPA", which tasted a bit more like an American Pale Ale than an IPA. it seems to me that this is a beer that would have been very highly regarded in the nascent days of american IPAs, but the hops and time have passed it by, and it's still sitting there.

Serving type: on-tap

06-16-2011 05:00:31 | More by Franch

taigor

New York

3.68/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Poured into regular pint glass.

A - Poured clear yellow color with small head that quickly dissipated leaving average lacing around the glass.

S - Very hoppy with a strong citrus scent.

T - Slightly fruity to start with strong hops present all the way to finish.

M - Medium bodied with average carbonation.

D - Very enjoyable IPA and I would recommend it.

Serving type: on-tap

11-04-2010 13:20:04 | More by taigor

onix1agr

Pennsylvania

2.9/5  rDev -24.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

On tap at Memphis Taproom in a big ol pint glass, i was in need of a hop fix.

A- Immortal kinda looks like it is dying. Str8 off the spout in front of me this thing barely formed a decent sized head, looks bronze i9n appearance like a lager. I trust this taproom so I don't think it's a problem from the line.

S- Smells like a fairly hoppy lager with earthy hops and no citrus whatsoever, isn't this from the left coast? Grain out the ass and a malty sweet base.

T- Immortal did not remind me of a IPA, I don't know what it resembled, but Im still thinking hopppy lager. No 3C action, just earthy GRASSY hops with a faint sweet malt kick. What is wrong with this beer?

M- Not memorable, not bitter even in the slight, a step up from light bodied with a light carb. This one just kinda felt dead to me in IBU's or something.

D- I tourtured myself and drank the whole thing. I was trying to get to know this beer and truth be told there is nothing to know, so I chugged the rest of it. Very drinkable with the low abv but very forgetable with the low taste as well.

I've been seeing this on the shelves here for a few years and I guess the only thing immortal about this beer is the recipe, which is in dire need of dying and being re tooled. Just a thought.

Serving type: on-tap

09-16-2010 22:33:38 | More by onix1agr

appenzeller

Washington

3.88/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Cloudy light orange with a thick frothy head. This one smells of hops--big surprise!--the taste is a little more nuanced. Fruity, citrusy taste up front with a dry and sharp hops profile following. This also tastes of spice, cinnamon or even cumin? I've always liked this beer, kind of a Seattle regular, although it's ultimately pretty much the standard profile of a "West Coast IPA."

Serving type: on-tap

06-23-2010 07:07:42 | More by appenzeller

lstokes

Illinois

4.1/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I'm a sucker for a strong hop nose, especially when it's citrusy like this one--this has a typical American IPA profile, with grapefruit, peach and a touch of pine in the hops and a classic well-balanced caramel backbone. The mouthfeel is also very vibrant.

I got a little bit of yeast in the taste as well, and thought the beer ended with a sour yeasty note, but that didn't significantly detract from what is a solid IPA.

Serving type: on-tap

05-31-2010 02:59:39 | More by lstokes

Bouleboubier

Pennsylvania

3.88/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Orangey gold. Grapefruit and hints of nutty in the aroma.

Tartness and grapefruit highlight and dominate the flavor - slightly more tart than grapefruit. Easy drinking - smooth and fruity.

Nothing that particularly stands out with this IPA. A decent, textbook example of a citrusy American IPA. I'd accept an offer for one in the future.

Serving type: on-tap

05-14-2010 02:32:51 | More by Bouleboubier

rfgetz

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a hazy golden amber color with a full fluffy white head. Good retention and lacing. Smell is of muted west coast floral hops with an earhty, malty background. Taste continues with the muted floral and citrus hops, sweet bready malts at almost the same stregth as the present hops. Medium bodied, fully carbonated, earthy and grainy finish. Not sure of the age on this one due to the muted hop profile.

Serving type: on-tap

11-27-2009 15:50:57 | More by rfgetz

OZz

Washington

4/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

This is the best beer that new Belgium brews. ... ... ... But not the best Elysian brews. Check out the mens room ale next time your at a Elysian facility.
Anybody know why new belgium brews this and not Elysian?
The mens room
ale sells out very quick so if it's on tap enjoy while you can. MENS ROOM ALE.

Serving type: on-tap

11-24-2009 05:18:24 | More by OZz

DIM

Pennsylvania

3.13/5  rDev -18.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

a: This was a cloudy golden color. It was served to me with a short, frothy white cap.

s: I got some bready sweetness that had a little twang to it. The hops were a bit muted, smelling herbal with just a little pine.

t: On the sweet side, lacking in bitterness for balance. The hops were very mild, spicy and a little bitter. The malts had an almost fruit juice quality.

m: Well carbonated with a slightly oily body.

d: An average IPA, nothing here to make it stand out.

Serving type: on-tap

07-19-2009 12:38:14 | More by DIM

beertunes

Washington

3.7/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Served in straight pint glass. Poured a semi-hazy yellowish-amber with over an inch of thick white head that left a slightly more than average amount of lacing.

A solid blast of pine and citrus hops greets the nose. The flavor follows along as expected, not much malt backbone as is typical for a PNW IPA.

The body is slightly above average and this beer is as close as you can get to a session IPA. After a few palate fatigue will set in, but that is expected with the style. This is the best selling beer at one of my locals, they burn a keg every 4-5 days, so this certainly a favorite of the IPA loving locals. Worth seeking out.

Serving type: on-tap

07-13-2009 21:16:06 | More by beertunes

PhillyStyle

Georgia

3.43/5  rDev -10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

On-tap at Falling Rock Tap House (Denver, CO)

12 oz pint glass

Served a nice amber, light white fluffy head that had decent retention and nice lacing. Carbonation streaming to the top.

Aroma is light hops. Not all that impressive.

The taste is decent, hoppy but left a very dry aftertaste, very hoppy at times it was almost metallic.

The beer has a medium body, smooth and drinkability suffered a bit due to the aftertaste. Overall, I was not all that impressed with the beer, it could have been that I had a Pliny before trying this beer and it could just not stand up. I will give this one another shot. But certainly not as good as Two Hearted, which I consider the gold standard when it comes to American IPA's.

Serving type: on-tap

07-08-2009 22:23:42 | More by PhillyStyle

pokesbeerdude

Colorado

4.15/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

On guest tap at new belgium.

A: copper colored with a white head, about half an inch in to nothing. Excellent clarity as well as lacing. Very nice looking beer.

S: hops, pine and citrus, caramel, not much malt, but huge on the hops. Nice NW IPA.

T: bitter and hoppy, pine and earth, very little malt backbone. Big time hop bomb. Nice beer all around.

M: medium, light carbonation, nice and dry.

D: easy drinking beer, not over the top and a nice beer to have. Will seek out again.

Serving type: on-tap

07-01-2009 19:32:14 | More by pokesbeerdude