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Elysian Brewery & Public House — The Hill

(Anheuser Busch-InBev)

1221 East Pike Street
Seattle WA 98122
Telephone: +1 206-860-1920
Hours: Monday-Friday 11;30am-2:00am, Saturday-Sunday noon-2:00am.
Brewer: Dick Cantwell, Markus Stinson
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Notes

Visited: April 13, 2006

Opened: 1996

Annual Production: 5,000 bbl

Contributors: Ralph Wells, Teri Fahrendorf

Elysian and Dick Cantwell were named Large Brewpub and Brewmaster of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival in 2003 and again in 2004.

Updated: February 6, 2022

News

2015-04-13: Dick Cantwell Resigns from Anheuser-Busch and Elysian (Washington Beer Blog)
2015-01-27: Inside A-B InBev’s Acquisition of Elysian Brewing (Brew Bound)
2013-02-28: Elysian Announces “Dick’s Picks” – Revisiting the Past (Washington Beer Blog)
2011-12-19: Elysian to Brew Charles Burns' 12 Beers of the Apocalypse in 2012 (ComicsAlliance)
2008-07-19: Craft-beer brewers to share facilities (Denver Post)

Beer List

Ambrosia Maibock

German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock

5.30% abv.
- Date: April 13, 2006 (#5987)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 17 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Bright amber. Thick head.
  
  Aroma (3)
  Clean and malty.
  
  Mouthfeel (9)
  Medium-big body, smooth. Richly malty, sweet and toasty.
  
  Overall Impression (2)

Avatar Jasmine IPA

Herb and Spice Beer

6.20% abv.

Date: April 13, 2006 (#5996)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden-amber. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Mild fruityfloralearthygrassyperfumey aroma.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Huge floral flavor. Nice biscuity malt for balance. Jasmine — yes. IPA — not really.

Overall Impression (2½)

Bête Blanche

Belgian-Style Tripel

7.50% abv.

Awards:

Silver Medal, 2004 World Beer Cup
Bronze Medal, 2003 Great American Beer Festival

Date: April 13, 2006 (#5986)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Golden, hazy. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Malty, sweet, spicy. Some bananas.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body. Creamy. Really malty and nicely sweet, with a nice Belgian spiciness and a hint of earthy hop flavor. Clean, warming finish.

Overall Impression (3)

BiFröst Winter Ale

American-Style India Pale Ale

7.80% abv.

Date: April 13, 2006 (#5995)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden-amber. Big thick head.

Aroma (3)
Mild biscuity malt.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body. Really sweet in a malty sort of way. Lots of fruity esters. Toasty malty fruity finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Date: February 14, 2006 (#5837)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Bright copper color. Nice thick head.

Aroma (4)
Big spicy, piney hops. Toasty malt.

Mouthfeel (10)
Big body, fairly fizzy. Big sweetish biscuity toasty malt with an excellent spicy hop flavor. Big but not huge bitterness. Tingly alcohol in the finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Bottle-conditioned.

Date: October 7, 2000 (#3693)

Package: draught

Place: Great American Beer Festival, Denver CO

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression (3)
"Old One Eye." Bright red, moderate head. Sweet, caramelly aroma. Big, bitter, malty, tasty.

Date: April 13, 2006 (#5993)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Thick brownish head.

Aroma (2½)
Roasty, chocolatey, malty. Hint of diacetyl.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light body. Huge chocolate flavor. Nice touch of roast, and nicely malty, too.

Overall Impression (2)
Too bad about the diacetyl.

Date: April 13, 2006 (#5994)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden-amber. Thick hea.

Aroma (4)
Huge spicy hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, real smooth. Excellent spicy hop flavor on a tasty caramel malt background. Fruity hoppy finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: April 13, 2006 (#5992)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden, a little deeper than the Zephyrus Pils.

Aroma (4)
Nice noble hop aroma.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-light creamy body. Lots of noble hop bitterness. Nice grainy malt character. Touch of sweetness in the finish.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: September 26, 1996 (#1639)

Package: draught

Place: Great American Beer Festival, Denver CO

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden, good head. Hint of floral hop aroma. Good body, good bitterness, good alcohol bite. A little flat, probably from sitting in a pitcher.

Date: April 13, 2006 (#5989)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Dense cream-colored head.

Aroma (3)
Rich chocolate.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, smooth. Nicely malty and roasty, not so nicely buttery.

Overall Impression (1½)

Date: May 29, 2005 (#5709)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Thick creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Roasty, malty, with some herbal hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body. Good malt flavor, nice roastiness. Herbal, spicy hop flavor with a mild bitterness.

Overall Impression (3)
Good beer — I should have had this one before the last one, though.

Date: April 13, 2006 (#5990)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Mild grassy, citrusy hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big creamy body. Big tasty malt and nice floral, fruity hops. Reasonably bitter, more so at the end.

Overall Impression (3)

Date: April 13, 2006 (#6001)

Package: real ale

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Hazy. Foamy head.

Aroma (3)
Big spicy-citrusy hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body. Mildly spicy, fruity hops. Mild toasty, grainy malt.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: June 12, 2005 (#5713)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. High carbonation. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Floral, fruity, citrusy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, pretty smooth. Huge resiny bitterness. Lots of caramel malt. Lots of fruity, resiny hop flavor.

Overall Impression (3)

Date: April 13, 2006 (#5988)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Bright red-amber. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Mild fruity hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body. Moderate carbonation. Huge dark caramel and graham cracker maltiness. Grassy English hop flavor and bitterness build through the finish. Lots of tasty fruitiness.

Overall Impression (3)

Date: June 4, 2005 (#5710)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Bright copper color. Thick dense head.

Aroma (3)
Big floral hops.

Mouthfeel (10)
Light-medium creamy body. Big tasty maltiness, with a good caramel flavor, nicely balanced with a big floral spicy hop flavor and mild bitterness. Clean hoppy finish.

Overall Impression (3)

Date: April 13, 2006 (#6000)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Dark bright red. Good head.

Aroma (3)
Nicely smoky, hint of clove.

Mouthfeel (10)
Medium body. Smoke, then wheat, then malt, then caramel, then banana, then...excellence.

Overall Impression (3)

Date: April 13, 2006 (#5991)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Thick head.

Aroma (4)
Grainy malt. Hint of spicy hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body. Big biscuity malt flavor gives way to fruity hops and a mild clean bitter finish.

Overall Impression (2½)