Translucent amber tone as light and soft as the ale itself. Polite roasted barley opening, subtle burnt hop resonation, and silky spice serenade beckon buttery malt sweetness for moderate-bodied simplicity.
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(ELYSIAN) PERSEUS PORTER
Well-respected robust porter boasts tongue-coating bitter coffee usurpation, charred hop resilience, and black licorice finish underscored by variant illusions of black cherry, cocoa leaf, ashy tobacco, and tar. Thick molasses oeuvre is perfect for serious ‘bitter’ fans.
ELYSIAN PANDORA’S BOCK
Off dry chestnut-hued bock brings soft mocha-raisin pith to consensual burnt hop dissonance. Dry orange-lemon peel bitterness and woody bottom fortify delicate fig-date finish countering recessive brown sugar dalliance.
ELYSIAN GOLDEN GORGON ALE
Citric-fronted amber-hazed Belgian-styled pale ale bestows orange rind, lemon peel, and grapefruit bitterness upon tamped down hop sedation to soft wheat bedding. Embraceable candied malt sweetening follows through effectively.
ELYSIAN DRAGONSTOOTH STOUT
Creamy ruby-velvet stout exerts burnt coffee bitterness over roasted mocha-nut dryness and resinous black chocolate serenade. Piney Cascade hops graze raw molasses acridity, dried fruit hesitance, acrid vegetative saunter, and increasing charcoal-tarred harshness to espresso-cappuccino-cocoa midst, clearing the way for lactic milk chocolate-y eruption.
ELYSIAN BETE BLANCHE
Sunny yellow fruitiness, ripe peach sweetness, and lemon-lime bottom give slightly turbid white ale an unusual Citron vodka smoothness. Bright hops perk up orange rind succor and alcoholic finish for truly unique summer digestif.
ELYSIAN AVATAR JASMINE I.P.A.
Interestingly experimental floral-doused IPA deviates from stylistic wood-chipped citric sharpness. Up-front jasmine-daisy-potpourri fragrance affixes honey-sweetened vanilla and caramel overtones countering perfume-hopped juniper-currant bittering of hazy golden medium body. Lemon-peeled peach-pear-lychee-mango fluctuation drifts into dried floweriness, cider souring and herbaceous latency.
ELVIRA’S NIGHT DARK LAGER
Monster movie cleavage queen Elvira provides promo for full-bodied lager. Overtones of holiday seasoning (nutmeg-coriander) and red ale fruitiness (apple-pear-peach) provide zesty burst of sweetness to simmering cocoa malting. Bad publicity initiated by former sponsor, Coors, and the black-attired vampress’ exposed cleavage at the Great American Beerfest hurt sales and production ceased by ’98.
EL TORO POPPY JASPER AMBER ALE
Dark amber glow befits dry-bodied English-styled ale. Bright apricot-tangerine tang, tannic grape esters, slim quince glint, and lemon meringue souring provide sufficient fruiting to ascending pumpernickel-rye thrust. Toasted wheat spine and slim roasted nuttiness hide herb-spiced fig-date lament.
EL TORO ORO GOLDEN ALE
Wafting grapefruit esters bleed into piney hopped frontage and secondary orange peel bittering. At terse citric finish, buttery grain-roasted malts linger.
EL TORO NEGRO OATMEAL STOUT
Despite expectant dark-toned gruffness, light-bodied stout stays defiantly easygoing and stylistically abstruse, dodging chocolate-y expectancy and finishing a bit thin. Buttery popcorn initiation quickly wiped away by black coffee serenity and burnt hickory ravine, turning drier as sour grape esters and arid cherry tartness rip through roasted hop setting where maple-walnut-cocoa illusions find solace.
EL TORO INDIA PALE ALE
Dry-hopped grapefruit peel zing pertinently embitters zesty lemony orange sunning and wafting floral notes settling above woody bottom. Wintergreen freshness adds nice touch.