Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the
NorCal Beer Blog's brew review.
Tonight’s featured beer is Elysian Brewing Company Night Owl
Pumpkin Ale. Here’s another excellent acquisition
I purchased from LetsPour.
I plan to review as many new pumpkin beers and seasonal releases as I can
during my favorite season, Halloween.
From the Elysian Brewing Company website: “A very drinkable
pumpkin ale—brewed with seven and a half pounds of pumpkin per barrel and
spiced in conditioning with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice. MALTS:
Pale, Munich, Crystal, HOPS: Lightly bittered with Magnum, SPECIAL: Both
roasted and raw pumpkin seeds are in the mash, with pumpkin added to the mash,
kettle and fermenter.”
Let’s get started!
Appearance: Pours a dark orange with a thin off-white head
and nice lacing.
Aroma: Nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, candied ginger,
and malt. Smells like pumpkin ale
should.
Taste: Nothing short of incredible. All of the spices are in perfect proportion,
sweet malt and light hop crispness. I
had my wife try this one (she doesn’t typically like pumpkin ales) and she said she could
drink this one. That’s HUGE! Aside from
Southern Tier’s Pumking, this one is way up there on my list.
Overall: Moving into one of the top positions of this style
in my book, Elysian Brewing Company’s Night Owl Pumpkin Ale is creamy and
smooth and incredible drinking. At 5.9%
ABV I found myself wanting another bomber.
I wish this was locally available and in six packs although that would be
dangerous.
Cheers!
Mark Harvey
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