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Here’s a beer that is quite the pleasant surprise: Elysian The Immortal IPA. It’s not a modern namby-pamby fruit loopy IPA, no sirree Bob. This is a beer that merges classic English IPA character with classic American West Coast IPA character. That’s because of the hop varietals used, which we will get into in a moment. First, though, let’s see what Elysian says about the beer:
From the bottle label:
Refreshing, hoppy and well-balanced. The Immortal is a Northwest take on a classic English style, golden-copper in color and loaded with New World hop flavor and aroma.
Now about those hops. Ingredients from the website:
MALTS: Pale, Munich, Crystal and Cara-Hell
HOPS: Bittered with Chinook, finished with Amarillo and Centennial
Chinooks for bittering won’t add to the flavor and aroma; they’re added early in the boil and impart mostly bitterness. Late addition hops will yield the aroma here. Citrus and perhaps pine from the Amarillo, and citrus, pine and some herbal earthiness from the Centennial, which have classic English Fuggle, Brewer’s Gold and East Kent Golding origins.
Elysian The Immortal IPA has an alcohol content of 6.3% by volume with 62 IBUs. It runs $10.99 a six-pack at Total Wine.
Elysian The Immortal IPA pours to a bright orange amber color with a thick cauliflower head of foam and an herbal earthy hop nose. Taking a sip, the beer has a firm caramel maltiness and lovely citrus grapefruit, resiny pine, and herbal, earthy grassy hops with a long dry bitter finish.
This is a wonderful beer indeed, a fusion IPA that recalls the best that IPA can be. I’ll drink the newfangled thin malty tropical IPAs from time to time, but I’ll take a classic English or American IPA over them any day. If I can get them all in one bottle, so much the better. Elysian The Immortal IPA delivers just that.
And remember, try a new beer today, and drink outside the box.
*Pricing data accurate at time of review or latest update. For reference only, based on actual price paid by reviewer.
(B)=Bottled
(D)=Draft
