![]() It was the seeds! This brew takes the best of a pumpkin pie type brew and adds in the roasted flavor of the pumpkin seeds! It was wonderful. The nose is spicy, with pumpkin, and a tinge of a acrid odor that I couldn’t really place until I took a taste. And it was those seeds that made all the difference in my opinion. Sounds just like a pumpkin pie with seeds and alcohol added. The label says this is a pumpkin brew made with 7 pounds of pumpkin per batch, pumpkin seeds, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice, and it sits at 5.9% ABV. It is pretty available out here, as it is brewed in Seattle, Washington so I gave it a try.Īs you can see it poured a hazy brown orange color with about a one finger tan head that litterally dissipated as I turned around to put the can opener away. I had heard really good things about the Elysian Pumpkin Ale. Not exactly jumping in with both feet, but I do have an Autumn Maple for Thanksgiving Dinner. So far this year I’ve had 3 to last year’s 1. This year I have done a little more experimenting with Pumpkin brews than last. So Carrot Top is wierd, but he is surprisingly good at his craft…just like the beer I had last night… His off the cuff critique of the contestants was funnier than just about anything they came up with. I watched a total of one episode of this show last year and the one I saw was where the comedians were turned loose in a Bed, Bath, and Beyond and told to come up with a prop humor skit in 90 minutes. I was convinced of his abilities this last season on Last Comic Standing. He has his own show that runs at the Luxor Hotel in Vegas and has a list as long as your arm of various television appearances…oh, and did I mention he’s funny? Whether you like prop humor or not, it is hard to watch part of his act without smiling and getting a chuckle if not solid belly laugh. And let’s face for all his foibles and oddities he is a pretty funny comedian. ![]() Carrot Top is perhaps one of the most recognizable figures in America, next to Ronald McDonald. Just slightly out of sync with the rest of society. Well, has he let himself go?…or not? It is kind of hard to tell in some cases, like that of Carrot Top. Dark O' The Moon: Spookily smooth and chocolatey with a slight smokiness on the nose, this Pumpkin Stout pours dark as night and is brewed with fresh pumpkin and pumpkin seeds with a hint of cinnamon.I didn't know that Carrot Top lost his lower legs in a freak land mine accident?.Boasting intense aromas of pumpkin with sugar and spice on the nose, Great Pumpkin is a delectably smooth fall brew that pours a deep copper color with a ghostly white head. The Great Pumpkin: The world's first Imperial Pumpkin Ale.Punkuccino: A Pumpkin Ale with the attitude of a world-weary barista, Punkuccino packs a short shot of Stumptown coffee toddy with just a shake of cinnamon and nutmeg.Night Owl: A very drinkable Pumpkin Ale brewed with pumpkin puree and juice, and spiced in conditioning with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice.Elysian's to-die-for Pumpkin Variety Pack is available nationwide and features four beers that are sure to satiate pumpkin fans everywhere: Courtesy of Elysian Brewing.įrom brewing its first pumpkin beer in 1997 and creating the world's first Imperial Pumpkin Ale in 2004 to launching the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival shortly after, Elysian is a pioneer in brewing pumpkin beer and offers a variety of beers made with Pacific Northwest-grown pumpkins. Picture this showing up to your home just before Halloween. We have more info on all the flavors for you below. It's one hell of a tactic to get promotion and your beer across the city. From October 27th-28th, Elysian and Georgetown Morgue will deliver to those who are ages 21+ with "a dose of the creepy crawlies" 12-pack of beer with all four flavors in them. Scare actors from the morgue will be driving around to deliver the pumpkin beer variety pack as part of the brewery's Scary Good Delivery Service. Along with a set of speciality brews made for the season with different kinds of pumpkin flavoring, the company has partnered with the Georgetown Morgue, one of Seattle's premier haunted houses, to deliver the beer in the scariest way possible. If you're living in the Seattle area and are looking for something spooky to go with your beer, Elysian Brewing has got something awesome planned. ![]()
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