The Elysian Brewing Company is an American brewery, owned by AB InBev, that operates two pubs in Seattle.
History
Elysian was founded in 1995 by Dave Buhler, Joe Bisacca, and Dick Cantwell. Cantwell had been a homebrewer who gained a reputation at the Duwamps Cafe, the Pike Place Brewery, and Big Time Brewing. Buhler is a former spirits wholesaler and Bisacca was a home brewer and a vice president at Seafirst Bank. The original location was opened in 1996 in the Capitol Hill neighborhood with a 20 barrel capacity.
The company operated a brewpub at the local GameWorks arcade between 1997 and 2002. In 2003, their pub and bistro, Tangletown, was opened near Green Lake. The company's largest location, Elysian Fields, was opened in 2006 near CenturyLink Field, which is often busy on game days.
In 2011, Elysian expanded its operations with a production-only facility in the Georgetown neighborhood.
Anheuser-Busch InBev acquired Elysian Brewing in early 2015.
In November 2024, Elysian began closing its Seattle Georgetown facility. The two brewpubs, including the original Capitol Hill location, remain open.
Beers
Beer % ABV IBU Description Avatar Jasmine IPA 6.345 IPAContact Haze6.0%39Hazy IPA Dragonstooth Stout8.060 Stout Dayglow IPA7.465 India Pale Ale Loser Pale Ale 7.0 57 Pale ale Men's Room Red 5.6 33 Amber ale Perseus Porter 5.447 Porter Space Dust 8.273 IPA The Immortal IPA 6.354IPA with new world hops Vahalla Red IPA 7.570 Wise ESB 5.960 Extra Special Bitter, Elysian's first brew Zephyrus Pilsner 7.580 Pilsner-style lager
Seasonal Seasonal beers include: Beer % ABV IBU Availability Description Split Shot 6.028Spring Bifrost Winter Ale 8.358Winter Punkuccino Coffee Pumpkin Ale6.0 20 Fall Pumpkin beer Dark O' The Moon7.5 20 Fall Pumpkin beer Great Pumpkin Ale8.1 20 Fall Pumpkin beer Night Owl Pumpkin Ale 6.7 18 Fall Pumpkin beer Superfuzz Blood Orange6.4 45 SummerAle brewed with blood orange Dank Dust 8.2 62 Spring (420) "Weed aroma" India Pale Ale, i.e. smells like "dank" marijuana
Pub specialties Elysian Brewing Company brews many beers, which are only available at their brewpub and restaurant or are sometimes seasonally available on tap in some Seattle pubs. These include The Golden Boot, brewed in honor of Seattle soccer; Haleakala, named after Maui's easterly volcano; Hombre, a Mexican-style lager, brewed as a house beer for a local Mexican restaurant; and Xoxo, a nitrogen-infused, chocolate, chilli-spiced Irish-style stout often brewed around Valentine's Day.
Brews The Wise ESB was the brewery's first beer. Elysian has won multiple awards for their beers. The Wise, Dragontooth stout, and Avatar Jasmine IPA have done well at the World Beer Cup. The brewery's beers earned it the Large Brewpub of the Year award at the Great American Beer Festival in 1999, 2003, and 2004.
Elysian had a collaborative partnership with the New Belgium Brewing Company of Ft. Collins, Colorado.
The brewery also partners with The Mens Room (a program on the Seattle rock music radio station KISW) to produce Mens Room Original Ale; previous offerings include Mens Room Red and Mens Room Gold.
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