Elysian The Great Gherkin Cucumber Pumpkin Ale
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From the brewer
Mashed with crisp maris otter palte and weyermann munich and cara-hell malts with organic pumpkin puree and cucumber seeds. Bittered with sorachi ace and finished with east kent goldings and the World Spice Merchant’s Sweet Chai blend, including cardamom, orange peel, clove, cassia, ginger, and szechuan pepper. Pumpkin in the boil, and over 5 pounds per barrel of pureed fresh cucumbers in the fermenter.
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People, they are not joking around about the cucumber here. The smell and taste open all cucumber seed, high and bitter (maybe also from the spices used), finishing slightly tart and dry. The overall impression is of an IPA where the bitterness and florality come from cucumber instead of hops.