Beer #101 - Thwaites / Elysian Avatar Jasmine IPA (Wetherspoons Autumn Festival Special!)

Another of the ten collab brews and another brewer from America's Pacific Northwest. Avatar Jasmine IPA has been brewed for the festival by Dick Cantwell of Elysian Brewing Company at Thwaites in Lancashire. Much like the Ninkasi cream ale in my last post there initially doesn't seem to be a lot going on here. It's a perfectly drinkable, medium-bodied ale. Nt too strong on the hops as you might expect for an American-influenced IPA. There is the feintest floral Jasmine hint in the beer, I found it barely noticeable though and in fact the harder i tried to pick it out the more elusive it seemed! Again it's a perfectly good ale in it's own right but I was quite excited to try this one and it didn't quite deliver in the way I'd anticipated. Good, but not great.

 

Brewery: Thwaites Brewery / Elysian Brewing Company Collaboration
Country: United Kingdom
ABV: 6.3%