Ale Asylum Ambergeddon

Brewed by Ale Asylum
Style: Amber Ale
Madison, Wisconsin USA

On tap at Ale Asylum. Clear copper color with white head. Medium carbonation. Aroma is intenslty hoppy, slightly resinous and piney. Taste is piney hops and toasted malt background. Seems like more of an APA or IPA, but still good.

Bottle from shigadeyo. Poured a clear copper color with an average fizzy white head that was mostly lasting and had good lacing. Good citrus hoppy aroma. Medium body with slick texture. Heavy bitter smooth flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Good brew.

12oz bottle, thanks to dukefan for this one. pours golden-amber with white head. nose is hoppy but a little past it’s hop prime. flavor is watery hop juice that’s past its prime, some toasted biscuit as well. more of an APA than an amber.

Bottle: Dull Amber, fairly dirty, moderate to large fluffy off-white head, fairly nice lacing.   Hop oriented nose, very pale citrus zest as well.   Somewhat malty on the tongue, but moreso a healthy hop dose.   Not enough to be an IPA, but certainly more than one would expect for an Amber Ale.   Well at least for an Amber thats not going to be very malty, which this one isn’t.   There is some meat there, but not enough in my book.   However, it does make for quite a nice Pale Ale.   Moderate to full bodied, moderate mouthfeel.   Pleasant, even if not malty enough.   Thanks Mike for this one!

Date: 06/22/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

hazy amber, fine beige head, scattered lace, sweet caramel malt aroma with lots of citrus hops, rich caramel flavor, lots of earthy hop balance keeps it mostly dry, nice citrus hop flavor, light bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Whoa, this is a seriously good IPA. Well it says its an amber ale, but i dont buy it, its amber in color anyway. I like this more then there hopolicous even. Great hop explosion, and aromoa is good and all hops. Nice bottle too.

This beer wasn’t what I expected, and I’m not sure it’s "true to style," but I thought it was delicious. A very pleasant ruby red-amber color with a relatively brilliant finish, but a limited amount of carbonation, from the look of it. Aroma is what I think an amber ale should be - a nice blend of caramel and hoppiness bound together so thoroughly you can’t really tell where one ends and the other begins. Flavor is pronounced hoppiness...not really true to style (IMO) but delicious nonetheless. Mouthfeel is a bit sticky, like a pretty good IPA. I like this beer quite a bit.

First of all bonus appearance point for the baddass label. However, despite all the tough talk on the label, this is in fact, a rally nice session ale, nicely blended and very quaffable. Nice floral hop note throughout. Thanks to Buckybeer for the trade!