Ale Asylum Happy Ending

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

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

cloudy dark amber, fine beige head, drippy lace, sweet fruity aroma, fruity malt flavor, lots of spicy character blends well with the fruity malt, touch of brown sugar sweetness, very light bitterness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

(Draught) Pours a hazy amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of orange peel, grains of parasite, coriander, banana, and pears. Flavor of spicy yeast, orange peel, coriander, raisins, and caramel malt.

On tap at the Ale Asylum Brew Pub. Poured a deeper amberish / brownish color with a small sized off white head. Had a light haze to it. Aromas of bananas, spices, raisins, plums and some yeast. Tastes of fruits, raisins, caramel, and spices.

On tap at the brewpub on 6/22/07: Pours a hazy dark copper amber with a nicely-lacing off-white head. Aroma of fresh, lightly biscuity Belgian malt with a touch of yeast and light citrus. Body starts fairly full with some nice lightly sweet caramel malt and an orange citrus balance toward a bready, semi-dry finish. A nice Belgian ale.

Hazy golden color with a moderate off-white head. Aromas of pale malt, mild herbal and floral hops, white pepper and touches of citrus along with an attic dryness. Flavor of pale malt and mild spices, including pepper and light clove. Light and airy. Linger is of pale malt and a mild herbal essence. A fine abbey ale.

Draught sample at the brewery, mid-October 2006. Opaque, viscous-looking orange-amber color with a largish creamy head that dies quickly but leaves a bit of chunky lace....sweet, yeasty-spicy aroma, lots of coriander and ginger, a bit of orangepeeel and honey.....light caramel throughout the tasting is the backdrop for dry, heavy cobwebby yeast, somewhat chalky at times; honey’d sweetness fades almost instantly....full body, strong but gently carbonation....finishes with an odd coconut-grapefruit syrupy quality. Very interesting, and engaging without quite being great.

On tap at the brewpub. The body was light copper colored with a creamy off white head on top. The aroma was lots of banana with some cinnamon. As it warmed I thought it smelled more of bubblegum. The taste was bananas and cinnamon spice. There was a little grassy funk in the finish. This was very drinkable.

On draught at the brewpub in Madison, Wisconsin. Pours a clear, coppery amber brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that leaves behind an off-white ring a no lacing. Aroma of dark caramel malt, flowery hops with some mild spices, white pepper and a touch of clove. Taste is medium bodied, hardly any carbonation with a caramel flavor in the aftertaste and then a mild bitterness. A pretty decent milt bitter Belgian ale.