Ale Asylum Hopalicious

Brewed by Ale Asylum
Style: American Pale Ale
Madison, Wisconsin USA

Date: 05/02/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

Appearance: dark gold, wispy white head, drops of lace,
Aroma: dry caramel malt aroma with lots of earthy hops,
Body: thin body,
Overall: lots of hops bitterness, not near enough balance,
-------- /> Date: 06/22/2007
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Score: 2.5 to 3.7

Appearance: hazy dark gold, creamy off white head, lots of lace,
Aroma: balanced aroma with caramel sweetness to balance the citrus hops,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: lots of great hop flavor, enough caramel sweetness to keep it balanced but not so much as to get in the way of the hops, light bitterness,
Overall: way better than the prior bottle
-------- /> Date: 08/07/2008
Mode: draft
Source: brewery
Score: 3.7 to 3.2

back to the thin body, lots of good citrus hop flavor but not enough body to back it up,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

12oz bottle acquired in trade. Poured a lighter to medium amberish color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of caramel and citrus (orange peels). Tastes of citrus, fruity and a trace of caramel and grass. Overall this wasn’t a bad APA and did have a nice hoppiness to it.

(Bottle, courtesy of buckybeer) Pours a clear golden body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of pine and orange juice. Flavor of pine, nuts, toasted malt, and citrus. Tastes quite fresh; a real easy drinker.

Bottle thanks to Brigadier: Pours a transparent bright golden with a frothy white head. Aroma has a big fresh grapefruity hoppy presence with a lightly sweet pale maltiness. Body starts a little thinner, but with a touch of pale malty sweetness and good flavor hoppy balance. A nice, drinkable APA.

Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of citrus and perfumy. Tastes of citrus, earthy, some resiny hints on the finish.

Draft pint at Angelic in Madison. Golden orange and slightly hazy in appearance. Frsh, juicy, gummy candy hop nose, and crisp on the lips with super clean pils-like malt, snappy. IPA-like hop levels, both in juiciness/fruitiness and in bitterness, with some sweet cherry flavored malts in the finish. Pretty good.

From the bottle this poured a hazy light amber body with a lot of minute particles in suspension. Nice head & lacing. At the base of the aroma are sweet pale malts, soon displaced by the fresh hop scents of grapefruit, pine, zest, and wildflowers. The fruity hops dominate the flavor, although the beer isn’t seriously bitter. All hops noted in the nose return for the lingering, moderately bitter finish. Quite nice.

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Tap @ On Back In. Lightly hazed dark golden to light amber color with a moderate tight bubbled off-white head. Grapefruit and lightly toasted malt aromas in the forefront, with mild caramel and citrus along with just a hint of alcohol. I like the fact that they are calling this an APA vs. an IPA. The grain bill is much more appropriate for an APA, as most of the so called IPAs out there. Bold hops a mild malt base. Vary much a pure APA, which I must reward them for that. Yes, it is a hopshead brew, but it is an APA that is full of hops flavors and a mild bitter balance.