Ale Asylum Mercy Belgian Grand Cru

Brewed by Ale Asylum
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Madison, Wisconsin USA

thanks to John, you rock sir! ... pours a light tawny red -copper ... nice firm coco cola head ... light fruit, sugar, raison bread, light rum smells and flavours ... abv is A-OK ... great lacing ... do people even get excited about the old firm derby? ... wow, i feel this warming my belly on this cold night ... a very enjoyable way WAY to easy to drink brew! This brewery has great promise with their bottled beers if this is what they put out... who you callin a psycho!?!?

Bottle from FlandersNed. Pours dark copper with a small, lacy white head. Aroma is fruit, caramel, bubblegum and spice. Decent flavor of bubblegum and clove. Alcohol well hidden. Full bodied, smooth.

From the bottle, pours a clear crimson red with a thin bubbly white head. Some fruits, apples, caramel make up the aroma. Taste is what is expected form the aroma, flavors of caramel malt, a slightly spiced and bitter finish, with a smooth aftertaste. This is a pretty good beer.

Bottle pours copper red with a fizzy, quckly dissapating head. Smells of yeast, a little spice and dough. Lots of sweet malt in the taste, balanced by yeast and a warm alcohol finish. The malt just sits on the back of the tongue on this one. Mouthfeel is a lot richer and creamier than I expected. A very pleasant brew.

bottle. pors clear red with small soapy head. aroma of dark fruit and candy sugar. flavor is very sweet dark candy sugar, dark fruit, a bit yeasty. sticky palate. not much malt complexity here.

Opaque orange with a thin off-white quickly fading head. Aroma of Belgian Yeast, dark fruits, sweet and toasted malts. Taste of sugar, toasted malt, fruit, mild citrus and spices. Not too much alcohol on the palate but noticeable warming effects afterwards. I haven’t had a whole lot of this style, but this was pretty good as far as beers go.

Bottled. Poured crystal-clear, fiery reddish-orange with a short-lived cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up darker fruit, toffee, and warm caramel sweetness with well-integrated peppery alcohol and wintery spices. The flavor was centered around aged caramel with some raw cane sugars here and there.. spices rose toward the edges of the palate and left a dry, tacky impression on the finish.. alcohol was bright and not necessarily complementary, but it never got in the way either.. warmed up the belly nicely. Heavier-bodied and lively on the palate with a long impression on the finish.. overall a respectable drink.

12 oz bottle
Thanks to noncaloric for two bottles of this in a trade. Having tried the first I may lay down the other for a while to see if settles. While a well done beer I think a few months to a year could help it meld even more.

Aroma / Appearance - A sheet of lacing slid along the sides of the glass as the murky red body flowed out of the bottle. Peach, vanilla, chocolate, and ethanol formed a sweet and creamy combination that was a little overpowering though cohesive.

Flavor / Palate - Chewy with a strong malt backbone it unfolds into a series of delightful tastes startign with chocolate and oranges. Next come raisins and some laid back spices. Finally the warm finish tickles the throat with a yeasty kick. All told it is a little different than i expected but solid nonetheless.