Ale Asylum Sticky McDoogle

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

pours ruby with brownish hue and thick tan head lots of lacing, aromas are weak in malts and hops taste is of lightly malted grains overall expected more flavor from a scotch ale

Draft at the brewpub. Orange-brown color. Nice foamy head. Looks filtered, but hard to verify. Well balanced, with the smooth maltiness per the style, but with a respectable hoppiness as well. A touch more earthy freshness than a typical Scottish Ale.

On tap at the Malt House - Amber pour with a foamy white head. Smells hoppy and mild, with some decent caramelly notes. Taste is malty and subtly hoppy -- it’s smooth and sessionable. I found myself taking huge gulps of this since it’s so easy drinking. It’s nice and creamy, but the carbonation was dialed up a bit too much for my liking. There’s nothing too crazy going on with this beer, but it gets some higher marks for being tasty and easy-to-drink.

Murky amber with an abundant beige head, good sticky lace. Aroma has a bit of smoke and toffee, quickly fades. Flavor combines apple cider fruitiness with some chocolate and toffee malts, comes across as poorly harmonized and missing something to me. Medium body, a little bit tannic on the palate.

A rather limp and lifeless scotch ale - thin for the style, with a lot of innocuous fruitiness and a clean cane sugar sweetness on the back end - there’s a bit of nutty flavor throughout as it warms, and a tiny bit of hops in the finish, but otherwise this is really boring.

Date: 08/07/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Appearance: muddy burnt orange, creamy beige head,
Aroma: light malt aroma,
Flavor: rich malt flavor, caramel and chocolate, just a hint of sweetness from the caramel, kept mostly dry by an earthy character, sweetness comes in with a light fruity character,

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

(Draught) Pours a hazy amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of nuts, peat, leather, toasted bread, and caramel. Flavor of caramel malt, sticky molasses, mild hops, and toasted nuts.

On Tap at the Great Lakes Brewfest. Hazy copper with a thin off-whtie head. Aroma of toffee, sweet malt, bread and light roasted malt. Body is a bit thin with sweet malt, toffee, licorice, and grains in the flavor. Finishes semi-sweet but misses the mark for a Scotch Ale due to the thinness.