Ale Asylum Ambergeddon

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Pours great with a nice head and rich amber color. Great bold hop taste with, very flavorful. A favorite.

Aroma is light pine, citrus and malts. The flavor is grapefruit, berries, fruit citrus, malts and a mix of tangy and bitter in the finish.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a nice amber wheat color. Head is a bit thin. Smells of grains and grassy hops with a very slight citrus character. Taste is a nice balance of malt and grain against bitter hop/orange citrus. Goes down smoothly with a medium body.

I think that I have had all the Ale Asylum beers more times than I can count and never ratted one of the. So here we go. Deep amber with more hops than I expected. Ambers are normally not my go to style, but this one is a good mix up beer.

Vibrant amber color; moderate head, some clinging lace. Hops with a grassy front and notes of both alcohol and lightly astringent bitterness (orange peel) in the finish. O.k. but not compelling. Bottle.

Pours a nice golden medium amber color. Had about a 1/2 finger head which disipated in about 2 minutes. Aroma had malts up front with some mild pine hops after. Tasted a sweet malt very smooth and well balanced. Thought this would have more hop to it but very nice and smooth, especially when it hits about 50 degrees, about 5 minutes after pulling it out of the 35 degree fridge. Smooth light to medium mouthfeel.

UPDATED: OCT 27, 2012 Medium, bubbly head and nice lacing. Rich amber color. Aroma has a good punch. Surprisingly hoppy.

Just had this beer for the first time out of a bottle. Of course I poured the beer into a glass. :0 Pours a slightly hazy amber/copper color with a thin off-white head on top. Decent retention, and it leaves some sticky lace in its wake. Smells very hoppy, of the citrus variety. Also some candied malts and brown sugar come through as well. Every time I sip this, I’m getting bombarded with nice aroma. This beer is actually much more malty than I expected. I was expecting a wave of bittering hops, but instead what’s there is a simple delicious mild hop profile, with a toasted caramel-flavor on the finish. This is really well-balanced and well-made beer. I will buy more of this beer in a blink of an eye. It toook me awhile to nail downa beer that reminded me of this beer. Summits Pale Ale is very simalur but the Ambergeddon is much better.

Orange-red color that light struggles to penetrate lets you know this is more substantial than other popular ambers. Nose and initial flavor are tart hops, then a considerable blast of red apple, then toasty malt accompanied by a touch of boozy warmth, then makes way for hops again. The style itself still doesn’t do a heck of a lot for me but if I ever got a hankering I’d prefer this as something heavier than Alaskan and less cloying than Fat Tire.

In the running for the best amber ever. I usually think of ambers as mediocre in aroma and flavor but this knocks your socks off. Aroma is hops and malt with the flavor very balanced, The hops win in the end and finish up crisp and clean. The label is cool too!