Ale Asylum Mercy Belgian Grand Cru

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

Serve in Trappist glass

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12oz bottle from spring 2009, #2 in our American Quad tasting. Near unclear orange glowing amber with a fine frothy small white head. Aroma similar to an oxidized American barleywine, cotton candy, citrus hops, nutty, bit of alcohol, really seems like a barleywine. Aroma is somewhat similar, very citrusy, a touch yeasty, lightly nutty, smooth alcohol, quite smooth from the age, very citrusy, soft American barley wine finish. Medium bodied, soft fizzy carbonation, somewhat thin. Not really a quad or abt, I can’t even tell which one they were going for here.

Thanks 17thfloor! Pours a deep copper lightly red with a small creamy white head. Aroma started lightly metallic but that dissipated quickly. A strong dark fruit character overtook overlaying a sweet malt and boozy note. There is a bit of a sweet honey, floral notes but the fruitiness continues to prevail. Flavor is much less fruity, the sweetness just goes and goes, honey really coming through. Sadly it loses a lot of the fruitiness that I hoped for. Some spices continue through the finish which hides the booze fairly well. Medium body and a soft carbonation. Not bad, but in a line of quads its not quite up to full par.

On tap (2009) at the brewpub. Pours a super cool red color with a very small off-white head. The aroma is a bit faint, a bit of alcohol with some sweet. The flavor is very sweet like candy sugar with some chocolate in the background and a bit of spices and some dark fruits.

Bottle at toncatcher’s 2. Hey! Another quad from WeeHeavy. Yeah! Amber color. Sweetish. A bit of buttery yeastiness. Some banana.

Bottle:   Deep caramel, thin to moderate off-white head, spotty lacing.   Caramel malt nose, a little cardboard and mealiness.   No real dark pitted fruit to speak of.   Mealy maltiness up front, slight caramel sweetness.   This is supposed to be a quad?   Doesn’t work as a Dubbel, nor a Belgian Strong.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Sweet malty mess.   No idea here...

Traded bottle. Pours a clear brown/orange colour with no real head. Relatively still pour with just some sporadic bubbles. Pretty busy aroma with caramel malt, chocolate, spicy hops and some candy sugar. Flavour: like a quad mixed with a winter warmer if that makes sense. Just a little naked alcohol in the finish. Pretty true to form for a quad and a pleasant surprise.

12 oz. bottle bought at Riley’s o a recent trip,Pours burnt copper and clear with long lasting small off white head and thin body,with aromas of caramel malts,yeast,hops and spices taste is of the same with a caramel malt sweetness up front followed by friuts and spices with a very minamal hop presence easy drinking would do it again

Amber pour. Aroma is very malty. Lots of caramel, some yeast and honey. Flavor is a total malt bomb with a slight metallic finish. Sweet but not cloying. A VERY light hop finish.

Pours a nice copper/amberish color with a small head. Sweet malt and fruit dominate the aromas. Flavor is of Sweet malts that transforms into a dark fruit/cherry flavors. Some alcohol flavor lingers as the bitter hops finish. Very good brew!

Pours mahogany with a tan head. Smells of raisins, caramel, some sweet molasses. Tastes sweet and cloying with some fruity elements.