nuplastikk (10543) reviewed Bamboozleator from Ale Asylum 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at the brewpub. Thick orange-brown color. Very thick malty tastes. Some sublte hoppy bitterness underneath. Thick and rich, a very nice American DB. Lacks some of the subtle malt and yeast qualities found in some German examples, but makes up for it with a fresh quality mouthfeel.
nuplastikk (10543) reviewed Sticky McDoogle from Ale Asylum 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
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.
nuplastikk (10543) reviewed Ballistic IPA from Ale Asylum 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at the brewpub. Brown-orange color. Foamy, soapy head. All out Amarillo aroma, very nice. Hop taste is in your face too, quite a big Amarillo blast. Strawlike bitter and dry notes. Some citrus too. Very well done.
beastiefan2k (4725) reviewed Mercy from Ale Asylum 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From esjaygee, thanks Steve. Pours has a small head but it sticks around. Color of the beer is a thick, yet glowing, reddish-orange-copper. Cannot see through it but it looks beautiful. Aroma has a bit of that candy-ish, sweet syrup thing going but it isn’t bad here. Plays well, just there and not overbearing. Otherwise, there is sweet mallt and light alcohol coming through. It all works well together to represent an American version of a Quad. Taste is lightly fruity sweet syrup (not too sweet). Easy drinking yet full and alcoholic and sweet. So it balances the line fairly well. The problem is while it isn’t "bad" there isn’t coming from it. It is just a fruity, lightly sweet, strong ale. I would never really think of this as a quad. But for what it is, it is decent,
It is what is is..................................
12 oz bottle, Bells tulip glass.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Mercy from Ale Asylum 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a fading off-white head over a clear golden body. Aroma is sugary, grain, alcohol and plums. Taste is earthy, caramel and sugary with a good amount of alcohol and light fruit. Creamy palate.
beastiefan2k (4725) reviewed Ballistic IPA from Ale Asylum 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from esjaygee, thanks Steve. Its an iced tea heavy IPA, I really get a lot of iced tea, in a good way (some may hate it), both nose and flavor. The lightly sweet, yet lightly green hops work great with the bulky iced tea brew. Some light bitterness throughout, again well integrated in the beer. Its medium bodied yet goes down easy. Color is dark copper, hazy, cannot see through it, seems unfiltered with the crud at the bottom of the bottle. Have no idea where that alcohol is coming from, well hidden beneath the layers of the beer.
12oz bottle, Free State willibecher glass.
notalush (7362) reviewed Bamboozleator from Ale Asylum 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Strong beers to not appear to be this brewers forte - I swear if this were not so clean, I would have believed I was drinking straight up wort - tastes like sugar sweet malt with vaguely bock-ish character hiding underneath (caramel, nuts, raisin) - smooth, I suppose, but mostly just sweet, boring, and lacking the richness and complexity you’d want in a doppel.
notalush (7362) reviewed Sticky McDoogle from Ale Asylum 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
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.
notalush (7362) reviewed Ambergeddon from Ale Asylum 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Quite and amped up amber in the hop department - a lot of earthy hops in the nose - the flavor starts bitter and almost peppery - followed fast by a light fruity character and a medium caramel maltiness - medium-bodied and quite quaffable.
notalush (7362) reviewed Gold Digger Blonde Ale from Ale Asylum 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
A nice crisp blonde ale, with lean, crackery malts, and an assertive hop bite on the back end - a little bready through the middle, but mostly clean and refreshing, with a nice peppery kick to it - finishes dry - there are a lot of people hating on this beer, but I really liked it.