Ale Asylum Ambergeddon
Our West-Coast style amber is aggressively hopped, with a strong malt backbone and a mild hop bitterness in the finish.
3.6
273 reviews
Madison, United States
Community reviews
Aroma - caramel malt, with stone fruit, and some mild citrus.
Appearance - burnt orange body color, with fine sediment. The head is off-white and about 1 1/2". the head is frothy and settles very slowly.
Taste - caramel malt, with interestingly subdued Pacific Northwest hops. Superb balance. Stonefruits and some light grapefruit.
Palate - light body, thin feel, flat carbonation, and abrupt fruity finish.
12 oz bottle with a date code 00-23-2015. Not sure if that’s the date it was bottled or an enjoy by date. Either way, this is oxidized as hell. All cardboard and the caramel sweetness of hop death. Not enjoyable.
12oz bottle, thanks to phaleslu/shrubber85. Dated 9-10-2105. Hazy red amber orange color. Thin khaki head. Decent retention and good ridge of lace. Spicy, kind of earthy, but stale hop. Some toasty malt, mild caramel. Moderate to bigger bitter taste, kind of astringent. Medium to bigger body. Kind of slick texture. Lighter kind of crisp carbonation, mild roughness to it. Tastes a bit older for sure. Seems like this was once an impressively hoppy & big amber, but right now it just tastes stale and rough. Didn’t finish.
Pour is Amber with hints of ruby. Tan colored head. Aroma of caramel, toasted malt, toffee, slight cocoa, slight grapefruit as well. Taste is similar to the nose, hops are present but slightly subdued. Big maltiness. Caramel, toffee, toast, cocoa, Graham cracker. Slight biterness with a piney grapefruit hint. Well attenuated and dry finish. Medium body. Excellent.
12 oz bottle pours amber with a off white head. Aroma of malts and citrus. Taste is malty and a hint of grapefruit.
Bottle. Sugary orange malt and orange peel aroma. Cloudy amber with large light tan head. Sweet citrus caramel malt and moderately bitter herbal quinine flavor. Good body.
Bottle:
Hazy, orange-amber with a frothy beige head.
Aroma of caramel....and a slightly cedary/leafy/spicy/evergreen note .
Taste is soft, caramel malt, leafy,.....almost feels like some New Zealand hopping....
Really good...fresh-feeling and very tasty.
bottle at club w shared with haks, dark amber pour with thin head, potent little bastard, but not bad,
12oz bottle 7/13/15 (Binny’s Naperville Clearance Cart)-39° in Shaker-Pours a murky with floaties amber with a small tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, and hops. Taste of the same with more hops, citrus, and bitterness. This light to medium bodied brew is well balanced and goes down easy.
Usually a boring style, I found this quite drinkable. Plenty of malt to back up the hops. Very drinkable beer.
Hoppy amber ale.
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Look: pours a dark Orange. Off white head. Extremely hazy.
Smell: big sweet malts. Slight tropical fruit. Caramel and toffee.
Taste: caramel. Sweet malts. Slight citrus bitterness. Not grapefruit, maybe tangerine.
Feel: very dry. Nice bitterness.
Overall: ok beer. Like the sweetness. Easy drinker.
First drank: home 4/27/15
Vintage:
Hoppy up front, malty in back. This bet doesn’t lack flavor. The hops seem to overpower the malt though. Neither one overpowers your taste buds though.
Location: Bottle shared at Max and Andy’s Tasting, 2/28/15
Aroma: The aroma is malty, some light citrus hops, toast notes as well
Appearance: This one pours a darker orange color, with a beige head
Flavor: Clean and malty flavor profile, with some mild hops, similar to the nose
Palate: The body is medium, with a decent enough mouthfeel overall
Overall Impression:
Found this one to be just okay. I don’t have a ton to add beyond that. It’s drinkable. A little surprised to see it so high in the style.
Bottle at Paul’s for Andy and Max’s Fantasy Football winnings tasting. Pours a clear amber with a thin white head. Malt and toast on the nose, spicy citrus. Medium bodied, sweet malt. Spicy hops on the finish, a touch of malt.
From the bottle the pour is cloudy and slightly blond to brown, aroma is malty, taste is malty and hints of carmel there are some hops in the background, finish is carbonated and hops with a good slightly watery and clean finish
Bottle shared at the FF tasting. Poured a birght hazed orange/amber with a foamy super light beige head. Aroma/flavor of chocolate and oranges, bees wax, citrus rind with a slight bit of veggies. Medium mouthfeel, fizzy stronger carbonation.
Deep amber pour with giant red tinted off white head. Smell is lots of sweet caramel with a cherry hint, citrus hops and wood. Taste is a good dose of hops (citrus and grassy) with a bigger dose of the caramel backbone from the malts, with a hint of some cherrywood. Really nice amber.
Bottle poured a clear reddish amber with a s,all lasting amber head. Aromas of caramel, citrus, earthiness and pine. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a smooth dry finish. Flavors of caramel, earthiness, citrus and pine with a smooth dry lingering bitter finish.
Bottle. Pours orange white head. Nose/taste of toasty malt, orange peel, grassy hops. Medium body.
Bottle. Amber pour with tan head. Light herbal and grassy hop aromas. Flavors are nicely hopped, light malt backbone.
Rich amber/cider color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of toasted malt, caramel/toffee, & hops; Flavor of slight roasted sweet malt, caramel, hops, and citrus/fruit; Finish is slightly bitter; Nicely balanced; Good amber ale.
12 oz bottle. The aromas is mostly bread with hints of warm caramel roasted nuts, and a touch of chocolate. It’s a clear, oily brown color with a fluffy tan head that retains well and leaves a good lace on the glass. The taste is a medium sweet with a medium (slightly less) spice bitter. The beer is oily and slick with a foamy carbonation and a medium body. Roasted flavors come forth first with a combination of caramel and nuts, as well as a touch of chocolate. The finish is dry and grainy with grass and spice notes. The aftertaste is spicy and a bit waxy, but not unpleasant.
This beer has a very simple "bready" smell with a strong flavor. Not really a great strong but still good
Bottle at Bodega. Pours a clear amber with a large fluffy tan head that lasts throughout the beer and laces. Aroma has a combination of earthy grains and earthy pine with a decent amount of grass as well. Flavor is similar with dank pine and earthy grains as well as a biscuit backing.
It’s alright. Not as aggressive as the label art suggests. Good flavor for what it is.
12 oz bottle from our friends at Timers in Racine. The skull grabs you eye to eye until you pop the cap, when the waft of pine overcomes your fear of the death you’ve set for yourself. Pours a dark, dark copper, clouded with unfiltered sin and evil. The taste is more an earthy malt, with a milder hop note teasing your breath at the finish. You want another...and another. A fine session ale. I knew this would happen! I’m just dying to have yet one more for the grave! What a way to go! Prosit!!
Bottle, thanks George! Excellent sweet caramel aroma with notes of chocolate and floral hops. Pours cloudy dark amber with a large tan head with good retention and lacing. Starts with sweet caramel malt flavor with a touch of chocolate and hops. Finishes dry with grassy hop flavor with a bit of a bitterness with some of the caramel lingering on the palate. Excellent, well-balanced amber!
Bought June 2014 as single bottle from Lemon Tree. Big malty smell right under the cap, and an impression of a higher alcohol beer. Rich, foamy head atop a brown ale body, darker than amber, I think. Taste is indeed big on malts. Hops are there as a kind of sting to one part of the tongue. There may be some oxidation going on. I think because just seeing a name like "Ambergeddon" on the label made me think it must be a higher-alcohol beer that can cellar, turns out it may have sat for longer than it should have.
On tap at Ale Asylum. Pours a hazy orange brown with a thick white head. Aroma of caramel malt, floral hops, grassy hops. Flavor of sweet fruits, sweet pale malts, earthy hops, light bitterness. A tasty amber, not super hoppy as others have described but fairly hoppy for an amber. Sturdy palate, drinkable.
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