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New Blog Ale Asylum Hopalicious

Starting new tab, we are going to take a look at the final beer from Ale Asylum and it is called Hopalicious.  This is their flagship beer from this young brewery.  If you read my earlier beer blogs, you know something about this brewery.  If you have not, please, read the first part of that beer blog.  Let us get into the beer.

This beer has a nice copper color without a head on the beer.  It has a nice citrus to grapefruit smell. The taste is carbonation grapefruit notes. There is really no aftertaste to this beer.  It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

Eleven separate additions of cascade hops give this American pale ale its lush cirtus aromas and bold hop flavor without crazy bitterness.  Hopalicious is all natural and unfiltered for superior flavor and quality.  It is brewed with passion and is best enjoyed that way.

Here is a description from their website (www.aleasylum.com):

5.8% abv.

Available: Year Round Style: American Pale Ale (APA) Motto: Local hopheads granted asylum.

Hopalicious is a refreshing American Pale Ale unique enough for the connoisseur, approachable enough for the novice, and drinkable to everyone. Sure, we could have made it “Bitterlicious”, or even “Maltalicious” for that matter. But we didn’t. We made it Hopalicious. And we made it for the everyday hophead who wants bold, citrus hop flavor without crazy bitterness.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.aleasylum.com

Twitter:   @ale_asylum

Closing out, this was a pretty great beer.  It has a ton of flavor while being very well balanced.  I love the packaging.  For the few beers, I have had from this brewery.  I am really impressed by this one.  I am looking forward to making it up to the brewery to check out the rest of their line up.  If you are in the area, go there and try them.  The porter is the only one I have questioned but there is a good reason for it.  I recommend their beers.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

New Blog New Glarus Raspberry Tart

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In this beer blog, we are going to take a look at the final beer of the seven from New Glarus Brewing.  I kind of left the best for last and plus, this beer is in a 750ml bottle.  The beer is called Raspberry Tart.  If you read my earlier blog on their Fat Squirrel Ale, I will not bored you with the history and information on this brewery.  If you have not read that blog, please read the first part of that post.  Let us get into this fruit beer.

This fruit beer has a nice beautiful red color with a semi white head on it.  I realize it is hard to see in the photo above.  It is pretty sight either way. It has a raspberry smell to the beer.  It is extremely sweet raspberry taste with a dull lingering raspberry aftertaste. It is extremely drinkable beer.

Here is a descriation from their website (www.newglarusbrewing.com) and beer bottle:

Treat yourself to a rare delight.  The voluminous raspberry bouquet will greet you long before your lips touch your glass.  Serve this Wisconsin framboise very cold in a champagne flute.  Then hold your glass to a light and enjoy the jewel-like sparkle of a very special ale.

Oregon proudly shares their harvest of mouth watering berries, which we ferment spontaneously in large oak vats.  Then we employ Wisconsin farmed wheat and year old Hallertau hops to round out this extravaganza of flavor.

Life’s too short to wait for dessert.  Enjoy, Daniel and Deborah Carey

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.newglarusbrewing.com

Twitter:  @newglarusbeer

Endgame, I really really enjoyed this beer.  I had it with a bowl of ice cream and it was perfect with the beer.  I love the sweetness from the fruit from the beer.  This beer is perfect for desserts.  It is not a beer you can sit there and drink while watching a football game.  If you like to do that, please, do so but that is not how I roll.  There is a nice balance in this beer and I am glad my friend brought this down for me.  I want to try their Cherry Ale.  If it is anything like their Raspberry Tart, it will be awesome.  Let me know what you think of this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

New Blog Ale Asylum Contorter Porter

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In this beer blog, we are going to look at the second of three beers from Ale Asylum.  If you read my earlier blog on their Jacksin Double IPA, you know some about this brewery.  If you have not, please, read the frist part of that beer blog.  Let us get into their Contorter Porter.

It has a dark black color without a head on the beer.  It has a heavy coffee notes with a little chocolate notes. The taste of this porter is like a black coffee. It really does not have an aftertaste.  I can see some people thinking it is drinkable.  There are some that might think this porter is not drinkable beer.   I am one beer and done that is not a bad thing.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

Our porter is dark in color yet soft on the palate.  English chocolate malts give it a complex, rich flavor wrapped in a silky smooth finish. Contorter is all natural and unfiltered for superior flavor and quality.  It is brewed with passion and is best enjoyed that way.

Here is a description from their website (www.aleasylum.com):

4.8% abv.

Available: Year Round Style: English Porter Motto: Smooth never tasted so smooth.

You’re not still afraid of Dark, are you? You don’t know how that hurts Dark’s feelings! Dark would never judge you like that. Not even after what you did at summer camp. You know that thing you’ve always wanted? Dark just got you two of them. Dark wants to know what else it can do to change your mind. How about a glassy smooth porter with a long, silky finish? Will that seal the deal? Dark thought so.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.aleasylum.com

Twitter:  @ale_asylum

In the end, it is really hard to make a bad porter, stout, or any IPA’s.  I am not saying this is a bad porter.  It is an average porter and I would love to try this beer straight from the brewery.  I believe I received old beer.  I am on the state line on this beer.  I can see this beer being really good if it was a little bit more fresher.  DO NOT judge the beer from this posted.  I will be doing an updated blog when I try it at the brewery or I get a fresh bottle.  Go get some in Wisconsin!  Drink it!  Enjoy it! Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

New Blog New Glarus Black Top

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In this beer blog, we are going to take a look at the fifth of seven beers from New Glarus Brewing.  The beer is called Black Top.  If you read my earlier blog on their Fat Squirrel Ale, you are pretty up to speed on this brewery.  If you have not, please, go back and read the first part of that beer blog post.  Let us get into this Black India Pale Ale.

It has a dark brown to black color with a heavy constant white head on the beer.  It has a citrus smell to the beer.  It has a slight chocolate to citrus taste with a dry bitter aftertaste to the beer.  It is kind of drinkable beer.

Here is a descriation from the beer bottle and their website (www.newglarusbrewing.com):

We invite you to discover this newest beer style Black IPA. Political debate rages over the origins of this jet black beer as both coasts feel they deserve credit. Our Black Top is a pleasant road connecting Villages and Communities statewide on a ride of Black IPA discovery.

Expect this beer to pour a hop forward jet black glass brimming with aromatic bitterness.  Brewmaster Dan skillfully weaves molasses and chocolate malt undertones with a soaring rush of clean citrus and pine hop notes, to deliver a drinkable Black IPA. Savor Black Top, like Wisconsin’s miles of licorice ribbons of ink that meander through armies of corn and bovine mowed fields. Enjoy the journey on a road less traveled.  Happy Trails, Daniel & Deborah Carey

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.newglarusbrewing.com

Twitter:  @newglarusbeer

In closing,  I am a HUGE fan of this beer style, which is Black Ales or Black India Pale Ale.  This has a ton of flavor.  It is just as smooth as Widmer Brothers Pitch Black.  It has a little bit more hoppiest and bitterest than that beer from Widmer Brothers.  This beer would be in my regular beer line up.  I really enjoyed this beer but I love Milwaukee Brewing Black Iron more but their beer is more of a seasonal.  New Glarus Black Top is available all the time and I will be drinking this beer when I get it in my hands when I cannot get Black Iron.  Great Job on this one, Dan!  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser

New Blog Ale Asylum Satisfaction Jacksin Double IPA

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Starting new tab, I will be featuring three beers from Ale Asylum in the next three posts.  The first beer is called Satisfaction Jacksin Double IPA.  Ale Asylum was founded in 2005 in Madison, Wisconsin.  They brew several ale styles.  There is barely any information on this brewery on the web.  Let us get into this ale.

This double IPA has a dark copper color without a head on the beer.  It has a nice pineapple smell to the beer.  It has a weird taste to the beer. It has a little pineapple and then some citrus to it.  The beer has earthly to the taste. It is really balance with a nice malty backbone. It is extremely drinkable for being a Double IPA.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

Three pounds of Centennial hops per barrel give our double IPA a slightly punishing yet entirely pleasing bitterness that dances on t he tongue.  Jacksin is unfiltered and all natural for superior flavor and quality.  It is brewed with passion and is best enjoyed that way.

Here is a description from their website (www.aleasylum.com):

8.5% abv.

Available: Sep – Dec Style: Double IPA Motto: Slightly punishing, entirely pleasing.

Satisfaction Jacksin is a full frontal assault on the taste buds. The massive amounts of Centennial hops don’t tickle the taste buds as much as they beat them into submission. If hops make you hide and bitterness sends you cowering in the corner, steer clear of this hop monster. Pleasure? Check. Pain? Check. Satisfaction? Jacksin.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.aleasylum.com

Twitter:  @ale_asylum

Raise Your Glass, this beer is pretty good but I will rotate it in and out of my regular line up of beer, if it was availabe in the Chicago Market.  I had a friend bring me some bottles down from Wisconsin.  I never heard of this brewery and it turns out that they are a very young brewery.  I recommend you trying this brew and let me know what you think.  I might have to make a trip up to Madison, Wisconsin some time soon.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill Weiser

Email:  djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter:  @djweiser