Ale Asylum - New Beer

Not sure if there's been a thread on this or not, but this just came in their latest email update:

Brewery News

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Cans? Yes, Cans!!! Starting sometime in April, Inmates will be able to enjoy Hopalicious, Bedlam!, Unshadowed and Demento in cans on golf courses, fishing boats and any other outdoor environments where beer would be an enhancement (a.k.a. all of them). Stay tuned for announcements on our social media channels so you can get your hands on some in time for your summer fun!

 

Bedlam! in cans!?!? Yes please!

 

excited for Bedlam in cans, loving this trend!!

 

Not really a fan of the style, but Demento is one of the best session IPA's I've had. Will certainly buy some cans for the summer tailgate season.

 

Bedlam in cans......my backyard plans are complete.

 

Not a fan of session IPA either, may have to try a bottle.

 

If you like Ale Asylum Velveteen Habit, you just might be able to keep it around by "liking" this FB post. http://goo.gl/kw5UAG

 

Next up is Pantheon Imperial Brown Ale.

 

I had Pantheon on tap during a business trip....sooo good. I hate it wasn't bottled when I was up there to bring back!

 

Really happy to see Ale Asylum in cans. More WI breweries are soon to follow!

 

Heard from some reputable sources that New Glarus will be canning eventually. Super stoked for that, but I can just see the newest scandal coming out of that...Moon Man in a can! ==> Moon Man can! ==> Man can! ==> Damn that sexist Deb! She is referencing mens behinds! First Two Women and now this....

 

Really happy with Pantheon. Poured one as soon as I got home tonight (room temp, didn't even make it to the fridge) and its lovely. Nice balance of malts, just the right amount of carbonation, sweet without being too sweet. Loved it on draft, glad to see it bottled well. Ale Asylum and Tyranena just gave a much appreciated jolt to the brown ale category.

 

Moved to August 29, but here are the labels.

 

I was looking forward to going to the release party until I found out details. I was a little disappointed when a learned bombers of Dissent and Descent were $20 each. Not that I mind spending $20 on a bomber, but I usually don't unless it has a track record or the brewery has a track record of making beers of that caliber. I may have missed something, but I've never had a Imperial Stout from Ale Asylum that holds a candle to CW's stouts, Darkness, GI, etc. So everyone is just supposed to cough up $40 (because you must purchase the set) for something that nobody knows what it is. That's not the worst.

They are hosting an inaugural festival and they are CHARGING $40 ADMITANCE. $40 for some Ale Asylum samples and a band, oh a commemorative glass. That is bullshit. I'll get my bottles and go home.

Ale Asylum, take some notes from CW on how to throw a damn party.

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/ferment-dissent-imperial-stout-riot-festival-tickets-17544680612

 

Well then, another question is- are you allowed to purchase the bottles without purchasing admission to the festival?

Overall, I find the whole thing questionable.

 

according the info on eventbrite, my interpretation is yes because it says you can pick up bottles between noon and 6:30. But I've been wrong before and it probably wouldn't hurt to clarify that before dropping the $ on bottles.

 

http://aleasylum.com/wp-content/upl...issentFestival-FAQ-Bomber-Sale-and-Pickup.pdf

I answered my own question. It seems to be a separate thing, so you can just pick up the bottles at the brewery without going into the festival.

BUT, I take special note of this:

Clearly this can be extrapolated to this: no bottlesharing allowed. What makes D-Day and DLD what they are is the community and bottlesharing... so, this is a big strike already.

 

And they want this to become the magnitude of Dark Lord Day...

 

They explicitly say that you cannot purchase bottles of the stouts at the festival, so yeah, they're totally separate.