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Brooklyn Ale

Brooklyn Ale  - English Pale Ale

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 Percentile 
55
overall
Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: English Pale Ale

Brooklyn, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6213.09/5.03.09/5.05.1%73.6English pint, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
Formerly known as Pennant Ale '55...Brooklyn Pennant Pale Ale '55 is a classic English pale ale, brewed with the prized Maris Otter Malt and Fuggles, Willamette and Cascade hops. Maris Otter is an old malt variety that yields an incomparable biscuity flavor. Pennant is chesnut-colored, medium in body with a hearty malt palate and smooth hop finish. This beer is a tribute to Brooklyn’s world champion baseball team.
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 MaltDawg (778), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/515/20
Feb 13, 2009  
(Sample Date: 2/3/2009 Source:Capital Ale House - Downtown) Caramel and light malt. Clear pale small white head. Light floral hop flavor with caramel and light maltyness. Dry slightly bitter finish.


 puzzl (2579), New York, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Feb 10, 2009  
Finally, the last in a long line of Brooklyn ratings to get into the top 5. I hate to insult Brooklyn, they make some solid beers, but it’s been quite painful. They have a distinct and very drab, dull yeast that really holds a lot of their beers back. This one has the same malt-sugar grey grain aroma, mild hops and biscuit notes. Slightly lactic flavor, cookie, cheese. Mild fuggles hops, no American hops to be found, despite the commercial description. Boring. Thank god this is over with.


 GMUcrew7 (353), Mason, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 30, 2009  
Pours reddish brown with minimal head. Sweet bready malt aroma with some fruit and hops. Biscuit malty flavor dominates, some grassy hops. Medium body. Decent beer from what I consider kind of a boring style.


 nickd717 (1276), Palo Alto, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Jan 27, 2009  
A rare exception to the "ales are more flavorful than lagers" rule. Maybe I’m just not a huge fan of English-style Pale Ales...or English anything for that matter. Malts dominate, and although some hops are present, they’re not as in-your-face as the brewer claims. Easily above average, but I prefer Brooklyn Lager slightly.


 Ughsmash (3981), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
Jan 24, 2009  
Bottled. Poured translucent orangey-amber with a short cap of off-white head. The aroma was sweet with caramel, honey, and fruity notes accompanied by light grassy and herbal accents.. serviceable. The flavor had caramel and medium-skinned fruits at the core with light, dry herbal bitterness around.. sharper on the finish with sticky, ugly maltage. Light-bodied on the palate with rather poor balance.. didn’t do a whole lot for me.


 Beer2000 (1775), Kristiansand, Norway
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 20, 2009  
355 ml bottle as Pennant Ale 55. Clear reddish brown body with a small off-white head. Moderate aroma of sweet malt, caramel and a hint of fruity. Flavor is quite malty, sweet, caramel and a balanced light bitterness. Nice and easy.


ant880 (39), Brooklyn, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 20, 2009  
This is a decent beer that I would recommend for an extended drinking session. Dont look for anything interesting here though. Aroma is bready with possibly some citrus. Flavor is what you would expect from an average pale ale.


 tarheels86 (704), Washington DC, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jan 14, 2009  
330 mL. Pours a clear dark orange/copper with a thin tan head that settles down to nothing. No lacing. Aroma is rye bread, strawberry, roasted nuts. Taste is seltzer water with some faint strawberry. Overall just like strawberry seltzer water. Bad.



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