Brooklyn Ale

Brooklyn Brewery describes this beer as an EPA. A gorgeous beer on pour. Nice frothy off white head, crystal clear cooper color. The nose is malty with definite biscuit aromas and more diacelyl than I prefer in a beer. Hop aroma is low but evident. A bit over carbonated which makes this ale a refreshing quaff but with a tangy not creamy mouth feel. Medium to light bodied, well attenuated. A well balanced palate with decent bitterness. Hop flavor is restrained. Malt flavor is ther but diacetyl rears its ugly head once again and lingers through the finish. A bit one dimensional relying too much on biscuit flavors with too little caramel. Some carbonic tang through the finish. A nice beer that hits all of the marks but it seems to be a bit road weary. Reminds me too much of New Castle Brown Ale with all the diacetyl. Yes, this style can have some diacetyl, but there is much more than expected in this example. I will chalk the flaws up to a hard trip from Brooklyn to Central Iowa via Chicago. I must get to the brewery to sample this on tap.

Pours a muddy, dark copper, with a decent sized off white head. Nose is malty with strong wheat noes. Flavor is similarly malty, but a little thin. Not bad, but it could use some depth.

a nice ball game ale. not much to say clasic use of the maris otter. i like that the hopping on this beer is not the typical funky garden brooklyn flavor.

Bottle. Thanks to TheWolf. BB 07/07. Pours unclear amber with a off white head. Aroma is of caramel & hops. Thin mouthfeel. Earthy & slightly sour taste. Over the top...!

This beer pours a deep amber color and has a quickly dissipating off-white head. It has a strong sweet malt aroma and finshes with an astringent bitter aftertaste. There is enough sweet malt to carry this beer, but there are no real surprises here. Mellow beer.

One of Brooklyn’s better beers. Well-balanced with malt and hop flavors getting equal billing. They didn’t overdo anything here.

glass into bottle. pours copper red with no real head to speak of. aroma is of pears and figs. tastes of overripe banana, grassy, yeasty. washes over palate quickly with just a hint of hoppy finish. ive never been a big fan of Brooklyn Brewery beers. either too hoppy or too bland. this is an exception. good stuff!

Copper to amber pour with medium beige head. Aroma is mild fruit, caramel malt, with a touch of roastiness. Roasty malts and citrusy hops clash on the tongue. Tart followed by roastiness isnt working for me. Thinnish body with mild carbonation. Again as it warms I get that bubblegum ester ythat I get from a lot of their beers. Finish is dry with a lingering somewhat herbal hop presence. This is sort of all over the place and could really benifit from some refinement.