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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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 BEERGUY007 (206), Scotia, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 29, 2008  
golden color with a white frothy head. Different, bready almost and the hops ar enice. Its a smooth one. This one is a good beer. I will look forward to trying it again in the summer.


mcart034 (35), Manassas, Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Mar 28, 2008  
Pours a deep golden color with decent foamy head. Weak aroma but slightly sweet. Taste was less than spectacular and was very light on the palate. Not a bad beer but far from a good beer.


SoBloHero (56), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 14, 2008  
A decent pale ale, pours with a darker copper color, not quite amber. Minimal head, had a strong initial taste, but after that was more ordinary.


 kimcgolf (824), Dacula, Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/514/20
Mar 12, 2008  
Pours a light copper color with medium off-white head that dissipates quickly and leaves little lacing. Nose is muted floral and malt with a dry, slightly sweet mouthfeel. Flavor picks up the floral nose and adds a hint of grass, all a little on the malty side. My big sdsilike with thiss was the finish, which was dry to the point of being stale, with a lingering cottony after-taste. Okay, but nothing to write home about.


 Ritterkreuz (179), Seneca Falls, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/510/20
Mar 9, 2008  
Not bad, but nothing remarkable either, in fact its only been fifteen minutes since I finished this and I can barely remember it.


bigbeersilove (10), lansing, Michigan, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 24, 2008  
pennant ale ’55 12oz bottle. nice beer; thick white head, tight carbonation. Malty nose maybe a touch of bitter floral as well. flavor is light bitter, cascade hops come through and the fuggles hops balance it out to give it depth in drinking. very drinkable, good mouth-feel, ok finish. easy to drink when its cool around 45-55F doesn’t warm up too well.


 alexsdad06 (1056), Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 24, 2008  
12 oz. bottle. Pours amber in color with a medium sized off white head. The aroma is sweet malt with a touch of floral hops to balance. The flavor is biscuity malt and floral hops. Nothing is standing out. Rather underwhelming.


 Bungalo22 (326), Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/512/20
Feb 19, 2008  
Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Carbonation was OK but a bit on the light side. A lighter color then the Brooklyn lager in my opinion but maybe that’s the light - looks like a light amber. It was smooth and a slight bit bitter. Getting grain taste - cereal grains. No fruit as described in the commercial description. As I am finding with most Brooklyn’s it stays on the palate in a consistent way.



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