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Brooklyn Ale

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55
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6243.09/5.03.09/5.05.1%73.5English pint, Shaker
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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 unclemattie (2401), Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/54/105/514/20
Nov 21, 2007  
15 NOV 07. 12oz bottle of Brooklyn Pennant Ale 55. Pours clear, copper color, with an egg-shell colored head. Aroma of fresh brewed ale. Medium hop aromaswith a rich malt body. Flavors are very well balanced. Clean bitterness in the finish. Rich and medium bodied.


 CharlesDarwin (1834), Point Judith, Rhode Island, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/512/20
Nov 13, 2007  
12 Oz Bottle. Skunky, transparent pale malt aroma. Pours middle amber, with light haze and a rim of white head. Flavor is a predictably blah schmalz of underwhelming floor rot and dust. There’s some crisp sugar corners and refined yeast character in there somewhere but it gets buried by lackluster esters and an overly acidic hop dose. Finishes dry and bland. Another Brooklyn snorer.


 clingman71 (245), Centerville, Ohio, USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/52/102/54/20
Nov 11, 2007  
Bottle. Pours a deep golden/light amber with a thick white head. Aroma of almost skunky/yeasty Eastern Eoropean style beers. Flavor was weak, with a certain grassiness. Maybe this was an old or bad bottle, I don’t know, but I won’t try again. UNDERWHELMING!


 TURDFERGUSON (1598), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 9, 2007  
Draught pint at Pepper’s Pizza. Pours a pretty straight on amber with a nice, thick white head that lasts. Nose is pretty faint, some malts, a little hops. Flavor mimics nose, with a smooth, yet full flavored finish. Very nice english style pale ale.


 Radek Kliber (3942), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 4, 2007  
Bottle 355ml
Rated as Pennant Ale
Appearance :Slightly haze dark amber with hint of copper , medium creamy tanned top 3+
Nose : Sweet toffee brown malts with some earthy side to it. Molasses and honey behind.
Flavour/Palate :Clean, straight forward American bitter. Medium thick malt base with earthy wet hoped side. Woody ,wet bark at end sweeten with caramel malts. Very straight forward. Decent take.


NPRugby11 (82), New York, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/52/102/58/20
Oct 30, 2007  
Bottle, starts out w/ a grassy sweet taste that just descends into a maelstrom of bitterness. Not one of my preferred pale ales


 jimhilt (1673), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 29, 2007  
Pours a four-finger off-white head that fades slowly to a thin layer leaving some lace. Crystal clear amber color. Malty nose. Light-medium carbonation and light-medium bodied. Flavor is malty with a sweet apple juice undercurrent - not much but not what I was expecting from a pale. Best before Feb 2008, 12oz bottle $1.50 from Capitol Convenience Concord, NH.


 RagallachMC (631), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 29, 2007  
Draft. Aroma: Biscuity malts and yeasty dough. Caramel, lightly toasted nuts. Citrus, light pine, floral, and herbal hop notes. Appearance: Medium copper in color and clear. Off-white head was small and foamy with fair retention. Fair retention. Flavor: Biscuity and bready maltiness with light notes of caramel, vanilla, and toasted nuts. Citrus hops are the most noticeable, but notes of pine, floral, and herbal follow behind. Light bitterness and a lightly sweet finish. Palate: Medium bodied. Moderate carbonation. Overall: Nice, drinkable beer. Well balnced. Very sessionable.



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