Brooklyn Ale

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: English Pale Ale
Brooklyn, New York USA

I got a single of this as part my campaign to investigate Brooklyn Brewery. The label was very attractive, with the 1955 Dodger pennant stripes in blue with red piping. The beer is a good caramel-amber color, very nice to look at. Alas, the small head vanished immediately and left no lacing. The aroma was sweetish-sour and fairly pleasant. The palate was disappointing, rather watery with a little fizz going down. Flavor was bitter and somewhat hoppy, though not nearly as hoppy as the Brooklyn Lager I had once. It was just right, the only off note being a faint soapiness. I liked this beer but unfortunately the bottle was two months past the best sell date. This probably explains some of the weaknesses, especially the flatness and wateriness. I’d like to try it again; no doubt I’d rate it higher. It compares pretty well to the Sam Adams Boston Ale.

12 oz bottle says Pennant Ale ’55; nose of light sweet vanilla and fruit; copper with a medium glass-lacing beige head; flavor is sweet caramel and a little vanilla; finish is sweet fading into a very light hop bitterness. Tastes kind of like some of the English beers I’ve had so if that is what they were trying for they suceeded.

12 oz bottle. Orange/red with a white head. Aroma is grassy hoppy. Nice malty falvor well balanced with a hoppy finish. Very solid beer.

orange-copper in appearence, tightly bubbled white head. a nice option if there are mostly macro beers available. malty, crisp, english hop character that is mostly earthy. I had two.

bottle . pours deep copper wiht a fizzy white head . . aroma is caramel, apricot, honey, rasins, wheat bread . . taste is slight hops, malts, slightly bitter . . not very complex or full. . . finishes kinda of bitter and watery

Tap. I liked this very much as it’s malty with a touch of sweetness and hops that makes for a great mouth full. Sometimes it displayed a passing watery element, but it didn’t bother me as I was looking forward to the next taste...

Bottle. Standard golden color. Nice solid, thin head. A little malt with a very lager-like scent on the nose. The taste is that of a English old ale mixed with an American Pale Ale...but watered down. The nice hoppy flavor is more diluted than it should be, so it teases towards being a better beer than it is.

Amber with decent, creamy off-white head / Faint, sweet. caramel malt nose / Light body, weak malts with no discernable hops, and without much finish / Simple flavors of light caramel malt with a little sweetness on the finish / Dissapointing effort for the usually reliable Brooklyn.