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Brooklyn Ale

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55
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bottled
common

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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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 BrewDad (2366), Olympia, Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Sep 19, 2009  
Great Canadian Beer Festival – 2009 – Victoria BC
Light lawnmower beer for the day it was good for the heat. Liked the light flavors and how it finished. Had to go to Canada for a NY beer. Eh…


Pookie9121 (87), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 18, 2009  
12 oz. Bottle. Pours a nice golden brown color. Decent beer. Smells of malt. Some hops are noted in the taste. Decent beer. Recommended.


 craftycarl21 (525), South Hero, Vermont, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 11, 2009  
Dark amber with a small white head. Aroma holds wheat, biscuit, and some definite notes of some sort of English ale; not a lot of hop present on the nose. Flavor has an interesting balance between flowery hops and a bit of sweet caramel malt. Nothing special, but certainly a serviceable session ale coming from Brooklyn Brewery.


 Hopper (302), San Antonio, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Sep 8, 2009  
A golden brown beer with a decent head. Aroma was sweet, & malty. The taste was malty, dry, & with a faint hint of bitter on the finish. Nice lacing & a good deal of carbonation.


 Slacks (484), Bolton, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Bottle @ Bar Volo labeled "Pennant Ale": Pours copper in colour, nice white head. Caramel, toasted malty aroma. Flavour is great and balanced with lots of perfumy, floral hops offset by a pretty strong malt sweetness. Just a well done standard ale by a top-notch brewery.


 BrotherGrendel (581), San Diego, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 5, 2009  
Bottle. Deep amber with small white head. Light biscuit English malts and slight toffee in the subtle nose. Flavor is light malts with modest hop bitterness and flavor in the finish. Watery texture and light bodied. Crisp and clean english ale, nothing remarkable going on though.


 asheft (1383), Marburg, Germany
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Sep 1, 2009  
[bottle] Maple wood aroma with a touch of dried fruit, not apricot. Almost clear chestnut appearance under a thin, off-white cover. Bready caramel flavour with plenty of cardboard and dried fruit and nut accents. Light to medium body, moderate carbonation, slightly nutty sweet and bitter finish.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Aug 29, 2009  
Pours mostly clear and amber with short lived whitish head. Smell is slightly yeasty and malty mostly. Taste is fairly balanced between biscuity malt, grassy hops and slighty bready yeast. I prefer a little cleaner, less yeasty beer, but not bad, and certainly drinkable.



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