3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Good solid maltiness with some hops there is more substance to this beer than I feel some people are giving it credit for.Easy drinker.Would buy again
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: FEB 3, 2009 Bottle. Pours an amber body with a white head. Aroma is light malt, and hop bitterness, a bit musky. Flavor is lightly bitter the whole way through with a malt backbone. Lightly nutty with some earthy hoppiness.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
I think this beer is under-rated. Pours a nice amber color with a white head. I thought the hops were just right...not too much. Perfect on a hot summer day.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Interesting. Coppery amber in color with a thick white head. Bready aroma. Flavor is classic pale ale with an overabundance of the biscuit-like character. Don’t think I could drink more than one of these. It was decent, but not quite my thing.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Clear copper color with slightly golden white head that quickly dissipates. Sweet malty smell that is pleasant. Taste is sweet, malty, and slight citrus flavor, and hops linger in the aftertaste. Nice beer.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Well rounded blend of malt and hops. Toasted chestnut flavor that tastes a little bit watery to me. I may have gotten a bad batch, I’ll have to try this again down the road and re-review. As it stands... overall a decent beer, I actually enjoyed it better out of the bottle than the glass.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a clear copper color with decent head. Aroma of malts and animal crackers. Flavor was doughy malts, sweet malts, banana, grass and a nice bitter hop finish. I like this style and Brooklyn did this one good.Very drinkable and satisfying.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
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.
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