Brooklyn Ale

Bottle from Kegs & Barrels in Plano, TX. Pours a clear amber with beige head. Aroma of caramel, light fruit. Flavor of light fruit/citrus, light caramel, very faint bitter. Mouth feel is light-medium body with high carbonation. Overall, an easy drinking tasty beer.

This is the beer that convinced me I need to brew with Marris Otter. The hops are there, but they’re not overpowering, in fact, they seem like an afterthought. What did you expect from an English Pale? The malt profile, however, is excellent.

Had this on tap at Thinking Mans Tavern. A decent beer. Very light in terms of aroma and flavor. Not very toasty, or nutty. The beer wasn’t that creamy either. As I rate this I just think about the caramel malt look and flavor. Honestly without the caramel malt I don’t think you have much here. I am sorry to be tough on a Brooklyn beer, but this beer wasn’t that great. It didn’t have anything really going for it. Expect a slight toasty flavor, but mainly a bland caramel malt aroma and taste. The appearance is nice. A nice thin head sitting on top of a dark caramel malt body. Overall, very mediocre.

It’s a very crisp, clean English-style pale ale - a little citrusy, a little hoppy, a lot of tasty. It’s a pretty solid pale ale, but nothing to really write home about. It’s fairly light and very very drinkable, super smooth as it goes down.

PENAT ALE 55 INITIALY I LOVED THIS BEER I PURCHASED A VARIETY PACK OF BROOKLYN BEERS AND THIS WAS MY FAVORITE OUT OF THE PACK, HOWEVER NOW THAT I AM RATING IT I FIND THE EXPERIENCE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, IT POURS A REDISH GOLDEN CLEAR WITH A SLIGHT TAN HEAD. SMELLS A LITTLE SKUNKY CITRUS AND TASTES LIKE A LIGHT NUTTY ROASTED CITRUS MALT DEFINETLY GOOD NOT QUITE GREAT.

Bottle of Pennant Ale ’55. Pours amber with a huge white head. Aroma is quite malty. Tastes similar to scottish red ale, but with a metallic aftertaste. Honestly, my only regret is that I’d have picked a better beer to celebrate my 100th rating.

Bottle. Medium amber body. Fizzy off-white head that slowly diminishes. Malty toast (slightly burnt) aroma with a hint of orange. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter and lightly acidic. It finishes lighlty sweet and lightly bitter. A slight acidic attertaste. Medium body, watery texture and lively carbonation. Smooth drinker though more hop presence would have been appreciated.

bottle, pours a deep copper with a tall off white head. Sweet caramel aroma with some yeast aromas. Light malt and a apple skin finish with little hop presence. Drinkable but boring.