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RATINGS: 10   MEAN: 3.58/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.24   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 258   ABV: 8.6%
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Brooklyn BAMboozle We remember it like it was yesterday, but that’s because it pretty much was yesterday. Not long ago, Brooklyn was supposedly “Crooklyn”, a strange land where people spoke in tongues, cabs feared to tread, and you couldn’t get a decent piece of cheese. And BAM, the grandly-titled Brooklyn Academy of Music, seemed to stand as a silent sentinel, a remnant of a glorious past few seemed to remember. Here at Brooklyn Brewery, we remember the real Brooklyn. We remember pioneering beer bars, wild Berlin-style raves at the Old Mustard Factory, the Liveri boys smoking the mozzarella in a little metal box every morning outside Joe’s Busy Corner, prosciutto sliced so thin you could read the newspaper through it, and jerk chicken that made your eyes water. BAM remembers our Brooklyn too, and helped transform it into a place everyone suddenly wants to be. So, when BAM asked us to make a beer for their 150th anniversar y, we wanted to make them something really special. BAMBoozle features a large addition of wildflower honey from the New York family apiary Tremblay Farms – we pick up the honey from Alan Tremblay at the Greenmarket. Blended with golden malts, it is fermented to a dry complexity by our Belgian yeast strain, and then re-fermented in the bottle like Champagne. When the cork pops, the beer shows a shimmering effer vescence, a beautifully floral, honeyed nose, and a fresh light zing on the palate that belies its underlying strength. You have not had a beer like this, and neither have we. You can enjoy it now, but it will also age very nicely. Like BAM and like Brooklyn, BAMBoozle is in a class of its own. Happy 150th to BAM, its colorful crown restored, the once and future king of the arts. *This beer, like the creative quality of the borough of Brooklyn, is very rare.


3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
Jow (903) - USA - JAN 22, 2012
Bottle for AFC championship game. Is this really a mead? Anyways pours dirty yellow with huge white creamy head. Nose is of yeast and honey. Tastes of honey, yeast, floral, herbs, and banana. Nice lingering finish and good carbonation, I dig it

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
j12601 (4415) - Poughkeepsie, New York, USA - MAY 1, 2012
Bottle back at the hotel at TAPNY courtesy of Matt. Pours a lightly hazed gold with a medium sized white head. Soft wheat, toasty and warm. Light musk, warm alcohol. Long musk, toast. Musky and sweet on the finish, with more toasted wheat.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Brandman (1067) - Helsinki, FINLAND - APR 12, 2012
Hazy orange body, white head. Aroma has citrus fruits all over it. Some sweet maltiness and a werid spiciness. There is alcohol present in flavour, but somehow this feel a bit thin in mouth. How is it even possible?

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
BrewBoxer (881) - New York, New York, USA - MAR 31, 2012
Bottle. Golden yellow color. Sweet honey smell and taste. A little too sweet for me, but maybe cause meads are not my thing. Overall its still smooth and nice to drink

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
MicroGrog (110) - New York, USA - MAR 7, 2012
Bottle from New Beer. Frothy, thin, crystallized, eggshell head. Sticky lace. Hazy yellow/orange body. Orange, bitter greens, chalky, hef yeast scent. Tastes of lettuce, pretzels, herbs, banana, & saline. Active, microbeaded carbonation tries it’s best to fight through the grainy/Metamucil feel. Mellow alcohol. More like a lighter version of a Biere de Miel, then braggot.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Nitro0292 (4) - New York, USA - MAR 4, 2012 does not count
this is listed as a mead...not sure of that. Listed as a "Belgian Pale Ale" on the "other" site. Regardless, smells like a hefeweizen, cloves, banana, bubblegum and fermented wheat. Reminds me very much of classic Weihenstephaner, but not quite as strong in smell or taste, but close. Carbonation is surprisingly normal, not overwhelming nor insufficient. Just right given the flavor and body.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
arkurzynski (847) - West Bend, Wisconsin, USA - JAN 29, 2012
Bottle thanks to ChairMissing. Hazy gold. Light fruity esters, mild citrus, faint banana, light nuttiness. Brief sweet citrus, followed by moderate herbal bitterness and a dry herbal finish. Interesting concoction.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
mcmisko (276) - New York, USA - JAN 23, 2012
Drank this from a bottle. Pours a nice yellow color and very carbonated, light champagne. Smells are simple and to the point, malts, hope and some fresh citrus. Taste warm, and like a lager a steroids. Fresh grass, ginger and honey. Nice body and texture. Similar to a good double wit to me. I could drink this in place of champagne, with a salad, with pasta, or after a meal. Love it!

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
BMan1113VR (6459) - Los Angeles, California, USA - JAN 12, 2012
Bottle pour at the brewery. Pours with a hazed golden body with a small white head that fades. Aromas are peppery, phenol, floral, really dry with distinct honey notes. Mild esters. Flavors are also very dry, bready, floral, fennel bulbs, and grainy. Lively bubbles and quite dry. Interesting Braggot.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
swoopjones (3429) - Buffalo, New York, USA - DEC 12, 2011
750ml at Brooklyn Tasting at Blue Monk, buffalo. golden colored pour, Bubblegum notes in the aroma, sweet malts , floral yeast. theres some dry yeastiness, honey sweetness, herbal tongue tickling. pretty interesting offering


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