Brooklyn Blast

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Tap @ OTH Pours golden white Aroma, strong lemongrass, hoppy nose, huge pine forest goodness. Flavor, lots of hops, the bitterness is very subdued and adds a tremendous lemongrass kick, overall palate has some green tea leaves, pine, huge dry-hopping with mild tobacco notes.Bittersweet finish. This is some good stuff.

Very good beer ... Just different. Sure I had it on cask, but it was even less carbonated and for a Dipa it lacked a hop pop. Not in a bad way per say, a different and unexpected way. I’m still trying to process if it was a good suprise or not. A litlle apple-y in flavor, maybe even a touch banana-y. Speaking of banana and other non ipa flavors I read a barleywinesque comment earlier I’m going to throw hefe in there as well. Complex which people on here love sogets my give it a rate approval bur not my delicious I want more approval

Sampled this on tap at a Brooklyn Promo at the Bishop’s Collar Pours a clear dark golden orange/amber color with golden burnt orange hues when held to a light source and a frothy two finger head that has decent retention, slowly fading into a lasting ring. Minimal spots of lacing are left behind. Very earthy uber-fresh floral hop aroma with lots of dank resinous oily bitterness. Very piny with a strong citrus presence, especially grapefruit and mango with a bit of apple but the earthy pine needle character dominates the aroma. Chewy resinous mouthfell that is on the fuller end of medium bodied with a lot of fresh skunky dry floral hops that produce a bitterness that lasts throughout into a very dry pine finish. Decent graham cracerky malt backbone with a slight alcohol presence mid-palate that lasts into the finish. Very subtle alcohol warmth. Flavor is dominated by the dry earthy pine but there’s also some nice citrus character, namely pineapple, mango and grapefruit with a bit of orange peel. The alcohol heat hurts it’s drinkability a bit but I still find myself drinking this way too fast. Malt backbone also adds a bit of sweetness and although it provides a nice backbone, this is really a dry piny hop monster.

UPDATED: JUL 5, 2010 5th August 2008. On tap at GBBF. A touch of barleywine about this DIPA. Smooth not too bitter. Low carbonation. 8th May 2010. Copenhagen Beer Festival. Pale gold beer. Light crisp palate. Piney hops but not aggressive. Aromatic. Pretty spot on.

on Tap at coles hazy light yellowis body with white foam, nose is grassy and fresh, sweet like mango and some resinis pine. flavor is sweet and dry odd as it sounds so well done

Very hoppy, my son and I drank three at the brewery, thought i couldn’t get enough, three might have been enough.

UPDATED: AUG 27, 2011 Had a sample at the Great World Beer Festival. Big beer here. Strong hop aroma, notes of pine. Taste is lightly tangy and bitter, like grapefruit. Finish is clean. I had another try of this at The Diamond recently and noted: "Fresh, very floral, very sweet. Some caramel, slight grass. Full bodied with average carbonation. Bit of stickiness to finish. Very clean. Solid." I gave it the same rating, 3.8. I like it when I blindly stay consistent.

Chelsea Cask Festival: Pours slight cloudy, yellow copper/ orange amber. Strong nose of young fruits and citrus, slightly metallic. The fruits and citrus come back in the taste enhanced with warming esters. The hops are much more noticeable on the finish... a very surprising and complex brew, changing from front to back. Would really like to try this on tap as well.