Brooklyn Brown Ale

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

Pours dark brown, light tan head. Light shines through, color appears a nice mahogany under the light. Bubbles rise to the top quickly. Nothing to complain about. As for the smell - take this as a compliment or a detraction (your call), but it smells a lot like Newcastle Brown Ale. It smells good, but not terribly complex. Definite nut tones. The beer goes down smooth and sweet. Not much hop bitterness...but then again, you wouldn’t really expect that. It’s just a nutty, sweet flavor. I could drink a ton of these. Mouthfeel is a bit fizzy...meh. Overall....Is this a beer to write home about? No. Is this a good, reasonably-priced, readily-available (around here at least) session beer? Hell yes. It’s a great session beer, and something that my swill-drinking friends would enjoy too.

this pours an actual mahogany brown color just like the bottle stated it would! it also has a light brown/tan head but the stupid bottle couldn’t predict that!... it smells of coffee, caramel creams, nuts, malt, pine-like hops and something weird...slightly tart. the flavor is a bit one dimensional or at least it doesn’t change... buttery caramel creams, milk chocolate, toasted brown sugar covered nuts and a coffee aftertaste. it is thin to medium-light bodied, prickly and sharp. 6/4/6/3/14/3.3

.355L bottle, small light quickly diminishing head, clear brown colour with deep red taints, aroma of american hopps with notes of light roasted coffee and some malt.quite dry with the same hoppy traits continuing and a touch of caramel, The finish is also hop dominated and medium long. Too much hops to my liking.

Pours deep brown with thin off-white head. The aroma was fairly weak with not much coming through. The flavor was mostly watery, fairly bland, let alone a lack of character. Finish is lightly bitter.

12 oz. bottle trade with neighbor. Poured into my SA "perfect pint" glass a brown color with amber tones showing through the base, a foamy tan head, and clingy patches of lacing. The aroma was roasted malt, sweet grain and caramel. The flavor added to these an appropriate hop bitterness to balance. The body was medium, with lively carbonation, and a clean, crisp mouthfeel. Very nice.

12 oz beer as an extra in a trade. Dark brown pour with a light tan head. Aroma is mostly caramel and toffee with some light citrus hop. Flavor more of the same, a little bit of bitterness in there as well. Solid beer, would drink again.

September 2008 Beer of the Month Club (Though I had had this one before)

Overall Impression: Here is my review from the September tasting:
A little hops, a little caramel, nice beer.

From bottle at Norma Jean, Brown to red color with nice off white head, aroma of american hops, mainly grapefruit some citrus and some malt, flavor is malty with some acid and some herbs, finsih with a low to medium bitterness, body is medium. Not more than OK and not a classic brown ale.