Brooklyn Brown Ale

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

Serve in Dimpled mug

Bottle from Beers of Europe.
Ruby chestnut brown, clear, white head that dissipates to thin layer.
Aroma of dark caramel malts, bit of roasted malt, light chocolate and coffee, sweet.
Tastes of caramel and light roasted malts, hint of fruit, slight yeast, very slight marmite, not complex, don’t notice the hops that much - emphasis on the malts here.
Palate - medium carb, thin to medium body. Finish of fruity malts.
Overall - Good brown ale, but not remarkable. Better then rubbishy Newkie Brown!

Flavor is sweet up front. Brown sugar and caramel. As it moves to the back of the mouth it turns a corner and dries out. There are definitely hops back there to facilitate this, but they hide nicely. They provide just enough light herbal spice and mossiness to break the sweetness and balance without taking it away from a traditional brown ale. On top of this interplay, there are nutty and fruity characteristics as well. I think of cherry and raisin. The palate is full and rich. Does not show that metallic over-caramelized flavor i fear in mid-range malty ambers and browns. For a style I usually ignore this is pretty good.

Bottle. Clear brwon with a beige head. Aroma of caramel, chocolate and grass. Taste is fairly sweet before a dry slightly spicy finish. Has caramel, chocolate, toast. Carbonation is rather high but it all works together - rich enough and mostly about the malt flavours but balanced enough to avoid being heavy.

Bottle from Mane Liquor. Nothing much to say here. Just a plain and simple brown ale, a little bit boring

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(rating #100) bottle aged two years pours brown amber with moderate beige head. Sweetness of caramel, hard candy and green apple fill the aroma. Taste its much more full and broad than nose. Chocolate malt, a lot of barley, hop spice and the apple all hit at once in a pleasing way. It ends a bit bready and has a grainy dry finish with the darker chocolate malt still being prominent. I can tell it was well hopped but most of the distinct hop flavor has mellowed after two years, it its still a very good beer.

Pours dark brown with a large fading head. Nose shows chocolate, coffee, nutty malt and soft caramel. Also some toasty, melanoidin-like malt. Very nice. Flavours initially include similar chocolate and roasted malt, but a little later some vegemite shows through along with soft acidity. Body seems a little light on, carbonation a bit high.

UPDATED: NOV 30, 2011 Bottle. Tasty dark ale with nutty aroma and a malty chocolate taste. I’m a fan of this beer.