Brooklyn Brown Ale

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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Bottle. Very malty aroma, hint of bonbon. Nice chestnut colour. Light brown head, disappears too quickly. Malty, sweet/sour flavour, reminding me of a slightly failed homebrew. But nice enough beer still.

Bottle. Nice tan head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are rich with nuts, caramel, some roast malt and notes of fruits.

(Bottle, BB 02/07) Pours a mahogany body with a moderate beige head. Aroma of cola, toastiness, and caramel. Flavor of nuts, dark malt, caramel, and toastiness. An easy drinker.

Bottle at Stefanhus. Dark nut brown - offwhite head. Aroma: Roasted, high hoppy, citrus, grape. Taste: Nutty, roasted, caramel, hops, citrus, grape. A lot more hopped than I remember it !!

UPDATED: OCT 3, 2008 Chestnut brown with a garnet accent. Not convinced this hasn’t been sitting on the shelf too long - a bit tinny on the nose, with the more normal nutty malt stuff. Body is medium, bitterness about that for the style. The malts are nutty and sweet, leaning towards toffeeish and with a fair bit of richness relative to most other widely-available browns. Possible age issues aside, not a bad example.

Bottle at The Rake, Borough Market. Ruby with lasting beige head. Lovely aroma of berry fruit and US hops. Bready. Quite bland in mouth, but finish is good. Hops on either end. Has a fair dry malt flavour in mouth which sometimes is a little bready.

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2009
Date: October 17, 1998
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewfest, Real Ale Festival
Appearance: deep brown
Aroma: pleasant hoppy aroma on a slightly sweet malt base
Flavor: light toasted malt flavor, dry finish, just a hint of bitterness, would make an excellent session beer

Date: March 11, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Aroma: lots of floral hop aroma on a chocolate malt base
Flavor: lots of rich chocolate and toasted flavors, touch of sweetness well balanced with a lingering bitter finish

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Score: *4

UPDATED: MAR 5, 2011 Bottle. Clear, mahogany pour, topped by a small, beige head. Quite fruity nose, with pine and citrus, but it has a solid malty background. Definately malty flavor as well, but they blend with a good dash of bitterness, citrus and pine. Medium body. Bitter finish with pine and fruit. Not what I expected from a brown ale, but it sure is a nice one. Rating: 6-4-6-4-13-3.3. 070801

Bottle, courtesy of geokkjer. A dark chestnut colored beer topped by a small, dense beige head. Nutty nose with a bready touch and a pleasant hoppyness. The palate is smooth, but maybe a bit too carbonated. Medium body. There’s a little sourness in the flavor, with nuts, dried fruits and bitterness being the most dominant. There’s also a touch of coffee towards the nutty, slightly bitter end. An easy drinking beer that is slighlty better than most brown ales, but it’s sort of old fashioned and dull. A nice beer though. 110305

Dark brown with medium light brown head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt. Flavor is sweet with chocolate and nutty notes.

(draft) Clear brown-red with small tan head. Aroma is strong malty, caramel, mildly sweet, some roastiness. Tastewise, moderately sweet, very smooth with solid roasted malts and some caramel. Finishes with a mild bitterness. Very good session beer.