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Brooklyn Brown Ale

Brooklyn Brown Ale

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81
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A Brown Ale brewed by
Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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8403.44/5.03.44/5.05.6%91.1Dimpled mug P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Brooklyn Brown Ale, made exclusively with American ingredients, won Bronze medals at the Great American Beer Festival in the Strong Ale Category in 1991 and in the American Brown Ale Category in 1992. Brooklyn Brown uses pale, crystal, chocolate, and black malts to attain a complex creamy texture. It is more heavily hopped than its British forbears.

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 wingman333 (160), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/101/57/20

Jul 6, 2007  
Draft...extremely watery and bland. Some malt flavor. Perhaps it was the tap but this left a lot to be desired. My least favorite of Brooklyn thus far.

j12601 (56), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/513/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Pours a transparent brownish ruby color with a medium tan head. Aromas of toasty malt. Very thin body, almost watery in consistency, with small sharp bubbles. Finishes with a little bit of hops, but otherwise rather dull in the finish. Seems a middle of the road brown – something I wouldn’t be sad about drinking again, but I doubt I’d choose it over anything decent looking that I’ve never had before.


 Homer321 (116), Rockledge, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Strong chocolate with slight roast in the nose, slightly astringent. Deep rich ruby color with light brown, minimal head that leaves little lacing. smoooth taste that starts full and creamy and fades to coffee, finishing smooth. A decent brown ale, but not enough hop character to be an american version and not enough backbone to be an english version. good job on the complexity, would just like a little more malt backbone lending a toasted, biscuit type of character.


 BlockBrew (105), West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/58/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Brown pour, off white head. Caramel malt aroma and a strong caramel flavor. Full body and no bitterness.


 ericandersnavy (191), denton, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Nov 20, 2008  
bottle thanks to swalden 28. poured a clear brown with red hues and a beige head. aroma of nuts, fruits, malt, and notes also mention butter. flavor had caramel, nuts, slight roast, and some alcohol spice. a darn good brown ale overall.


 Swalden28 (684), McKinney, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 17, 2008  
Bottle from Kegs & Barrels in McKinney, TX. Pours a clear brown, orange hues, with off-white head. Aroma of toasted grain. Flavor of faint caramel, toasted grains, as well as a slight hoppy flavor and nice small bitter. Light-medium body with high carbonation....Over all, easy drinking and tasty..



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