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Brooklyn Lager

Brooklyn Lager

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A Vienna brewed by
Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn, New York USA

bottled
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8003.43/5.03.43/5.00.455.2%97.4 Lager glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Brooklyn Lager, the Brewery's flagship label, is New York's "hometown" beer, brewed to a pre-Prohibition recipe that dates back to the days when Brooklyn was the brewing capital of the East Coast. Brooklyn Lager has won numerous awards. Wrote Michael Jackson in the Simon & Schuster Pocket Guide to Beer: "The dry-hopped, fresh, flowery, firm, flavourful, Brooklyn Lager **-*** started well, in 1988, and has gained in character since."
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 HopBackDoc (311), Hatboro, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/59/104/518/20
May 10, 2008  
On tap at the Field House in Phila. Dark but clear mahogany color with firm head, nice looking beer. Mild malty aroma, a hint of hops. The flavor was doughy and caramel malts without being too sweet. The malts were well balanced with earthy and bitter hops, but not overpowering. Medium body, well balanced flavors, and a dry finish made this a very drinkable and enjoyable quaff. I hope it is as good from the bottle as I plan on buying a case. Well done lager.


 drunkbeer (104), London, England
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
May 10, 2008  
i had 10 of theses in a session the other weekend .This is an unassuming Lager,which tastes more akin to an earthy pale ale ,despite not being pale or an ale if that aint too nonsensical.
The most important thingis ,is that I enjoyed sinking Brooklyn. Handfulls of floral ’y hops. Sorta dusty caramell . Definitely ’flowery’, as they talk of on the label. Nice.


Todeon (44), Höllviken, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
May 7, 2008  
Bottle. Aroma is a bit bitter with some fruity notes. Pretty dark amber color. Taste is fruity with a bitter finish,cheap and good lager. Very drinkable.


tylerss20 (34), New Hampshire, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
May 6, 2008  
Guy at Jasper’s in Nashua recommended this as complementary to Sam Adams Lager. Doesn’t quite measure. A little hoppier than I like, and seemed fizzy to me. I am not a Vienna aficionado, so take with grain of salt. But in my humble opinion, it’s a rare case of the mainstream Sam actually being better than the micro.


rizk (31), central florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
May 2, 2008    Updated: May 8, 2008
12 fl oz. hoppy with hints of caramel. pours a clear amber with a white frothy head. pale larger. i think i detected hints of chocolate




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