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RATINGS: 1428   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.44   EST. CALORIES: 156   ABV: 5.2%
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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."


3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
patrickfannon (1059) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - OCT 2, 2009
UPDATED: JUL 8, 2010 Bottle. 12 oz. Pours orange haze with a thick, creamy, outrageously lacy off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, roast, slight smokiness, citrus, and light hop. Medium, rounded bodied with a clean, smooth, refreshingly juicy mouthfeel. Excellent Vienna lager.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
welho (59) - FINLAND - SEP 27, 2009
0.330ml bottle. Nice copper brown color. Light head. Taste has lots of malts, some citrus and nice bitter aftertaste. My kind of beer at the moment.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Pookie9121 (122) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - SEP 18, 2009
12 oz. Bottle. Pours a nice copper brown color. LIght to medium head. Smelled of malt. Also tasted of malt. Also some hints of citrus. Recommended.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
Fratto (1814) - Arlington, Texas, USA - SEP 17, 2009
Six pack from the Majestic on Eastchase. Really dry and really smooth? A little floral , but good.

3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Shakesbeere (187) - Oxford, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - SEP 8, 2009
On tap in Brooklyn. Reddish-brown pour; medium body. Aroma was very hoppy. Flavor was initially very bitter with some malt; later transitioned into a distinct citrus finish. It was all right, but seemed heavy on the hops for a Vienna lager -- a little too much to be considered clean and crisp. Citrus fruit finish was unexpected.

2.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
stantheman (59) - British Columbia, CANADA - SEP 6, 2009
From a 12 oz bottle, poured into a lager glass. Orange, amber in color, not a lot of head. Medium body, lightly malted and hopped. A fairly typical lager.

2.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 10/20
njmoons (59) - New Jersey, USA - SEP 4, 2009
I’ve had Brooklyn Lager a couple times. I always come away with the same impression. I could go into a extended review of the beer. Brooklyn makes quality beers, but to sum it up quickly... The beer is out of balance. The Hop flavor overpowers the beer start to finish. Hops quickly over power the malt flavor I am looking for in a medium lager, and interferes with the crispness of the finish.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
BrotherGrendel (777) - San Diego, California, USA - SEP 3, 2009
Draft at Pinhook. Cloudy yellow to orange hue with a thin layer of white head. Nose is malt with a touch of sweetness and perhaps diacetyl. Flavor is light malts and grains, pretty standard lager. Light-medium body with a clean texture that is almost too thick for the style. I don’t think this was the freshest specimen, but still quite drinkable and refreshing, east coast all the way!


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