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Brooklyn Lager

Brooklyn Lager

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80
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A Vienna brewed by
Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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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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Illuminatus (87), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/512/20

Apr 12, 2008  
341mL bottle from the LCBO. Pours dark gold, with a large off-white head. Soft malty aroma. Flavour of dryish malt with nicely assertive hops (with just a touch of citrus in the opening).

 BOLTZ7555 (600), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 3, 2008  
Sampled at Big Pour Mesa, AZ. 14 karat color with a touch of orange at its core. Very tiny eggshell head that left minimal lacing. Fairly sweet aroma although there is definitely a hop presence...can smell freshly cut fairways. Flavor is also hop forward for the style. Refreshing and enjoyable.


 Sparky27 (717), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 29, 2008  
On tap at Big Pour Mesa. Pours a light amber with a small beige head. Nose is grassy hops and malt. Taste is sweet malts mainly with some decent hops in the finish. Lighter mouth feel. Decent – hoppy for a lager.


finol (63), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Nov 28, 2008  
Served from Bottle (not via glas) I will re-rate this properly later, but served in clubs after a few macro lagers this is how I rate it. My colleagues comments were that the beer that I´d orderd (B L) smelled, and tasted like perfume, my explenation that it is american citrusy hopps was´nt bought... However, this is a good beer that leaves a veile even when served in the bottle.


 Skidds (214), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 28, 2008  
Pours a dark gold/light brown colour. Malty and hoppy flavour aroma with hints of some caramel and nuts. Medium almost full-bodied beer. Excellent


JCastner (58), New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 28, 2008  
Wonderful light brown color. Aroma is of smoked malt and German hops. Light mouth-feel with some of the light graininess that you’d expect from a Vienna lager. Finish is crisp but mellow. Excellent. One of my favorite versions of this style. Once again impressed by Brooklyn.



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