Brooklyn Lager

Props to this lager.Nothing flashy but its very adequate session swiller. Big grapefruity hop tang. Its a bit like drinking a classy air-freshener . I’m surprised this aint called "Brooklyn Vienna lager’ its sorta misleading if you’re acustomed to lager resembleing piss .Amber shade this brew.

Bottle. Not the standard Pilsener style lager. Pours with a darker color than expected, essentially amber. Very malty and not so much spicy hops in there, in style indeed closer to an amber ale than anything else. Nonetheless it is a well balanced beer with a fairly robust body.

Bottle drink by Sept 08. Clear copper/amber, white head. Very flavorful lager, but like most Vienna lagers. Sweet malts are overwhelmed by hops. Floral and aromatic, but ultimately, citrusy and bitter. Cascade are used and come through (this isn’t too far off from an APA or Amber ale). Lots of bite and some pilsner-like scratchiness going down.

...this beer is really trying to be something it’s not...an amber ale. While pre-prohibition lagers were typically more malty and bit more hopped, they weren’t supplemented with crystal (or any other type of caramel) malt, as this beer is. Pre-prohibition lagers were made with what was available at the time, which were, more often than not, things like 6-Row Pale malt, wheat, corn, etc. ... not english or german style malted grains...those came later. The ingredients in this brew smack of American amber ale...(sans the lager yeast)...not any style of lager. While this brew is certainly better than a Sam Adam’s lager offering, it’s really no better than any good homebrew... and it isn’t a pre-prohibition lager.

better than sam adams, but not by much. still a middling just ok lager. defintiely more complex than sam adams, but thats not really saying much. eh, a middle of the road lager.