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Brooklyn Local 1

Brooklyn Local 1 - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
94
overall
Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Brooklyn, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
7033.67/5.03.66/5.0Special9%85.8Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, we forge barley malt and hops from Germany, aromatic raw sugar from Mauritius and yeast from Belgium into our latest beer, Brooklyn Local 1. Behind the full golden color you'll find an alluring aroma, a dynamic complex of flavors. Belgian flair, Brooklyn fortitude and a dusting of our special yeast. To create this beer, we use the old technique of 100% bottle re-fermentation, a practice now rare even in Europe. It gives this beer a palate of unusual depth. Enjoy it locally or globally, as an aperitif or with your favorite dishes. It is particularly nice with spicy seafood and with fine cheeses.
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 GRM (1235), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 6, 2008  
Brown bottle, 1 pint 9.4 ounces, gift from Louise for my birthday, at L’autre oeil on July 18 2008; eye: golden, hazy, nice effervescence, no lacing; nose: yeast, banana, light spices (nutmeg), light grapefruit, light grain; mouth: creamy, light grain, short dry finale in malt with a good presence of yeast, lightly sweet, rather carbonated; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, 9,0 %, cadeau de Louise pour ma fête, bue à L’autre œil le 18 juillet 2008; oeil : dorée, voilée, belle effervescence, pas de dentelle; nez : levure, banane, léger épices (muscade), léger pamplemousse, léger grain; bouche : crémeuse, léger grain, finale courte crémeuse en malt avec une bonne présence de levure, légèrement sucrée, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : bien aimé


 graham515 (420), Houston, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Jul 30, 2008  
Pours a murky yellow gold into the glass with a white head that has some nice lacing. Aroma is slightly fruity with hints of syrup. Flavor is slightly sweet with a nice yeastiness to it and some banana notes. Smooth across the tongue with very subtle alcohol in the finish


 AR (416), Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 26, 2008  
This beer seems to be trying to emulate the Belgians, but it falls a little short. The flavor is crisp and light. It is a very subdued banana yeast. Smooth.


 canary dog (441), Rutland, Vermont, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/103/513/20
Jul 22, 2008  
A well made but unexpectedly strange brew. Perhaps slightly more inspiring than a typical 10% strong beer, but still has strange combination of very alchoholic taste in a whit beer body. Not really my favorite kind of beer.


jeckenroth (81), Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/517/20
Jul 20, 2008  
Hazy golden inviting color with a short white head. Smells of lemon and hops. Wonderful surprise when first tasting. Light, citrus and spice, but finishes with an out of place vanilla and sweetness. Light on the tongue. Quickly cuts through all other flavors. Lively but not overly intense carbonation.


 Homer321 (127), Rockledge, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 18, 2008  
wow. this is a beer that I could smell all day long and never even taste. purs a nice head, but qiockly dissipates. taste is slightly tart with orange and other light fruits. This is amazingly good. I think the bottle I have is about 6 mos old, not sure if that helped to mellow things out.


 rcasta (470), El Salvador
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 16, 2008  
A Sim rate (tap at Heartland Brewery, Union Square): It’s that infectious kind of hops aroma that just jumps out at you! It’s fresh summer. It’s cut grass. Very nice head and lacing. It’s everything an IPA should be. Malty and so freshly hoppy. Delicate after an initial serious assault. Very impressed.


urraca (44), New Jersey, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jul 11, 2008  
Very, very impressive beer. Pours a brilliant hazy gold, with a head that doesn’t last long at all. Lots of citrus on the nose. Taste is so smooth and drinkable and not very carbonated. Definite tastes of citrus, dominated by grapefruit, and other zests. perhaps a little bit of vanilla lingers in the after taste. Will buy again very soon!



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