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Brooklyn Local 1

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94
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
7133.67/5.03.67/5.0Special9%86.1Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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 37steel (186), St. Charles, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
Nov 11, 2007  
750 ml bottle. Hazy golden with a huge white head. Bananas and spices in the nose. A nice sweet spicey flavor. Hides its alcohol very well.


 Beerlando (2319), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Pours a hazy, vibrant, yellow-gold body with a massive, spongy, snow white head. The foam sticks around until the very end, leaving patchwork lace in its wake. Pale malts provide a nice groundwork for sweet and acidic tangerine on the nose. A little yeasty bread is also present, as are peppery spices. The flavor is very similar. Pale malts, bread dough, yeast, and citrus juices combine well on the palate. The spiciness on the finish works perfectly with the moderate carbonation level. If it were any more fizzy and it would be a bit too intense. Medium bodied and just slightly sticky. Smooth and creamy. This is a solid beer. Very similar to Duvel in my opinion. Would indeed work great with spicy food.


 Ramenen (456), San Salvador, El Salvador
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Really nice aroma of citrus. Pours into a golden color. It has a very good initial palate, then citrus flavors. However, it has a very dry finish. I would have liked a longer finish


 ghawener (954), San Salvador, El Salvador
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/54/102/56/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Thanks Ramenen. Bottle: All I got was alcohol, flat, watery and plain. Thin body and weak profile.


 brigg (216), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 9, 2007  
(bottled) Hazy orange beer with thin white head. Aroma is sweet; bananas, spices and wheat, some alcohol. Flavor is sweet malt, banana, alcohol. Very good aroma and flavor, but as I drank it the aftertaste became more alcohol, metallic - thus not as good as it started.


 thomat (666), Göteborg, Sweden
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/514/20
Nov 7, 2007  
Very pale yellow with athick white head. Yesty and fruity notes. Malt, flowers and fruit taste. medium to full body with a dry finish.


 Jine (896), Nutley, New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 6, 2007  
Bottle. 11.04.07. In my Duvel glass on my brother’s birthday. My entrance into autumn is complete with this beer. A solid Belgian Strong even though it isn’t from the country. I was so happy with this slightly syrupy piece.


 pnista (1008), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 5, 2007  
Pours a rich warm orangy gold with a big ass head, white, settling to a thin film quickly. Big sweet nose. Malty and fruity. A bit of caramel, but mostly pale malt. Spice, maybe some coriander, and even some wheaty esters, but very balanced, as the sweetness is big. A touch of alcohol in here too. Almost reminds me of a slightly drier Stille Nacht. Maybe De Dolle yeast? A bit thick on the palate, but in a good way, with subdued carbonation. Sweet up front with round malt. A bit fruity, with a very dry candy finish. There’s some toast on the back end that doesn’t kick in until the alcohol makes a little room. A nice balance between the sweetness, alcohol, spice, and even some spicy hops. I wish the toast was a little less forward in the finish. It’s really the only flaw in this beer. Not bad at all!



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