Brooklyn Local 1

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Brooklyn, New York USA

Bottle at home ... yellow amber ... thin white head ... sweet esteru yeasty nose ... soft smooth summer fruits ... peach ... apricot ... light pepperyness ... light alcohol in back ...

VERY niiice mild fruity aroma pours hazy golden with huge long lasting head Perfect palate. Taste is some malt, smooth and a peperry bite; finish is not so much crisp as just goes away.. slight alcohol taste also. $6.50 at central market in plano!!

First off, I’m not a big fan of tripels but I don’t hate them by any means. The first time I had a bottle of this was X-Mas ’07 and I was less than impressed but still polished off the 750 ml bottle in under an hour.... let’s see what happens this time around. Poured out a small but acceptable white crown that died to a film to quick. Hazy golden yellow brew. -musical interlude. Thanks goes to oh6gdx for the Rotten Sound link. As I type, my senses are getting melted by the obliterating sound disintegrating my speakers. My cat just turned to dust. Man, this beer just tastes better with killer tunes annihilating my eardrums. I can barely hear my taste buds.... The aroma is quite mild and pleasant. Mild aromas of the following: musty, spice, fruit that is not dark, etc. You know, this comes across really good. Brooklyn gets it done. If this was West Coast US, there would be a god awful amount of hops tossed in. Good standard Belgium aroma. Longest review ever! I’m mostly done my second bottle. The taste is quite good - lightly spiced with good pepper, clove and a weak alcohol presence. Some obvious mustiness and earth, yeast, weak semi-dark fruit. The mouth feel is actually nice and smooth with very good carbonation. Dry yet wet finish (go figure), big dirt and clove finish. I take it all back - this is a fine beer. If it wasn’t 15 bux I’d get another. Brooklyn continues to pump out very good brews.

I really love this beer. Nice belgian strong ale... massive yeasty head... aroma of fruit and yeast. Flavor is fruit/tart and some nice spice. One of my favorite locally available beers.

Bought at Whole Foods. A cloudy, well carbonated golden brew. Light golden hued head is big and starts with a volcano effect and dissipates in big bubbles. Aroma is both sweet and tart fruit with sugar and yeast. Flavor offers more malt than the aroma would suggest. It is also funky. Complex well ripe fruit flavors. Throw in some butter. The fruit profile increases with temperature offering more lemon, orange, and coriander spice. Feel is quite effervescent, even a champagne palate. Even with the alcohol this was enjoyed on a hot summer day. And it got better as it warmed.

Bottle, 75cl corked. Shared by the head brewer. It pours a hazy, yellow-golden body under a quite small off-white head. Citrus, mostly orange, pale malts, a whiff of alcohol and a lovely hop-profile in the aroma. There’s some sweetness in the mouth, with pale malts, some alcohol warmth, citrus (again, mostly orange) and a nice hoppy bitterness that lasts for a long time. Dry mouthfeel with appropriate warmth. A wonderful ale, easy to drink, tasteful and sort of quenching. (090515)

bottle, pours a hazy golden blond with a tall frothy white head. Strong grassy aroma mixed with hay, light malt, and some hops. Belgian yeast is also aparent in the nose. Tasty lemon grass and light toasted malt body that fades to a bittersweet finish where yeast and light hop bitterness linger for a minute. This is solid!

Bottle from Wegman’s in Princeton. Really yeasty, perfumy aroma with pale malt, light fruits, and spices. Flavor is lots of yeast, floral hops, pale malt, green apple, and spices. Sort of a tripel meets a saison meets a strong Belgian golden ale. Lively palate. Very well done.