Brooklyn Local 1

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

Bottle. Cloudy golden yellow color with a white head. Aroma: Sweet and fruity, oranges, tangerines, banana, yeast, pepper, caramel and spices. Flavor: Sweet fruit, oranges, tangerines, spices, wheat, yeast, alcohol and some bitterness in the finish. maybe a bit too sweet and cloying. Medium to full bodied. Not bad, but a bit too much after a while. I would rather drink Duvel.

This one poured a golden orange color with a big foamy white head that recedes slowly and leaves spotty lacing on the glass. The aroma is of sweet citrus fruits, malts, some hops, and spices. The flavor follwed suit with citrus fruits, malts and cinnamon spices. It had that nice strong ale flavor with the belgian yeast in it. The body was medium with the right amount of carbonation and smooth spicy finish. This was easy drinking with some good sweet flavor to it. Nicely done.

Bottle from NYbeer, thanks Steven! Poured a lightly hazy yellow color with a thick white head that left some nice rings of lacing. Aroma consists of spicy clove, some light phenolic (bandaid) notes, fruit (banana, orange, tangerine), and a soft yeastiness. Dry, lightly funky entry with some soft breadiness and hints of wheat and phenols lead into a juicy fruitiness that includes pineapple, tangerine, and banana with some clove spice that is dried out by a dusty yeastiness and a light earthy, flowery hoppiness on the finish. Decent mouthfeel that begins a bit watery but then dries out nicely. Overall, an enjoyable beer hat I wouldn’t mind having around to drink on certain occasions. Thanks again Steven.

750 mL. Pours a hazy gold with a huge white head that thins down to a film but leaves intricate lacing. Strong aroma of citrus, spice, bananas. Taste is similar to La Fin Du Monde- good carbonation, lots of yeast, spice, bitter orange, cane sugar, and slight warming alcohol from the 9%. Dry wine-like finish. Excellent.

Poured from bottle...Murky orange color, very thin head. Aroma was very nice. Sweet grass, lemons and honey. Flavor was yeast, malts, honey, citrus, and some spice. Very drinkable. Alcohol very well hidden. This could be a favorite go to beer.

Refermented in bottle. Capital Ale House pairing with Garrett Oliver 05/15/08. Light straw, cloudy with huge rocky persistent head. Sweet malt background with some spicey phenolics of clove and pepper. Medium fizzy mouthfeel with some hop bitterness and alchohol warming in the finish.

Bottle, Rainhall Drinks, Barnoldswick. Bit disappointed by this. Yellow colour with a decent sized dissipating pillowy off white head. Aroma had notes of orange peel, yeast and caramel malt. Pretty Belgian in the flavour. Yeasty, boozy, sweetish malt and ultimately fairly standard stuff. Drying finish. LOOCALLL??!! Ha, a local drink for local people ?!

THOUGHTS: An incredible American-made Belgian. Rivals Unibrue and Ommegang. Apple and white wine flavors. Need to get another to put away for a while. This is good but it has the potential for greatness. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, medium yellow with beautiful carbonation bubbles and a dense, average-sized, white head that mostly diminished and left excellent lacing at first then became just fair. The aroma was moderately yeasty and white wine. The initial flavor was lightly to moderately sweet and moderately acidic, while the finish was moderately to heavily sweet and heavily acidic with an average duration. The light to medium body was dry with extreemly fizzy carbonation and a moderately astringet, lightly alcoholic and slightly chalky finish.