Brooklyn Local 1

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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20070616 750ml bottle with code 0476 (dunno if that means anything). Medium golden color, slight haze, lofty white head of sudsy foam that lingers (and lingers). Slight visible eff. Aroma is fruity and yeasty with nice notes of peach, apricot, tropical fruit, and pizza dough. Nice, and probably better aroma than I expected. I’m also glad to notice right away a touch of the signature Brooklyn Brewing aroma, which, in the summertime, feels like home to me. Mouthfeel is medium-light and if there was a stronger alcohol presence I’d probably say it was too thin, but it’s really a pretty nice feel, and the alcohol is almost unnoticeable. Flavor-wise, I do wish it was more robust or assertive, but it’s a mild, subtle, fruity mix of flavors with nice incorporation of the yeast into the complexity of the stuff. It seems over thought or maybe without true direction, opposites, sure, and I do think the former. So what is it? I guess it’s just Oliver’s attempt at a belgian golden, but it is pretty strong (it says, but I don’t feel it). Whatever it is, it’s a decent brew and a good price, now if they’d only bottle some of that saison.

2420512: Cloudy bright orange Belgian strong ale with a nice foam which offers small laces on the glass. Aroma of light alcohol and yeast. Good Belgian flavor without being able to compete with the real thing. Actually a little thin in length. Fine soft creamet consistency.

Honestly, tastes like a weissbeir, if only slightly. Nice citrus notes, thick head, cloudy golden color. 9% alc so don’t go trying to down this all in one sitting unless you’re not going anywhere for a while. Over all, a WIN for Brooklyn!

Sampled from 0.75l bottle @ Ølfestival København 2012. A near clear golden one with a small off-white head. Really zest-fruity on the aroma, some fruits here as well with some orange zesty tones. Quite OK. Well lively carbonation and a somewhat thin and almost watery texture. OK flavors also with a light yeasty ans spicy pepperish tone all the way. Also I get alcohol, malts and mineral water with a strong spicy pepper finish. Feels a bit un-blended and parting in flavors. Still, quite tasty. 10.05.2012

DØE. Hazy yellow with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity, yeasty and light spicy. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 100512

1 pint 9.4 oz. Bottle. A winner! Foamy head, big, over a cloudy apricot appearance. Boasts a banana, musty fruit, bready dough scent. Lighter medium body with a silky texture that ends with a fizz. The taste was fronted with fruit notes, apricot and peach, progressed to a bready doughness, some potent spice, sort of a nutmeg, and a burn on the finish. Delicious!

750ml bottle. Light apricot colour with lashings of fluffy white foam. Lots of fruit in the aroma with peaches, nectarines, plums and apricots all coming through. Full flavoured with a zesty spritzy mouthfeel and an alcohol burn on the palate. A very good beer.

This was left behind by some house guests in January. Served at cellar temp in two Hill Farmstead Glasses.

A - 3-Finger crystal clear head creamy bubbles and gorgeous head lacing. More orange than gold, SRM of 2.5.

S - Lemongrass, herbs, dried leaves, Belgian Yeast.

T - Very complex beer. Some raisins and lemongrass. Bits of oak and hazelnut.Spicy with a bit of hop bitterness.

M - Incredibly carbonated. Spilled out of the bottle after opening with a very carbonated mouth feel. 100% carbonation on mouth swish. Smooth finish.

O - Very interesting beer. I"d love to have this again with a few years on it.

Bottle. Golden with white head. Fizzy. Enticing aroma of coriander and spice. Flavour is distictly Belgian. Sweet malt with a dry hoppy finish. The hops are slightly uncharacteristic for an otherwise straight -up Belgian style beer. Very nice.

Flaska 75 cl, delad med två andra. Att detta var en Belgian Stron Ale kom inte som en överraskning. Vips, så förflyttades man till Bryssel och en ölbar där. En hel fruktodling och honung möter näsan, och smaken är densamma. Lite väl söt för min smak, vilket drar ner betyget en aning.

Hazy golden with a large with head. Traditional Belgian flavors with yeast, subtitle spices and orange. It got a fairly sweet body, but still well balanced with a decent bitterness. Altogether a good Belgian style brew