Brooklyn Monster Ale

	Percentile
	91
	overall

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Brooklyn, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
904	3.57/5.0	3.57/5.0	Winter	10.8%	60.1	Snifter

Commercial Description:
Brooklyn Monster Ale is a classic barley wine, a style of ale originally brewed by the butlers to the English and American aristocracy. It is brewed from three mashes of heirloom British malt and spiced with aromatic American Willamette, Cascade and Fuggle hops.

After four months of aging, it has a magnificent burnished copper color, an aroma redolent of sherry, citrusy hops and fruit, a soft, warming, complex palate, a spiritous finish, and a strength of 10.8%.

It is vivacious when young, but will age gracefully for many years, becoming more complex over time.

Food Matches

Brooklyn Monster Ale is a fine accompaniment to cheeses, ice cream, flourless cakes, crème brulee and good cigars.

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illidurit (876), Santa Cruz, California, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jan 26, 2009

Amber color with a tan-beige head. Aroma is bready sweet malt with caramel and orangey hops. Flavor is very fruity, with hop notes of orange and grapefruit and ester notes of apples and maybe even plums or red fruit. This is all of course on top of the rock solid chewy malt base. Carbonation is nice and modest, body is fulfilling.

CheersMate1 (785), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Jan 24, 2009

Nice malt hop balance as far as the aroma is concerned. Leans more towards the hop aroma. Nice pungent aroma. Looks like a nice beer. Dark caramel brown with a thin head sitting on top. Very bitter at first but then the bitterness dies out quickly. Almost on the verge of tasting like an APA. Very creamy, but it has an average palate because the creamy part does not last as I thought it would, that was weird. Overall, a decent barley wine, but kind of weak when it comes to flavor.

brigg (215), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jan 24, 2009

(bottle) Dark amber body and almost no head. The aroma has a wonderful sweet malt character, with ripe fruit, alcohol, and molasses. Alcohol is also noticeable in the flavor. It is sweet, again with ripe fruit, some hop as well. Full bodied.

tarheels86 (731), Washington DC, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	15/20

Jan 20, 2009

330 mL into a snifter. Pours a clear amber with a small yellow head that has good retention. Almost no lacing. Aroma is at first fruity and then gives way to some crystal malt and caramel. Taste is very peppery and alcoholic up front with lots of warming like a swig of brandy. Balancing hops do not hide the alcohol well leaving this barley-wine lacking in depth. Finish is watery. Overall I feel like I just drank a scotch and water. Not well executed. I will let this age and give it another go.

drfabulous (1225), Columbia, Missouri, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	16/20

Jan 20, 2009

Sweet and malty. But overall, it was a fairly medium body that did not impress too much. I expected a little more out of this one.

jkaiser (219), Orlando, Florida, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	7/10	3/5	8/10	5/5	19/20

Jan 18, 2009

Badass Monster Ale is what this beer should be called. At first I was questioning the veracity of this product. Then it happened, I reached nirvana. Awesome!

epf33 (222), Fairfax, Virginia, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	10/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jan 18, 2009

it’s like this beer trickles into your mouth and just screams "BOOOO YAAAAA!!!" i don’t know how else to describe it other than the generic language we all use

greenhorn1 (460), Mission Viejo, California, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	16/20

Jan 17, 2009

12 oz bottle (2007). Pours a dark copper, some whispy clouds. Aroma is fruity, sweet and malty. Flavor, not as complex as I was anticipating. A bit thin but I didn’t get that burning alcohol sensation you typically get with a 10% abv. It’s ok.

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