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Brooklyn Monster Ale

Brooklyn Monster Ale - Barley Wine

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 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 
9003.57/5.03.56/5.0Winter10.8%58.1Snifter
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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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 ScottyP (314), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/513/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Pours a clear copper with off white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, hops and some fruit. Similar taste, alcohol is well masked. Medium bodied. Some warming


 MmmcKay (269), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Good barley wine. Nice mouth feel. Nice caramelized flavors. Pretty darn good.


 Butters (1622), Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Sampled at another monday night football tasting over at scottyp’s. Sampled blind with 6 others. All poured a clear amber red. Nose has a buttery note, but that is absent in the flavor. Has a perfumy floral hop presence. Good job of hiding the abv. The third favorite of the night.


 zizzybalubba (335), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 28, 2009  
12 oz. bottle from Coasters. Dark copper pour with a thin off-white head. Toffee and brown sugar aromas with just a hint of grapefruit. Rich, malty flavor; sweet brown sugar, molasses, and very little hop bitterness. A good barleywine but I prefer mine on the hoppier side.


 cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 25, 2009  
Bottle at home ... Thanks to Maria ... born 2004 ... Crisp copper ... small rising bubbles to a light foam head ... toffee and little cardboard nose ... rasins ... light plum ... some toffee .. bit over oxidised ... little rum ... some grape.


 pintbypint (1002), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/518/20
Sep 5, 2009  
355 ml brown bottle. This one is about 2yrs oid, there are no best before dates on the label. Deep brown colour, ruby highlights, head is short but tight bubbled and creamy and swirly. Aroma is malty with toffee and a sweetish brown sugar edge. In the mouth this beer is strongly malty, brown sugar, toffee come through iniitially, then the bitttterness kicks in. Grapefruit is there, moderate alcohol sticks around in the finish. Body is medium to full, medium carbonation. The alcohol content is 10.8%, but it’s far more drinkable than you would expect. Another nice effort Brooklyn.


 williamherbert (420), Syracuse, New York, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/518/20
Sep 2, 2009  
Light ruby/cherry grenadine look. Almost no head to speak of. Looks thick and syrupy; positively stagnant. Smells of strong sweet cherry/berry. Sweet but in a deep, rich way, not saccharine. Has a red grape/red wine character to the smell, but with a strong alcohol and barley malt. Also light yeast. Really inviting. Taste is of heavy bittersweet wine/grape flavor. Nicely balanced with bitter grape and sweet grape flavors alike. Excellent dry yeast adds even more dimension. It’s a wonderful flavor and the yeast is key. Feels thick and chunky. It’s a choker but a good drinker. Has a real bite, but a welcome one. Meant to be savored. A really great, aged beer. Outstanding.


 tokyogoat (505), San Diego, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/103/510/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Poured a nice and clear orange/gold with a creamy eggshell head. Nose was of caramel and figs and plums. Slight woodiness. Tastes bitter up front, mid is all purple fruits, raisins, plum, fig, and it finishes like a sheet of aluminum foil. The metallic taste is just terrible. barf



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