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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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 Gr0ve (1382), Oslo, Norway
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/513/20
Jun 2, 2008    Updated: Sep 5, 2008
355 ml bottle. Dark amber colour. Bold caramelly malt aroma. Full-bodied, but the hops soon attach and leaves the finish very hoppy. Grassy and piney. Malty finish, but most upfront. Not really any sharp edges even though this is a fairly hoppy beer. 2008-09-05: 2005 edition. Clearly a litle over the top as there is strong signs of oxydation. Very low carbonation level. Dull, lacks crispness. Oily and cloying. Unbalanced. Hints of chocolate, but mostly caramel. 5/3/5/3/9.


 larsga (2937), Oslo, Norway
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jun 1, 2008  
Medium offwhite head. Hazyish brown body. Malty sherry tobacco aroma with stale fruity notes. Dry-sweet cardboard malts and toffee taste with fruity notes. Sharpish. Intense alcohol heat. Dry pine needle toffee aftertaste. Decent. (0.355l bottle.)


 WabashMan (798), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
May 29, 2008  
A nice, if less than extraordinary barley wine. A less than powerful aroma is the weak point in a beer that pours a lovely, deep reddish brown, has a nicely spicy hop flavor, and a medium mouthfeel. Not as heavy as some BWs, which might make it more appropriate for seasons OTHER than winter. Hey, I’m drinking (and enjoying) it in May, so to each his own, eh?


 probstk (1005), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 27, 2008  
12 fl. oz. bottle via dkachur (thanks!), shared with Lubiere, served almost cool in a tulip glass.

App.: Deep ruby, clear, frail white froth. Aroma: Metallic (unfortunate), really big cherries, raisins and molasses, a touch of licorice, a bit of meaty mash, fair alcohol, light warming spices. Palate: Medium+ body, soft carbonation, a bit syrupy. Flav.: Burnt sugar, cherries, wood, lots of alcohol, a touch of nuttiness, a bit of vanilla and marzipan, some apricots, touches of tang; plenty of alcohol and nuts, light licorice.

Heavy-handed and simple. Needs aging, maybe?


Baadstorp (55), Århus, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
May 27, 2008  
real nice complex barley wine. sweet, sligthy bitter great taste of fruits and hops.


 patrick767 (2016), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
May 25, 2008  
bottle - Pours dark amber with a thin head. The aroma is of dark fruit accented malt and a little hops and alcohol. The flavor is sweet malts with a little fruit coming through, some warming alcohol, and some light bitterness in the finish. It’s quite tasty without crossing the threshold to true excellence.


 tarjei (1741), Bryne, Norway
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
May 25, 2008  
355 ml bottle. Brown color, moderate off-white head. Aroma is hops and fruit. Flavor is hops and fruit. Sweet. Alcohol is well hidden.


SvendNielsen (11), Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/514/20
May 19, 2008  
Ok Barley wine, som vist var større engang, synes den smagte bedre for et par år siden. Flot krop og godt med frugt dufte.



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