Brooklyn Monster Ale

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

Tasty barleywine. Not overpowering with sweetness. Aroma is sweet malt though. Taste is well balanced between the malt and the hops.

2007 Vintage. Pours a nice copper color with about a one inch head. Has a nice fruity and malty odor. Has a very sweet malty flavor with a nice hoppy finish. A very strong beer and a smooth finish. Quite a tasty barleywine.

2005 Vintage
Crikey! Big, big beer. Amazing nose of treacle, honey, cooked fruits; a fait bit going on. More subtle flavours on the palate, although to be fair this beer is now 3 years old. More treacle and cooked / burnt honey in the back palate. Intensity builds well and the beer thickens a touch on the finish.

pours a dark copper with about 1 finger head. smells fruity. tastes fruity followed by big alcohol kick in the pants. tastes fruiter and more sour than i expected

Brooklyn Barleywine style Monster Ale 2007 ABV: 10.1% Calories: estimated at 200 C Volume: 12 fl oz Glass: Snifter Purchased at: Circle Liquors, Pennington Price per fl oz: $3 / 12 fl oz = $0.25 per fl oz Consumed at: home sensory first impression: Aroma is dense - a bit chocolatey, very malty. I’m swooning. An amber pour to a ruby red body with a tan off white head. Aroma of sweet wine is very nice. Wow - knocks you over the head with alcohol. Velvety and rich. A little too rich for me I think, but it’s a wonderfully full experience. Angry red color is foretelling. Aroma/Olfactory: 8 out of 10 Malt flavor is: syrupy, cloying sweet, and burning. chocolate in aroma. Hop flavor is: citrus, raspberry. Yeast flavor is: metallic, dirt, sandy, dry Other flavors include: cherries, alcohol, raspberry, medicine, raisin, sulfur, oak, barley Visuals/Appearance: 4 out of 5 Color is: pale, amber, orange, red, fiery, ruby Liquid is: slightly hazy, actively carbonated Head and lace are: initial off white, tan goes to wispy nothingness. Taste/Flavor: 7 out of 10 Maltiness or Sweetness level is: heavy, too much. Hoppiness or Bitterness level is: medium Sour level is: heavy Palate/Tactile: 5 out of 5 Body or Mouthfeel is: full! Texture is: oily, thick, gravitas Carbonation is: lively Finish is: astringent, bitter, very long Overall experience: 16 out of 20. I liked the utter power of it, the color, and the aroma. I did not like how overwhelmingly sweet and alcoholic it was. It’s not for everyday, but it’s something very special. I’ll have it again when I’m eating something I need to balance the flavor of.

12oz bottle, no pour. Aromas of malt, citrus, and dark fruits. Flavors are well rounded with malt, sugars, and a somewhat strong hop finish. Couldn’t even taste the 10.8abv in this one.

Amber brown, clear, modest almond head. Rich toffee comes first, some boozey bourbon quality as well, a hint of orange peel, and a fair bit of hops in the finish. Faintly metallic quality, and a rather strong alcoholic warmth (bordering on burn, thus bordering on harsh) in the finish as well. Could stand to lay down for a while I suspect.

one of the better barley wines i have tried so far pours a coppery colour smooth finish with alc. bite to it but very enjoyable