Brooklyn Monster Ale

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

’07 Bottle. Dark copper with small off white head. Aroma: toffee, malt, hops. Taste: a delicious caramel malty sweetness with some dark fruits and just a tinge of hops. I prefer this style to the hoppier barley wines. Would love to try this after a couple years in the cellar.

’07 Bottle: Pours a translucent ruby/amber color with pretty much no head. Aroma is a blend of sweet malts, raisins, plums and some caramel...not much of a pronounced hop profile. Nice, medium-full body, very smooth and silky. Sweet, dry, soft caramel notes dominate which consists of some dark fruits and a mild hop background. Good stuff.

Pours a nice auburn color with a small head. The aroma is nice. I was expecting a knock me over alcohol smell but it wasn’t there - I mean it was there but it didn’t knock me over. Smells very spicey and pit like sherry. Rather smooth for a barley wine, much more so than the Big Foot in my opinion. I am going to save a few to see how ages - I imagine it will get much better.

Vintage 2007. Beer poured a reddish orange color with a standard head of about an inch. citrus aromas with a touch of port or sherry. On the palate it is thick like honey, with great flavors malt and citrus. I don’t know what else to say but go try one today.