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Brooklyn Monster Ale

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91
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
9043.57/5.03.57/5.0Winter10.8%60.1Snifter
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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 hoplover406 (204), Crofton, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Mar 27, 2008  
’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.


 bdigital (586), Ft Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Mar 26, 2008  
’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.


 Bungalo22 (326), Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 26, 2008  
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.


 jrmac (213), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/104/518/20
Mar 26, 2008  
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.


 bhensonb (4240), Woodland, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/514/20
Mar 22, 2008  
2007 bottle. Warm caramel aroma. Dark amber color with a white head that stayed awhile. Medium in body with very mild, nigh creamy, carbonation. Flavor is heat, roasted caramel, and enough hop to be noticeable. Finish is pretty sweet, but there is a lot of hop as well. Interesting. A bit vinous. A bit thin for a barley wine. Flavor is good. I’ll buy vivacious.


 Ughsmash (3999), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Mar 21, 2008  
2004 bottle. Poured crystal-clear reddish-amber with a short-lived cap of off-white head. The age was evident in the aroma, pairing deep vinous notes and plums with aged caramel.. port wine and sherry come to mind.. peppery alcohol warms up the back of the nose.. tobacco and faint earth provide a final impression. The flavor was chock fulla deep, aged malty compexity with no hops in sight.. dark fruit and sherry pair with lesser caramel and peppery notes.. stronger winey notes rock the finish.. mighty tasty! Syrupy foray onto the palate with lower carbonation.. dry with a feel akin to an older red wine across the middle and through the finish.. very dry and warm on the finish, but no overt alcohol was noticed. This was interesting and perhaps a little too old.. I need to try a newer bottle to confirm.


 mgermani (864), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/102/516/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Pours a lovely amber with a modest head which lasts a good 15 minutes. Nice fresh, sweet aroma - notes of alcohol and caramel. Flavour is very complex: berries, alcohol, very assertive spice. Wow! Light hops and lots of astringency and alcohol in the finish. Body is light but well carbonated. This is a very rambunctious barleywine, and I think it could definitely use some aging. Nothing I don’t like here, except I wish it would prevaricate about the proverbial a little more when it comes to the alcohol content.


 Blom (390), Odense, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/104/514/20
Mar 20, 2008  
Vintage 2005. Ruby red with a low head. Strong aroma of caramel, rum and raisins. The flavours are peach, wood, chocolate, dark bread and alcohol with a bitter finish.



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