Brooklyn Monster Ale

	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
904	3.57/5.0	3.57/5.0	Winter	10.8%	60.1	Snifter

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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pintsize (1042), Austin, Texas, USA

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	6/10	4/5	5/10	3/5	11/20

Mar 18, 2008

3-11-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to The_Epeeist!
Thick ruby red pour with a nice cream colored lasting head. Smell and sweet and malty and actually hoppy too. Flavor is quite sweet and has some hops in there too. Mouthfeel is thick and decent. Drinkable but somewhat boring and not very Barley-Wine like to me. A bit boozy for my liking. Overly mild for a Barley wine. Overall, this was a bit boring and boozy for me.

rane (497), Nibe, Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Mar 17, 2008

Bottle. Small pale brown head. Dark amber colour. Aroma sweet and malty with notes of ripe fruits. Taste very sweet and malty, toffee, quite thick.

unclemattie (2401), Georgia, USA

2.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.7	5/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	11/20

Mar 17, 2008

Vintage 2003, Barley Wine blind tasting. Deep amber color. Citrus aroma. Flavor is tangy, caramel and a bit oxidized. Big bitterness. Long lasting hop flavors are still there in the back of the palate.

Dedollewaitor (3642), Odense, Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Mar 16, 2008

33cl bottle: Copper with a off white head. Sweet, sticky, oily, caramel, bread/toffee, alcohol, warmth, low carbonation, sugar, hops, full bodied. A solid American Barley wine which is "only" moderate hoppy!

fiver29 (713), Cleveland, Ohio, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 15, 2008

Bottle poured a nice amber color with a sweet fruity smell that takes me to days of walking through orchards in the summertime as a child. Tastes very smooth with complex flavors of fruit and a nice tart hop aftertaste. Laces well as you drink it and has a medium mouthfeel. Nice barley wine.

WISEGUY572 (1245), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	6/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Mar 15, 2008

Not my favorite style but this was a nice barley wine. Dark reddish amber, tiny head. Taste of sugar, caramel, and malt, alcohol, syrupy mouth saved by good carbonation, long hoppy finish.

MrBeachtwig (43), Sandared, Sweden

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 15, 2008

Bottle @ Tre Små Rum, Gothenburg. Clear amber/reddish with quite small head. Fruity, caramel aroma. Quite sweet taste of fruit and caramel. Supprisinly thin taste for being such a strong beer. Not the taste sensation I was hoping for.

SoBloHero (56), Buffalo, New York, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Mar 14, 2008

Darker coppery color. Taste of caramel with woody flavors and a nice aftertaste. Smooth and almost thick taste

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