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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lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA

2.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.5	5/10	4/5	4/10	4/5	8/20

Mar 12, 2008 Updated: Mar 13, 2008

bottles from emacgee and The_Epeeist. Thanks!
Pours semi clear dark maroon with a medium sized lasting light beige head. Smell is alcohol, and sweaty, dirty, B.O. like malt. Odd, and unappealing, really. Taste is rich, strong and moderately alcoholic with toasty malt. Sweaty, mustiness again, and slightly syrupy with a bubbly mouthfeel. Not very appealing flavorwise, and boring and bland at the same time. I would not recoment this barely wine at all.

bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 12, 2008

Bottle. 2007 Vintage. Copper beer with a light tan head. Caramel, light fruit, light nut, light sherry aroma. Sherry flavor with caramel, citrus, and pine backing and a bit of darker malts. Medium-plus bodied. Lingering caramel, slight darker fruits and Northwest hops. Would develop into something very nice with time.

dm9831 (1167), Monee, Illinois, USA

2.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.3	4/10	2/5	4/10	3/5	10/20

Mar 6, 2008

pours brownish-apricot with no head (translucent, not cloudy). fruity, sournose. strong fruit, sourness, acidity. full mouth feel. not a style i enjoy. one is enough for me.

IPAGargoyleGuy (139), Troy, NY, New York, USA

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

Mar 5, 2008

This is a pretty good barleywine, but it’s high alcohol could be hidden better. The hops, sweet and fruity malts, and citrus make it a flavorful, good beer.

mcbackus (738), Merritt Island, Florida, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	16/20

Mar 2, 2008

bottle 2007: pours a good rudty brown with a small thin white head. aroma is very malty with a good mix of hops and fruit. i get both fresh and dried fruits. i cant really pick out what they are. very nice aroma. flavour is pretty strong of sweet caramel malts and pungent alcohol. i get a good ammount of dried apricot adn some fresh citrus peel. there is a decent hop bitterness in the finish. not bad

Ansset13 (127), Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	5/10	2/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Mar 1, 2008

The pour is a hazy amber with a small white head. The nose is astringent, and not very complex. The flavor while not unpleasant is rather thin and not complex either. a fair barley wine but not typical of its style.

Crit (2401), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

2.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.3	5/10	3/5	4/10	1/5	10/20

Mar 1, 2008

Hazy amber, small beige head.Brown sugar nose.Molasses,brown sugar alcohol palate.Too thin for style. Rough and unfinished

n0superman (7), Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
does not count

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	2/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Feb 25, 2008

2006 bottle, just bought it, not sure why everyone else seems to be getting ’07 bottles, but Im not complaining. Cloudy, dark amber in color, sweet aroma of hops, molasses, citrus, honey. Well balanced, alcohol is well hidden for 11.1% abv. Taste is sweet, honey, citrus with a little bitter hops in the finish.

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