Brooklyn Monster Ale

12 oz bottle: Fresh 2007 bottle and butting some of my 6er away for cellaring. Aroma is a nice roasted malt, caramel, a nice hop aroma too, and overall a candy like aroma, but in a good way. Appearance is a nice copper color with a medium to an off white head that diminishes into a soapy tan film. Taste is nice and robust. Good for being a young barley wine. The dark fruit and caramel maltiness make a good combination. A bit of smoke , small but detectable, and somewhat bready. Overall, It’s a prett good Barley wine. It has some alcoholic burn on the back end, but pretty good overall.

Caramel and alcohol aroma. Pours a nice red/gold with thin head. Sweet malt, fairly thin mouthfeel. Sweet alcohol finish. Not bad, but will probably improve if aged.

2007 bottle. Good barleywine, smells sweet caramel and a note of fruit. Taste is pretty sweet with a nice hint of hops to counter the sweet. Caramel and fruity. Alcohol comes through some on the finish.

Not bad on a cold winter night. For sure its one of the more drinkable barleywines out there, its not sticky or thick or too sweet. Generally BB has some of the best looking bottles, I am not really digging this look. Almost 11% ABV justifies the price.

2007 bottle. Copper pour with a loose, 2 finger head that fades to a thin ring. Smells like orange, lemon, dates, sherry and some alcohol. Strong sherry character in the flavor with notes of plum, pine and citrus with definite alcohol in the finish. Medium body with lots of carbonation and a healthy alcohol warming.

Copper body, thin head and bursting with aromas of citrus fruit, caramel and hops. Well-balanced body of banana and caramel malt with a big burst of hops and alcohol in the finish. Hops and a bit of heat linger and are a bit overpowering, but there’s a lot of good stuff going on initially.

Very nice. Aroma of sweet fruit and malts but the flavor is sweet then bitter hops. Very nice bitter finish, crisp and clean. You don’t get the syrupy feel of some barley wines.

12 oz. bottle from Total Wine in Jacksonville, FL. Bottle marked "Born in 2007". Pours a dark copper/amber color with virtally no head. Aroma is light with malts and a bit of sherry. Taste is robust with a slight bit of burn from the alcohol, though well disguised and easy to drink. Nice!