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Brooklyn Monster Ale

Brooklyn Monster Ale - Barley Wine

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 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 
9003.57/5.03.56/5.0Winter10.8%58.1Snifter
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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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 gunnfryd (3539), Kristiansand, Norway
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Bottle. Dark brown colour with an off-white head. Aroma is fruit, alcohol, hop. Flavour is fruit, alcohol, caramel, hop, citrus. Nice beer.


 checkmatei1 (629), Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/510/20
Nov 8, 2007  
Sweet and floral scent. Dark amber color. Not to much head. Not as spicy as I was expecting which made this a very tasty brew.


 tytoanderso (1381), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Nov 8, 2007  
Bottle from JCB. Sweet caramel malt, dried fruit, and aromatic hops (floral and pine) on the nose. Some malt, a sweet sherry note, maple syrup and wet wood. Pours rich, dark copper. Flavor is rich, malty, fruity, spicy and dry with lots of hops. Medium to full bodied. Not as rich and mouth coating as I like in my barleywines. Finishes with a blast of spicy hops.


 bitbucket (2024), Kirkland, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 28, 2007  
2005 vintage bottle, courtesy shigadeyo. Pours cloudy amber with a thin off-white head. Aroma of figs and dried fruit. Full body, moderate carbonation. Sweet taste of brown sugar, dried fruit and caramel with a piney finish.


 Magicdave6 (5383), London, Greater London, England
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Oct 19, 2007  
Bottle 2000, massive huge yee haa high 5 thanks goes to matt for this one, 7yrs old. Aroma packed with lightly oxidised aged barley wine goodness, you can smell the age from a good few feet away. Taste is sweet but well rounded and fruity esters, but not over powering, hoppy when it should be, incredibly drinkable, this took me to a different level, all round. A silly good beer and one that i want more of!


 Naven (862), Poway, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/517/20
Oct 19, 2007  
2005 bottle. This is officially my favorite style of beer, but I must say that American Barley Wines typically taste similar to one another. This one is certainly tasty, but as I drink this, nothing really stands out about it or sets it apart.


 matt7215 (942), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/103/514/20
Oct 18, 2007  
355 ml bottle from a trade with hogtowharry. poured dark amber with almost no head but lots of carbonation. great aromas of hops and malts, great big amber beer aromas. flavours are big bold and complex. mouth feel was a little rough, the large amount of carbonation made me cough twice when swallowing. overall a very enjoyable introduction to barly wines.


 golubj (1275), Sunnyvale, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 17, 2007  
Draft at the Blind Tiger. Aroma of some malt, fruit, and some pepper. The flavor is very much like lychee, the chinese fruit (which is sweet but a little peppery), and some caramel malt. It is pretty good and fruity overall for a barleywine.



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