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Brooklyn Monster Ale

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91
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bottled
common

on tap
available

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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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 buckybeer (666), Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Nov 28, 2007  
12oz. bottle 2006. Pours a dark clean copper with a small head and medium lasting carbonation. Aroma is medicinal malts, ripened boozy fruits, sweet hops. Flavor is candied malts, licorice, fermented fruit, light smoke. It has a touch of tartness and bitterness and the mouthfeel is thick and rich. Very nice.


 dmac (1442), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Nov 19, 2007  
2006 version 12 bottle. Pours a clear reddish/orange with a small of white head. Aroma is slightyl sweet yet rather dry with floral notes, boozy and some biscuit. Medium bodied with nice carbonation and a very dry finish. Flavor of alcohol, biscuit and a slight touch of grapes. This beer isn’t good or bad it’s just a little to plain in the flavor and aroma to really sway me either way.


 GRM (1250), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/102/513/20
Nov 16, 2007  
Sample, at the Mondial de la bière, savoured June 2 2006; eye: amber with golden reflections, no effervescence; nose: hops, caramel; mouth: light bitterness, caramel, finale is similar, medium body, lightly carbonated FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bue au Mondial de la bière, savourée le 2 juin 2006; oeil : ambrée avec des reflets dorés, pas d’effervescence; nez : houblon, caramel; bouche : légère amertume, caramel, finale dans le même ordre d’amertume et de caramel, corps moyen, légèrement carbonatée


 alexanderj (2227), Chino Hills, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/514/20
Nov 11, 2007  
Bottle birthed in 2006. Poured a brownish auburn with a thin layer of off white head. Aroma of caramel, fruit, alcohol and flowers. For me this tasted like a standard barleywine; did not distinguish itself. Malt centered flavor with some hops and spice in the finish. Slightly sweet. Mouthfeel was not great for the style. Slightly above average for the style.


 gunnfryd (3568), 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 (630), 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 (1385), 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 (2030), 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.



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