Brooklyn Monster Ale

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Brooklyn, New York USA

Tap @ Canterbury Ales, Huntington, NY. Pours a deep orange with a tan-colored head. The aroma is fruit, with a little spice as well. Taste was largely caramel with some citrus notes as well. Alcohol very prominent from the beginning and became even more prominent as the beer warmed up. A decent barleywine, but nothing special.

Thanks for sharing, weepie. A 2004 vintage bottle drank in 2007. The body was dark copper with a light khaki colored head. The aroma was sherry with some oxidation and cherries. The taste was old toffee with a little bit of caramel. There was also some interesting orange character. The finish had lots of alcohol. A decent barleywine.

Had this aged at least a couple of years. Pour was murky medium brown with fizzy off white head. Aroma is big heavy malt with some syrup. Aged its really tasty, like to try it fresh.

i bought this i thought it was just a killer ale but instead it was a barley wine with crazy alcohol pretending to be an ale. really its pretty good but its just so overwhelming with alcohol you cant really taste it.

Bottle, 2003. Moderate malt notes of cereal, caramel, and milk chocolate, light citrusy hops, and dough for the yeast. Fizzy white head with fair lacing that’s fully diminishing. Color is a murky iced tea color. Flavor is heavily sweet lightly acidic/sour, and finishes moderately sweet and acidic, lightly bitter and a touch salty. Palate is med/full bodied, syrupy, between soft and flat in the carbonation and noticably aclcoholic. Not the best barley wine, but well worth trying.

Brown with Orange/Red Hue and White Ring. Syrupy Barley, Spice and Yeast Aroma. Medium Mouthfeel. Syrupy Body. Warming is Evident Right Away. Strong Malt Presence, Fruit Notes and Bread. Simple and Very Enjoyable.

12-oz. ’04 Thanks, Maria! Pours deep dark crystal clear brownish amber--you can hardly see through it, but not for the obstruction...it’s for the color. Bits of lingering grayish head here and there, nothing heavy for a BW. Big sweet bready fruity sweaty nose...raisins, dates, figs, and gasoline there too. Alarmingly sugary. Surpisingly light body, stillish carb, and gently sweet flavors. Cherry, apple, caramel, toffee, marshmallow. Insanely sugary...not sure how much of this I can handle but I bet I finish this one in honor of the late great Geogre Washington and the fact that I will probably never see another one of these in my life. But other than that it’s kind of an occasional treat.

Poured from a 2006 12oz bottle into a tulip, this barley wine poured a very dark amber brown color with a good sized yellowish tan head that slowly faded, leaving behind some good lace. The aroma of this beer was roasted caramel malts, some dark fruits, and just a bit of oranges. The flavor was an astringent/sweet fruit taste with an unbalanced alcohol note. I had hoped for much more judging by the aroma. A bittersweet taste lingered around on my tounge for a while. The mouthfeel was also a bit thin for a big beer like this. Not bad, but the appearance and the aroma had given me high hopes for this one. A bit of a let down overall. (By the time I finished the first bottle, the alcohol convinced me to crack open another!)