Brooklyn Monster Ale

Pours a opaque brown color with a slight head. Very weak in taste compared to other barley wines. You can definetly taste the carmel and raisens. Not a strong oak flavor either. but is more bitter than others. Not my favorite.

Hard stuff. Bitter as hell, but you come to like it after that first taste. I’d get more of this, maybe try aging it.

A very thick, sweet, beer. Lots of raisins and caramel, with a brandy like quality and hints of port. Did I mention this was quite sweet, with some alcohol in the finish. Intensly rich and malty, quite a big beer. Overwhelming in relation to the other Brooklyns I’ve had.

Nose of alcohol & fruit, gives way to grains & caramel as the brew warms. The brew pours sparkling copper with amber highlights. The average off-white tight & creamy head is mostly lasting and leaves light lace. The start is sweet with a delectable zing in the middle. The long savy finish is to be thoroughly enjoyed all the way home. The full body is soft & dry.

Nice. It pours a deep reddish copper with a fizzy off-white that lasts none too long and creates a slippery wall of lacing. The aroma is rich and malty, sweet with fruit (apples, pears...), but has an slight, annoying metallic touch. The flavor is sweet, malty, and fruity with a balancing grapefruit and citric zest bitterness. The finish is mildly bitter with a subtle alcohol burn. Very good winter warmer.

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28-02-2007 Bottle. None excising head. Not much lacing. Color was nutty brown and nice looking. Body was slightly clear and sparkling. Aroma was fruit, alcohol, caramel, apples, bananas and in the beginning some metallic notes as well. As it warmed up, the metallic notes disappeared. Full bodied with an alcoholic texture and a soft carbonation. Flavor was sweet with well balancing burned bitterness. Nice and complex Barley Wine! But not the best I have had.

07-06-2007 Bottle. [Tasting session with BierKönig, thanks for a great evening Jeppe. Vintage 2004 ] The vintage had diffently improved the overall impresson of this beer I must say. It seamed much more balanced. Rating 4-8-8-3-15. We could compare it with a Vintage 2004 North Coast Old Stock Ale, and I thought the Old Stock was a bit better.

had at beer bistro, brooklyn beer tasting. nice smooth barely wine deep amber colour, fruity nose some hops highly alcoholic, very warming

Bottle 2005. Nice lamber colour with an average lasting head. Dark caramel brown colored body. Sweet aroma with a nice touch of malts and hops. The flavour is very bombastic with the alc. quite a bit dominating along with malty caramel and some bitter hops. Nice Barley one for the cold evenings!