Brooklyn Monster Ale

12 oz bottle I picked up on Columbus Day outside Cleveland at Chuck’s. Clear amber in color with a ring of a head. Malty nose, not very strong some sweetness and cookies come out as it warms. Malty flavors carmel, cherry, alcohol and a hint of chocolate. Nothing like barley wine to keep the insides warm in the dead Chicago winter.

Nice amber color with an offwhite head. Malty aroma,at first with some sourish notes. Nutty, milky but also with some citrus notes. Malty flavor, honey notes, very strong but without letting too much alcohol through,a bit vinous but most of all malty. Strong finish with some nice bitterness.

2005 bottle courtesy of boboski. Copper color with no head. Malt abounds, but an almost sweetish hop aroma makes it to the nose. Lingering soapy hop finish to the taste, but not sharp or aggressive. Things nicely melded as it warmed, but I still would’ve liked a greater hop presence in the taste. But overall a very good brew.

year 2000 12oz bottle. pours deep mahogony with small ring off white head. nose is sweet red fruits with slight soy and vegetable notes (perhaps slightly past it’s prime). flavor is also sorta vegetablely, sweet dark fruits, and caramel. flavors feel flat and dull. i had a bottle of this vintage a few months ago and it was much richer and vibriant. i’ll continue to re-rate this vintage.

Bottle: Red clear colour, nice white heade. Aroma is malt, citrus, vine, hops, flowery,a bit metalic too. Flavor is malt,citrus,vine.This is for me a typical barlywine.Lots of malt and alc bitternes, with a sweet mix and metalic. Medium to full body, medium finish.

Bottled (2005 vintage, 10.8%). Clear amber, brief head. Aroma of rum, fruit annd lightly citric hops. The bodh is rather slim for a beer this size. Grainy malt combines with alcohol and fruit. Hops dries it the finish and provided a lastign salty bitterness. Less hoppy than most American barley wines, instead more balanced.

Mettalic coppery pour with a slightly off-white head that lingers and laces well. The nose is rich sweet malt, citrus hops and alcohol. The flavor is malt forward...roasted caramel and toffee, oak, vanilla, and dried fruits. The citrus hops, prominent in the aroma, recede somewhat upon tasting, bowing to the big sweet maltiness. The palate is dominated by the malt bottom followed by a lingering citrus hop bite in the finish, all interspersed with an intermittantly very prominent ABV that plays peekaboo throughout!

butterscotch, banana, earthy, leaves, floral, hay, brown, cloudy, tan foam, heavy cloying sweetness, lightly bitter, medium sourness, medium body, long finish,