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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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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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 Jonte (801), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 24, 2009    Updated: Apr 25, 2009
Bottle from 2007. Reddish brown colour with a small beige head. Aroma: Sweet malt, caramel, fruitiness, vanila, alcohol. Taste: malty, fruity and sugary, caramel/toffee, cherries, alcohol, soft bitterness. Creamy mouthfeel. Warming alcohol in the finish. Nice english style barley wine. Probably much hoppier when fresh.


 PJClarke (608), London, Greater London, England
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/103/518/20
Apr 22, 2009  
2008: A rich nutty brown ale with foam that forms in snow-like drifts. Very rich fruity aroma. Christmassy oranges and exciting cocktail cherries. A big flavour here. Almost like vermouth, spicy and heady. Huge range of rich fruits and malty notes. This is how a barley wine should really be. I’ve had a lot of weak imitations and beers claiming to be barleywines recently which have not had this exciting kick and depth. Something resolutely spanish here. Sangria like almost. I shall be returning tomorrow to grab some of this for the cellar.


 emerica56 (575), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 22, 2009  
This beer is definitly a monster of barleywine. It has a rich aroma and a dark amber color to it. The nose is nice and floral with some hints of malt, very basic, but strong. The flavor is full of caramel malt and citrus hops that bite your tounge. The booze is not was well hidden or masked as your would think there is definitlely a presance of it in this brew. Overall it is a monster beer and has a nice balance of carbonation and malt and hops. You drink a six pack of these and your in for a killer time, one that you wont regret but your liver will hate you for sure.


 Hophead22 (1056), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/516/20
Apr 15, 2009  
12oz bottle ’08, from Swolf3, thanks Wolf.
Medium copper pour, very clear, kind of an off-white head. Smell alot of hops up front, slight caramel anf some fruitiness. Very hoppy flavor as well, pretty much overpowers everything else, still quite good, would like to get some more for cellaring.


 ben4321 (946), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Apr 13, 2009  
Overall Impression: Amber color, thin head, and a nice mouthfeel. Lots of strong, highly prevalent flavors that mix well together.


 ditmier (1015), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Apr 12, 2009  
2008 Bottle - Thanks phhd! - Pours orange with a small off white head...aroma is fruity maly, bubblegum, hop florals...flavour is similar, nice burn, restrained fruit and bitterness, not too much goin on but still nice..fun brew!


 CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 9, 2009  
Thanks to JoeMcPhee for hooking me up with this brew. Crushed with Jakebra. A very nice barley wine. Very subtle fruitiness and bitterness. A little thin-bodied, but it’s just a plain good beer. Easy to drink, a little boozy, but overall hardly anything to not like.


 Pwn3d (1036), Manhattan, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/516/20
Apr 8, 2009  
2007 Bottle. Pretty delicious stuff for 10.8%. Not overly complex and definately some booze flavor in it.. but some how its very easy drinking and enjoyable. Tastes of alcohol, some sourness, syrupy malts, brown sugar, and minerals. pretty nice.



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