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Brooklyn Monster Ale

Brooklyn Monster Ale

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A Barley Wine brewed by
Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn, New York USA

bottled
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7803.58/5.03.57/5.0Winter10.8%50.6 Snifter P  Stats

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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 dirkules (611), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20

Mar 3, 2007  
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.

thickfreakness (63), Austin, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Sep 6, 2008  
Thanks to Tayner for this extra. Pours a dark amber with an off white head that lasts for a while and leaves some nice lacing on the glass. Caramel, vanilla, raisins, biting alcohol, and citrus on the nose. Flavor is caramel and citrus with some raisin and booze. Slight bit of oxidized (cardboard) flavor. A nice citrus hoppy finish. Prickly carbonation and a medium to syrupy body. A decent barleywine.


Linnet (14), , Sweden
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Aug 31, 2008  
Deep reddish colour, small off white head. Fruity warming spicy malty aroma. Flavor, citrus, pine some maltiness a very warming after taste. A very well rounded unassuming barley wine that growes on you the more you drink of it.


 nqualls (205), Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 28, 2008  
Poured reddish brown with a small off white head. Aroma was alcohol and dark fruit. Flavor was sweet with dark fruit and warming alcohol. Good beer.


 mirjukka (379), LOHJA, Finland
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Aug 27, 2008  
bottle 355ml 4€ at Pikkulintu Helsinki 250808 shared with JK54B.Thanks! color: reddish brown scent:barley wine. Taste: Vintage. Kick of pine and grapefruit spicy ginger then dried fruits sweetness and hops in aftertaste. I was warned by staff to take this last of the night ,you can’t taste anything after that. True but this I want more.


 JK54B (301), Finland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 25, 2008    Updated: Aug 26, 2008
A reddish brown colour. Some hints of prunes and maltiness in the nose. Nice sweetness and dried figs and licorice in the taste. The taste is coming better and better during ageing. A bottle at Pikkulintu shared with Mirjukka.




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