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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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on tap
common

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7753.57/5.03.57/5.0Winter10.8%51.1 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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 Todeon (166), Höllviken, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20

May 7, 2008  
2007 Bottle. Aroma is a bit fruity.Mouthfeel is a sweet. Flavor is a bit light considering 10.8%,not an convincing barley wine but at least it was pretty cheap!

 The_Epeeist (915), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/53/102/510/20
Aug 14, 2008  
12 oz bottle, born 2006. Clear garnet brown with some beige bubbles. Nose is caramel with herbal notes of sage and mint. Almost medium body, oily, with an odd sour tang. Taste is watery toffee and lemon that turns nasty with formaldehyde and bitter greens. I had a fresh one and don’t remember the harsh aftertaste. Bad ager or bad bottle?


 Flyer (104), Hartland, Wisconsin, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Aug 12, 2008  
Color is caramel-orange with a quickly diminishing head. Aroma is generic-ale fruity with some peach and cherry. The flavor has some nice maltiness and toasty biscuit, very smooth, not very intense for a barleywine. Finishes with some pine-resin hoppiness. Not a typical barley wine, in some good ways, some not so good ways.


 pumpmaster (265), Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 10, 2008  
12 ounce bottle purchased at Big C Liquors in Orlando, FL for $2.50 Very good.


 DrDavid (117), , Vermont, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 8, 2008  
(Bottle). Sweet fruit aroma. Deep copper color with almost no head. Flavor is fruity, sweet, with an alcohol finish. Sprightly, but not particularly complex. Perhaps the 2007 I had would have benefited from more aging.


 kmeves (997), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 7, 2008  
Pours a clear orange with a minimal head. The aroma is medium sweet, big caramel malt and a bit medicinal. Flavor is very malty and fruity with a noticable alcohol finish. Rich texture, medium bodied.




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