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Brooklyn Summer Ale

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bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2653.03/5.03.03/5.0Summer4.5%72.3English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Brooklyn Summer Ale is a modern rendition of the "Light Dinner Ales" brewed in England throughout the 1800's right up until the 1940's. They were also called "luncheon ales" or even "family ales", because they were refreshing and flavorful without being too heavy. We brew our Brooklyn Summer Ale from premium English barley malt, which gives this light-bodied golden beer a fresh bready flavor. German and American hops lend a light, crisp bitterness and a citrus/floral aroma resulting in a beer with a very sunny disposition. FOOD PAIRING Excellent with salads, seafood, quiches, and lightly spicy dishes. It's also great at a brunch. SPECS Style: English Style Light Dinner Ale Malts: Two Row British Malts Hops: German Perle and American Cascade, Fuggle, and Amarillo Alcohol: 4.5% by volume Original Gravity: 11 Plato
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 5000 (2900), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jan 1, 2008  
Bottle: Dull golden, hint of haziness, large frothy white head, spotty lacing, light carbonation.   Grainy/Cereal oriented nose, musty.   Cereal like malts on the tongue.   Very minor sweetness, slightly dry, finishes clingy.   Not sweet sticky, but clingy on the tongue.   Not very crisp, but guessing that this one is a bit beyond its life.   Having a Summer Ale at the end of Fall... yeah.   Average body and mouthfeel.   Mealy finish, very minor sweetness, fairly clean.   I can see where this might be quite enjoyable during the summer, but as of now its pretty average.   Thanks Craig!


 Beer2000 (1865), Kristiansand, Norway
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 8, 2008  
355 ml bottle. Clear golden body with a decent white head. Light, refreshing, floral aroma with notes of hops. Flavor is rather light, refreshing, fruity and some floral bitterness. Quite light and very quaffable.


 mkgrenwel (420), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/102/512/20
Sep 28, 2007  
Sweet honey malt all over the palate. Definitely metallic at some points. A bit buttery. Doesn’t quite feel slick, but perhaps oily. Definitely wondering if that isn’t diacetyl I’m tasting. Hops are there but dull. Perhaps a good bit more hops could help balance the sweetness and the palate. Not terrible, just pretty average.


 Rciesla (3915), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/103/510/20
Jun 2, 2008  
bottle. pours a golden body with a white head. Aroma is sweet malt and some earthy floral scents from the hops. Flavor is light and crisp, a subtle hop character, and light malt flavor. no etoh.


 emacgee (1892), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/514/20
Sep 23, 2008  
Pours a very pale piss yellow. Thin fizzy white head. The nose is sweet, malty, light grassy hops, kind of funky, some corn and cardboard. The flavor was sweet and skunky, cardboard, some grassy hops, corn. Thin sweet mouthfeel with a mild carbonation.


 Beerdedone (1888), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 25, 2007  
Bottle sampled. Pours a light orange with a small white head. Aroma of sweet malt, citrus, and some floral hops. Flavor of wheat, grass, and biscuit maltiness. Just ok brew


 ilovedarkbeer (1369), Dallas, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
May 13, 2009  
Nose is earthy hops and bread and lemon. Taste is wheat, citrus, and yeast. Unmemorable.


 17thfloor (1524), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jul 29, 2008  
Pours golden with a few larger bubbles and a smaller white head. Aroma of honey and biscuity sweet malts. Flavor isn’t particularly interesting; honey overtop of sweet malts, biscuit and caramel. My least favorite from Brooklyn by far.



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