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Blue Smoke Ale


 Percentile 
60
overall
Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Brooklyn, New York USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
183.28/5.03.14/5.05%60.5English pint

Commercial Description:
A secret blend of two Brooklyn ales made specially for the Blue Smoke restaurant.
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 ben4321 (951), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 31, 2009  
Location: Draft at Blue Smoke, 10/30/09

Aroma: A fairly standard caramel malty nose, with some light earthy and spice notes too.
Appearance: This one pours a clear amber color into the glass.
Flavor: The flavor is fairly malty with a bit of an floral hop backing.
Palate: It has a decent mouthfeel and a light-medium body.
Overall Impression: This is a decent beer, I thought it went pretty well with BBQ Ribs, so that was a plus. I wouldn’t go out of my way for it, but if you are here eating, it’s certainly worthy of a drink. I can see why they would have chosen this one to go with this place.


 CUJO (339), Brooklyn, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/517/20
Sep 10, 2009  
tap @ Citi: ... and then from left field comes... a reason for me to continue being a Mets fan! Contrary to other ratings, I believe this is the better of the 2 ales offered at the stadium. A more complex tasting beer, I get a full balance of hops, malts, biscuit, and dark sugars.


 tgncc (796), Bellmore, New York, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Aug 18, 2009  
The aroma was malty, biscuity, grassy. The appearance was orange, white head. The flavor was malty, slight notes of grass, bread. The finish was a bittering from noble type hops. Fairly light bodied. It certainly has some characteristics of a pale lager, although they claim it’s 2 ales mixed together. I can’t guess which 2 les they are talking about. Not bad, not great.


 IMtheOptimator (1161), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 15, 2009  
On tap at Citi Field. Poured dark amber with a fizzy white head. Aroma of slightly sweet biscuity malt with a slight touch of piney grassy hops. Flavor is lightly sweet with a nutty toffee character and a clean slightly hoppy finish. Not bursting with complexity but refreshing and drinkable.


 fredandboboflo (1395), East Setauket, New York, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Aug 1, 2009  
Tap at Citi Field. Had no idea what sort of beer this was going in and my best guess at the time was pale lager. That pretty much sums up my thoughts. Maybe somebody hooked up the kegs wrong.


 zapprentice (309), East Setauket, New York, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/58/20
Jul 31, 2009  
Tap at Citi. Aroma is of sugar. Flavor is watery and nothing to it. Worst of one available at Citi.


 LilBeerDoctor (1480), East Setauket, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jul 30, 2009  
On tap at Citi Field. This is the worst of the 3 Brooklyn beers available at Citi Field. Pours a clear orange with a thick white head. Watery palate, very carbonated, and bland. Not very flavorful at all, just generic sweet caramel malt. It’s drinkable, sure, but certainly not worth the $7.50. 5/3/5/3/12 (2.8/5)


 hophead75 (1945), Boonton, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 28, 2009  
On tap at the Blue Smoke stand at Citi Field. Amber in color with a small off white head. Aroma was malty, with some light caramel, earth, a touch of floral hops. taste was malty with a touch of floral hops, slight notes of tea, overall light bodied with a touch of balancing hop bitterness in the finish.



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