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Brooklyn Ale

Percentile
55
overall

bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6323.09/5.03.09/5.05.1%73.8English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Formerly known as Pennant Ale '55...Brooklyn Pennant Pale Ale '55 is a classic English pale ale, brewed with the prized Maris Otter Malt and Fuggles, Willamette and Cascade hops. Maris Otter is an old malt variety that yields an incomparable biscuity flavor. Pennant is chesnut-colored, medium in body with a hearty malt palate and smooth hop finish. This beer is a tribute to Brooklyn’s world champion baseball team.
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 Tejas (704), Dallas, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/514/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Decent example of the style but just way to dry and soapy for my tastes. One and done.


 biz82 (1328), austin, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 4, 2008  
Clear amber with a frothy tan head. Sticky caramel malt and mellow hop aroma. Malty toffee flavor with soft hops and some fruitiness. Has a wet paper note and the finish is a little metallic.


 bag (103), Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/101/510/20
Jul 4, 2008  
From bottle... poured light orange with tall, white pillowy head. Musty aroma. Low in flavor (mostly light malt), which is fine for a drinkin’ beer. But the palate on this ain’t good... leaves an unpleasant bitterness. Still relatively easy to drink, but not at a premium. I’d rather drink Labatt Blue.


 Gregis (1135), Shawnee, Kansas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jul 3, 2008  
Bottle purchased at Sam’s Wine & Spirits, in Chicago. Pours a clear, dark copper with a finger of creamy, off-white head and sheets of creamy lace. The nose is of sweet, biscuity malt backed by woody/earthy Fuggle and lightly citric hop notes. Light to medium-bodied and lightly creamy with a mildly bitter finish that includes a touch of astringency at the swallow. The flavor follows the nose, coming across as a tad too sweet and astringent for my tastes. Overall, however, this isn’t too bad.


 Cruzan59 (197), Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/102/510/20
Jun 26, 2008  
12oz bottle (variety pack) from Bayville Package Store, Fenwick Island, DE...pours amber in color, small head...kind of a musty malty small...nothing really jumps out with the flavor, mild citrus, bit of a metallic aftertaste...thin mouthfeel...not bad, not great.


 rocbyter (926), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/513/20
Jun 24, 2008  
Moderate apple malt aroma. Clear orange color with a tan long lasting head. Mild beginning with tangy finsh. Sticky palate.


 zappafan99 (463), Ascension Island
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Jun 24, 2008  
Hazy tea color. Lacing white head. Smells of yeast and malt. Smooth hops. Dry ending to a very malt start. A bit too dank and yeasty for me.


 nuplastikk (1252), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 23, 2008  
12oz Pennant Ale bottle. Chestnut-amber color. Lots of fruity and warm fuggles hops coming through. Big, biscuity malt profile reminiscent of a good English ale. Good session beer with a smooth finish.



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