Brooklyn Ale

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: English Pale Ale
Brooklyn, New York USA

Rated while drinking: Pours a deep-hued amber with a big fluffy white head that’s slowly settling down. A pretty rich aroma of heavy malts and some hops. Biscuity and ’chewy’ smelling. Flavor starts off distant and rides up into a solid balance of malts and hops. Per the description, these Maris Otter malts make it quite biscuity (flavor and aroma). Quite watery on the palate, a bit dry at the end, but very drinkable. Looks like Brooklyn’s most accessible beer, but for an EPA, this is kind of lacking. The body isn’t what I expected, and the flavor isn’t as complex or ’strong’ as I expect some EPAs to be, but it made for a nice first beer of the day.

12 oz. bottle, Pittsburgh, PA. Frothy, tawny head like cumulus clouds with lacing that clings like wet antique doilies. Pours caramel color. Watery palate and smooth malt notes make it easy for summer. Stringent, rather harsh aftertaste and undertones. Mostly malt flavors, like a slurry of soil and sugar. Just okay.

Dark amber to copper color with a moderate light beige head. Light floral hops drift over the floor malt. Feel is a bit fizzy for me and this style. Caramel and cream flavors. A light herbal bitterness balances things out. Even after a vigorous swirl there is a lot effervescence. Quite drinkable. No real flavor faults. Light bitter finish and linger.

bottle poured inot pint. pours a slightly cloudy amber with medium white frothy head. crisp lighlty malty/hoppy aroma. pretty sweet beer thruought, but a light palate. ok sessionable beer.

Pours to a pale base which rises into brilliant amber hues. The nose was sweet, with defined cocoa and malt. The tastes introduces itself with a wave of barbera grapes and spring flowers, but moves into the cocoa from the nose as well as cotton candy. Its fooling though, because the expected sweetness from the sugary nose remains sutle. A little to fizzy but refreshing in the mouth. Overall, a thoroughly enjoyed beer.

Very clear like a pilsner. Very low head. The brooklyn lager has actually has a more hoppy taste. Not a very good ale.

Name: Pennant Bitter
Date: October 16, 1998
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewfest, Real Ale Festival
Appearance: dark yellow
Aroma: sweet carmel malt aroma with a touch of floral hops
Body: light body
Flavor: light malt flavor followed by a brutal bitter slam

Name: Pennant Bitter
Date: April 07, 2005
Words: Pennant Ale ’55
bitterness cut back to a pleasant perfect esb bitter finish

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Score: **4

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

bottle. clear orange with thin tan head, no lace. clean malt aroma. tastes is bitter hops over solid malt backbone. unfortunately, i get a distinct acidic aftertaste. spoils an otherwise good beer.