Brooklyn Ale

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

The appearance is an impressive smooth layer of white head. Reddish orange, like a fox. The carbonation is a veritable Million Man March of upfloating bubbles. It’s clear but not at all thin. The aroma is a nice bready ale aroma. Like a regular pub ale. The aroma is mild and creamy. Hops are mild and more of an accent. It really smells like a thick cream ale. The taste is dry and biscuity pub ale malts. It’s a little on the non-descript side, but still good. It is in some ways like a Bass on-tap. The taste is solid, but not quite living up to the rest of it. Pleasant and expected. The feel is very thick and creamy, dry and chewy. Quite formidable. It’s a terrific "all-around" drinking experience (presentation + taste + aroma). The taste isn’t a mind-blower, but a very solid ale.

Bottle from Kegs & Barrels in Plano, TX. Pours a clear amber with beige head. Aroma of caramel, light fruit. Flavor of light fruit/citrus, light caramel, very faint bitter. Mouth feel is light-medium body with high carbonation. Overall, an easy drinking tasty beer.

This is the beer that convinced me I need to brew with Marris Otter. The hops are there, but they’re not overpowering, in fact, they seem like an afterthought. What did you expect from an English Pale? The malt profile, however, is excellent.

Had this on tap at Thinking Mans Tavern. A decent beer. Very light in terms of aroma and flavor. Not very toasty, or nutty. The beer wasn’t that creamy either. As I rate this I just think about the caramel malt look and flavor. Honestly without the caramel malt I don’t think you have much here. I am sorry to be tough on a Brooklyn beer, but this beer wasn’t that great. It didn’t have anything really going for it. Expect a slight toasty flavor, but mainly a bland caramel malt aroma and taste. The appearance is nice. A nice thin head sitting on top of a dark caramel malt body. Overall, very mediocre.

It’s a very crisp, clean English-style pale ale - a little citrusy, a little hoppy, a lot of tasty. It’s a pretty solid pale ale, but nothing to really write home about. It’s fairly light and very very drinkable, super smooth as it goes down.

PENAT ALE 55 INITIALY I LOVED THIS BEER I PURCHASED A VARIETY PACK OF BROOKLYN BEERS AND THIS WAS MY FAVORITE OUT OF THE PACK, HOWEVER NOW THAT I AM RATING IT I FIND THE EXPERIENCE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, IT POURS A REDISH GOLDEN CLEAR WITH A SLIGHT TAN HEAD. SMELLS A LITTLE SKUNKY CITRUS AND TASTES LIKE A LIGHT NUTTY ROASTED CITRUS MALT DEFINETLY GOOD NOT QUITE GREAT.

Bottle of Pennant Ale ’55. Pours amber with a huge white head. Aroma is quite malty. Tastes similar to scottish red ale, but with a metallic aftertaste. Honestly, my only regret is that I’d have picked a better beer to celebrate my 100th rating.

Bottle. Medium amber body. Fizzy off-white head that slowly diminishes. Malty toast (slightly burnt) aroma with a hint of orange. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter and lightly acidic. It finishes lighlty sweet and lightly bitter. A slight acidic attertaste. Medium body, watery texture and lively carbonation. Smooth drinker though more hop presence would have been appreciated.