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Brooklyn Ale 3.09 630

Brooklyn Ale

Percentile
55
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6303.09/5.03.09/5.05.1%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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does not count click to see why this does not count bobert (6), woodcliff lake, New Hampshire, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/518/20

Jun 21, 2009  
Officially my go to beer. I have Brooklyn Lager on tap at my bar and it does not sell well (the regular person does not respect beer the way us ratbeer enthusiast’s do) but I am going to get the pennant ale in bottle. Perfect for a sports bar--light enough, smooth, nothing overwhelming in the taste, and of course the baseball logo on the pennant ale emblem--a tribute to the 55’ Brookyln Dodgers. Great beer to keep drinking and drinking and still respect the taste and importance the Brooklyn Brewery emphasizes with their beer.

 Toxygen (327), Sanford, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Dec 20, 2009  
(tap at Eli Cannon’s in Middletown CT)

had a distinct biscuity-pale-malt TsT1T2 but faded very quickly into a nicely-balanced citrus-hop T2T3Tf.
great with a burger or fish&chips.
the pale ale that finally convinced me that maybe the style isn’t all bad, and even made it my go-to style when i’m thirsty.


 Blom (514), Odense, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Dec 13, 2009  
Brown-orange with a decent head. Floral aroma and a nice malty flavour to begin with, biscuit-like, before the bitternes sets in.


 hayduke (1664), Eureka, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 4, 2009  
This 12 oz bottle was courtesy of Joe McPhee. Pours an attractive looking clear amber with a large foamy off-white head that left good lacing rings. Nose was malts with floral and grassy hops. Body is medium with average carbonation. Flavor is actually milder than the aroma would promise and was basically caramel malts and some light bitterness that carries over to the finish. This would make an excellent session brew.


 dand645 (102), Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 2, 2009  
light copper pour with a diminishing head...nice balance between the malty body and the bitter finish...very sessionable


 Rustyham (585), miami, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/513/20
Dec 1, 2009  
Really malty for such a light color. This has a fruity and chewy flavor and mouthfeel, and hardly any bitterness. I could down tons of this. Very Good. Bottle from Total Wine and More, Naples, Florida.


WLG423 (80), Connecticut, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Nov 30, 2009  
Beer pours out a with a redish amber hue and a light fluffy off white head that quickly shrinks down to almost nothing. The aroma is sweet and slightly fruity with a light toasty smell from the malt. Overall, the aroma is light and pleasant. The body is light with very little carbonation and a slick mouth feel. A slightly bitter flavor with light notes of hops though it is rather lacking in a longevity. The brew looks nice but has almost no body or substance, quickly diminishing into a watery rather bland beer.


 mar (1940), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 22, 2009  
Deep amber with a thin cream head. Nose is bready malts and caramel. Nice on the palate with a big bready malt flavor and a caramel/nut finish.


 llcooldave (337), San Antonio, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
Nov 14, 2009  
Creamy malt aroma with a crystal clear copper amber color. Great bready malt flavor with a touch of hops at the end. Overall, this is nice to drink, a good session brew.



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