Brooklyn Blue Apron Ale

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Belgian Ale
Brooklyn, New York USA

Bottle shared at Yeha 08 provided by jimmack, thanks Jim. Pours a urky muddy brown with a bubly beige head. Aroma is sugary with notes of chocolate, fruit, grains. Flavor is similiar with sugary chocolate and also a touch of bubblegum creeping into the mix along with yeast and bread.

Brown with reddish hue. Off-white head. Lots of fruit in the aroma as well as toasted malts. Funky flavor with spice, toasted malts. Very nice.

Poured a murky purple brown color with a small, light tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of blueberries, citrus fruits, raisins, Belgian spices, toast, caramel malts, and some cocoa. Taste of citrus fruits, cocoa, berries, vanilla, and a dry, yeasty finish.

750ml. bottle thanks to Pat. Dark brown with a small beige head that looks just like a glass of Coke. Aroma is somewhat mild, with some roasted malts, light chocolate and bread. Flavor was not muted at all. Really nice pumpernickel bread flavor, brown sugar, touch of coriander and a hint of chocolate. Very dry, crisp and delicious. I hope they make this part of their regular lineup and it went great with food and goes down so easy.

Thanks Patrick for this one! Brown in color, not much of an aroma. First sip tastes like belgian brown but finishes very dry with roasty, choc. malt. Crisp finish with no aftertaste. Very enjoyable, surely would be excellent with many foods. If this WILL be the Local 2, I will be buying many!

Part of the perks of being intimately involved in the world of beer is that sometimes I get blessed with a beer that is unlike no other and will most certainly never be able to find by myself. Such is the case with the Blue Apron Ale from Brooklyn Brewery. Brewed exclusively for the Thomas Keller restaurant, The French Laundry, the Blue Apron Ale from Brooklyn Brewery is a one-of-a-kind ale and I am extremely pleased and excited to have the opportunity to savor its rare depths.
A cloudy brown topped by a fluffy tan head, she fades ever so slowly into a thin layer atop my brew. Trails of delicate lace trace her path from the top of the peak to her final destination. Her nose is replete with richly burnt and caramelized sugars, hints of brown sugar, toasted malts, and a finish hinting of brandy and rum esters. With such a heavy and foreboding presence of smell, I delve into her liquid brew expecting a thick, succulent and viscous body only to be totally surprised by how light and clean her mouthfeel and body are instead. She has an almost silken touch as she gently caresses my tongue, gently painting my palate with faint sweet caramel and rich cooked sugar notes while roasted almonds mingle in the background. It is very faint, but I also detect a citric nip as she lingers and I go in for another quaff. Again, silky smooth with rich yet delicate notes which are but faint shadows of the strong nose she put forward. That’s not to say my Blue Apron Ale is lacking in quality and depth, but that she does so with much sophistication and grandeur; champagnesque in a way.
Having just recently come down from my high the Brooklyn Dark Matter left me in, this rare beauty of a gem took me for another round of surprises, though not as much as the Dark Matter. Refined and exquisite with just the right balance of toasted malts and sugars, the Blue Apron Ale is perfectly fitted for her tenure at the very exclusive Thomas Keller restaurant, The French Laundry.

Bottle at French Laundry. Paired head to head with a Borolo for a pork belly with avocado mouse and lots of truffles. Brownish beer with a nice tan head. yeasty, malty, light spice aroma. yeasty, malty, light roast flavor. Medium body. LIngering light roast, caramel, light spice. The beer did better cutting through the richness of the pork belly, but the wine was the better sipper on its own that night which was pretty much the gareement of all 10 of us at the table.