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Brooklyn Blunderbuss Old Ale


Percentile
78
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unknown

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
643.41/5.03.35/5.0Special8.2%57.7English pint, Snifter
Commercial Description:
Since ancient times, people have complained that “things were better in the old days”. In the 1840’s, English brewers became nostalgic for beers of the previous century, strong dark ales with robust flavors. Thus the term “old ale” was born and these beers were re-popularized. Our Brooklyn Blunderbuss Old Ale brings back the grand old style. It’s brewed with flavorful English Maris Otter malt with a dash of equally flavorful raw demerara sugar from Malawi. Challenger and East Kent Golding hops give the beer appetizing earthy/fruity aromatics. The bitterness is crisp, balancing a solid center of orangey fruit with caramel and chocolate notes. It dries into the finish, leaving a warm glow of malt. Perhaps some things really were better in the old days. Enjoy Brooklyn Blunderbuss Old Ale with steaks, burgers, roast beef, lamb chops, Mexican mole and black bean sauces and hard cow’s-milk cheeses. Malts: British Maris Otter, Crystal, and Chocolate malts Other sugars: Raw demerara, Malawi Hops: Willamette, East Kent Golding, Challenger O.G.: 19° Plato (1076) ABV: 8.2%
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 blklab2007 (965), Connecticut, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Mar 8, 2009  
on tap at gingerman poured a brown amber color with a nice thin off white head. aroma has dark malt, medium sweetness, bitter hops, and some dark underlying fruit. mouth feel is a heavy medium and coats well with low carbonation. flavor has a nicely malted body and complementing sweetness, dark fruit comes through nicely, and some nice earthy touches. this is quite nice and got nicer and more hearty as it warmed.


 argo0 (6907), Washington DC, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/104/514/20
Mar 7, 2009  
(draft) Clear mahogany body with minimal off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, milk chocolate, some cherry, faint alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, cherry, chocolate, some alcohol. Sticky medium-full body with minimal carbonation.


 Rciesla (3656), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/103/513/20
Mar 7, 2009  
Draft at capones. Pours a dark amber with a thin off white head. Cherries, plum, sweet malt. Grapes and lollipops. Sweet grainy, with light cherries notes. Lush and chewy. odd ball.


 radagast83 (1302), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Mar 6, 2009  
Sampled from Draft. Dark pour, small head. Aroma is nutty, malts, chocolate. Flavor is bitter malts, roasted flavors, chocolate, touch of hops. Sweet, but finish is bitter and dry.


 hopscotch (5485), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/514/20
Mar 5, 2009  
Draft... Clear, dark ruby ale with a small, creamy, off-white head. Great, everlasting retention. The malty, nutty nose offers additional notes of chocolate, caramel and vanilla. Full-bodied with lively carbonation. The flavor is vinous. Good, brisk bitterness and roastiness alongside notations of chocolate and light acidity. Bitter, roasted, dry finish.


 TomDecapolis (3174), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 4, 2009  
On tap at Capones. Pours a hazy deep amber with a medium creamy off white head that laced. Aroma of nutty malt, tobacco, earthy, dark fruits, and light floral hops. Flavor of same, more hop flavor than expected.


 mkobes (2104), paramus, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/105/514/20
Mar 2, 2009  
On tap at Andys Corner Bar in Bogota, NJ. Deep dark copper brown in color with a nice fluffy off white head. Malty earthy spicy aroma. Caramel black peppery notes. Roasty malty hoppy flavor. Caramel raisin and chocolatety notes. Medium bodied. Sweet tasting. Finish is bitter. Drinkable.


 MartinT (5055), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Mar 2, 2009  
My Bottom Line:
Simple toasted caramel sweetness and earthy, peppery hop bitterness perform in a creamy mouthfeel for a well-built but perhaps underwhelming Old Ale.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A tower of foam protects the dark russet.
-The demerara sugar seems to offer more flavor in this one than the malts themselves.
-Faint cocoa is also detectable.
-Alcohol is not an issue at all even though this is over the 8% mark.
-The flavor profile is ably balanced.

On tap at Ebenezer’s.



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