Brooklyn Bright Golding

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

[Draft @ Barcade] Poured a hazy golden amber color with a small white head, that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla, dough, diactyl, caramel and a bit of citrus. Taste was on the sweeter side, buttery popcorn, toffee malts, light dough, and woody hops. I’m assuming the butteriness was intentional, but I thought it left this overall sticky.

On tap at HDG. Smells like vanilla andpopcorn. Not the best of starts. The taste is of unmilled malts. I like this beer especially the subtly of the use of the hop.

Clear golden ale with thin, dense white head. Aroma is metallic and uriney. Taste has a bit of that metal, but also a sweet diacetyl flavor that mixes with biscuity malt in a way that mimics a buttered baguette. Lingering nastiness on tongue after finish brings me back to the days when I used to eat thermometers like pixie sticks. It’s not that good, but at least it’s interesting. $2.50/16draft

on tap @ Coles Buffalo NY. pours a pale yellow pale macro lager color. Sweet caramel aroma. Some citrusy, grassy-weedy taste. Medium hop character with prety sharpe bite. Not very impressed with one

Tap at Brooklyn Brewery. Strong golden in color with a white lacy head. The aroma is very citrusy with a big hoppyness. There is a big hop character to the flavor with a strong bite. It is a really good example of a strong ale in my opinion.

Cask at the Brazen Head - Pours an opaque golden yellow color with a fluffy white head. Citrusy characteristics with a nice grassy bitter hop dry finish. Pretty easy to drink but nothing too unique about it. A decent beer for a warmer fall day. On tap at David Copperfields - Colder I guess. Not much of a difference from the cask. They were both good. The alcohol flavor was less apparent on tap however.

Tap. I thought they brought me the wrong beer because this just tastes like an overly hopped lager to me. Totally unimpressive. Finish is metallic and hits me in the saddle of my tongue, which is gross. Not a fan, but if they’d have called it a lager I probably would’ve given it better marks.

Draught at Waterfront, Bklyn. Poured an unimpressive pale gold with a spitty head. Grassy, vegetal, and lightly minty aroma with some appley fruitiness. Wafery malt flavor with a leafy/twiggy underpinning and some buttery notes. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Not overly terrible, but I was hoping for something a lot better from the "Brewmaster Series."