Brooklyn Brown Ale

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

A dark brown, almost too dark to look thru, beer with a nice light brown head. The aroma is very sweet - like most Brooklyn brews. The flavor is acidic, sweet at first, but then the chocolate, smoke, dryness, and woodiness hits you - great flavor. OK palate - great at first and end - but a little weak in the middle.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Dark amber rather than mahogany as claimed on the neck label. Filtered and clear with a light brownish head. Very malty and extremely aromatic from the excellent hops in use. Notes of nuts and caramel and a touch of vanilla. Much more fullbodied than British counterparts. Pretty high carbonation.

35.5 cL bottle. Pours deep brown with a hazzlenut brown hue, creamy off-white head. Sweet fruity aroma with a mild roasted malt beneath. Light to medium bodied which is in contrast to the quite flavourful experience that follows. Starts dark roasted with a clear acidity before a more breadish malt note turns up. It does however never get to the point that the flavour shows the sweetness that seems present in the aroma, it rather stays acidic for then to turn into a more bitter and hoppy finish showing some flavour smoothness along the way: caramel, chocolate and a whiff of vanilla. Has a slight liqourice edge in the finish. Clearly the most hoppy brown ale I’ve had. Nice.

Cask conditioned at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear dark brown. Evident roasty malt aroma. Medium sweet with rounded mouthfeel and firm malt character. It’s dominated by the roasty malt, but there are hints of licorice and perfumy hops as well. Medium bitterness.

Bottle. Dark, almost red. Rich brew, full of taste, Brown bread, coffee, dark chocolate all rounded up by dry hops.

Bottle. Very malty aroma, hint of bonbon. Nice chestnut colour. Light brown head, disappears too quickly. Malty, sweet/sour flavour, reminding me of a slightly failed homebrew. But nice enough beer still.

Bottled. Dark brownish red colour with huge foamy head. Fruity and a bit nutty aroma. Fruity bitterish flavour. Long fruity aftertaste.

Brown colour with a small white head. Aroma of berries, malt and a bit coffee. Taste of spices, berries, malt and coffee, with a slight bitter aftertaste. Nice brown ale.