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Brooklyn Lager 3.42 1081

Brooklyn Lager

Percentile
84
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bottled
common

on tap
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10813.43/5.03.42/5.05.2%99Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Brooklyn Lager, the Brewery's flagship label, is New York's "hometown" beer, brewed to a pre-Prohibition recipe that dates back to the days when Brooklyn was the brewing capital of the East Coast. Brooklyn Lager has won numerous awards. Wrote Michael Jackson in the Simon & Schuster Pocket Guide to Beer: "The dry-hopped, fresh, flowery, firm, flavourful, Brooklyn Lager **-*** started well, in 1988, and has gained in character since."
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 MrBunn (1548), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 18, 2009  
Can. Pours a slightly cloudy brownish amber with a two finger dense head and aromas that are an interesting mix of spices (coriander and pepper), apple juice, grass and pine needles. Flavor is a decent mix of dusty grains, spices and apples. This is pretty good for a lager in a can.


 Jsawyer (286), Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 16, 2009  
Bottle. Pours translucent bubbly copper with a thin white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is leafy english hops, apple and pear esters, honey-biscuit malt. Flavor is honey, pear, apple cider, biscuit, subtle maple wood and raisin character, undertones of caramel and chocolate, and a soft hop presence. Overall complexity is very subtle. I’m tempted to say its like a pear cider with a bready aftertaste. Palate is light being a lager, there is a somewhat carbonated bite but overall very smooth. A very good lager.


 njbfr (105), New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/515/20
Mar 12, 2009  
Pours a golden amber with a creamy white head. Aroma is heavy hops, not what I was expecting from a Vienna. Flavor is akin to an IPA and certainly not what I wanted in a Vienna lager. Complex malt character is kind of ruined by the hop flavor. Incredible head retention and lacing! Some of the best I’ve ever seen.


 Nordcore (290), North of, Norway
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Mar 10, 2009  
Bottle. Light amber with some red in it. Clear with a small head. Aroma; Lots of fruits with a small bitter ending.


 bembelembe (153), Zagreb, Croatia
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/518/20
Mar 8, 2009  
Appealing amber color. Roasted caramel malt with bitter herbal pine hops. Biscuit & wood notes. Medium carbonated. Bitter-herbal aftertaste. Very enjoyable refreshing beer.


 Mutualaid (138), Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Mar 7, 2009  
Pours amber with a huge, foamy cream head. Mild caramel and straw aromas but the piney hop bouquet really shines through here. Nothing forward flavor-wise, even a bit weak. Just some hops and toast in the finish. Could use some more body. Very drinkable but nothing special.


 Beershine (2754), Traipsing Around, Cambodia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 5, 2009  
Bottle. Deep amber with foamy white head that is long-lasting. Aroma is sweet malt, wholemeal biscuit, and very floral hops. The body is firm and has good quaffability too with a long-lasting flavor profile and lots of biscuity malt, yet is refreshing too. Remains mostly floral and reminiscent of Fuggles in its hop character. Balanced. A nice beer but tastes best when chilled.


 Rustyham (581), miami, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 5, 2009  
If you have to drink a lager, drink this. It has the presence and malty complexity of an American Pale Ale and the hoppy bitterness too. Crisp, clean- great to chug but better to savor.



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