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Brooklyn Lager

Percentile
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bottled
common

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10873.43/5.03.42/5.05.2%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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 Jonte (831), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Dec 8, 2007    Updated: Apr 6, 2008
Bottle. Dark golden/amber color with a white head. The aroma is hoppy and floral with notes of citrus and caramel. The taste is also hoppy and has a good bitterness. Notes of citrus, sourness and some sweet malt. Very hoppy for a lager beer.


Berserkir (38), New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Dec 6, 2007  
dark amber pour, little-to-no head. very nice strong aroma, mostly hops. nice smooth flavor, strong malt and hop balance with a nice mix of bitter hops and hints of fruit flavor.


 emerica56 (587), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/104/518/20
Dec 2, 2007  
This beer pours a clear dark amber color with no head but does have some spotted laceing. The aroma is very floral and you get some hints of malt and hops. It has a nice initial bitterness which fades rather quickly. There is also some nice hints of fruit which you dont notice untill about 3 or 4 sips. The palate is very smooth and warming, it has lots of hops and some mild hints of toffee which coat your mouth. The duration is very long and lasts for a while.


PatMac (17), Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Nov 27, 2007  
The first sip was a surprise and then realized there is a hint of fruit. This is a very good lager similar to Sam Adams. The flavor is excellent. Buy more than a six pack of this one. Found in Laurel, MD


 TheRimmer (483), Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Nov 20, 2007  
Strong hop presence in the nose, grains. Beautiful deep copper color with an ivory head. Bitter hop taste with decent malt backbone. finishes the same. Very interesting take on the style.


JeffMinde (6), USA
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4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
Nov 19, 2007    Updated: Nov 20, 2007
The flagship beer of the Brooklyn Brewery, a concern which has reestablished beer brewing in the County of Kings, New York. This is a fine smooth heavy lager, flavorful with hints of sharpness. The color in the glass is burnished gold, with a small-to-medium cream-colored head. Best served very cold. A good beer to drink with lighter meats such as fowl or pork, it can be enjoyed just by itself.


LordCrabapple (83), Merseyside, England
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/520/20
Nov 17, 2007    Updated: Aug 28, 2009
This is American, but rather delicious. Quite exquisite: perfumed, fruity, sweet, bitter. One of my favourite beers, but seems to have disappeared from here. Wretched shame.


spacecadet (3), USA
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4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/518/20
Nov 12, 2007  
This is what I expect from a lager. Nice golden color, thick white head. Floral, hoppy aroma. Medium toasty, hoppy, malty flavor - really nicely balanced. Dry, bitter finish that just makes me want to take another sip. I could drink this beer all day long.



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