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Brooklyn Lager 3.42 1081

Brooklyn Lager

Percentile
84
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bottled
common

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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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 Jmichael (633), Asheville, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/514/20

Aug 11, 2009  
heavier body than a lager may generally represent, good full palate, and fluffy mouthfeel. mild flavor but good. I grabbed to have for my fishing trip, wanted a good lager out of the can and it fit the bill rather well. But the best beer (to digress) to have on a boat in the middle of a lake in the middle of nowhere canada, is a bell’s two hearted, bottle. Damn perfect time to have that beer.

 tastybeer (127), Washington DC, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 22, 2009  
Bottle. Pours amber brown with thick rocky head and lots of lacing. Tastes sweet with some toasty and floral notes. Great session beer.


Tonkun (9), New York, USA
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3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 19, 2009  
In NY from a bottle. Nice frothy top with dark golden and copper color. A bit of citrus, toast and hey. Bubbles seem more refined and creamier than most lager. Well balanced finished which longer than expected finished with nice bitterness, malt and hey. One of better lager around.


 Fred82 (401), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
Dec 7, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Pours clear amber with a small head that is short lived. Nose is quite malty and citrusy. Some piny hops and some grain. Malts are sweet and chewy.Some caramel and a bit spicy. Taste is nicely fruity and malty. Some sweetness but not too much. Finish is neither dry nor sweet. Small hints of citrusy hops all along. Finish is a tiny bit hoppy and very fruity. Highly drinkable, tasty and refreshing. A bit more hops would be great but perhaps it once had more (I doubt this is a fresh bottle).


 oteyj (779), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/512/20
Dec 7, 2009  
Pours clear amber with lively carbonation in the body, and an ample one finger white head with tight bubbles that leaves a moderate lacing. Head retention is quite good. At first, the aroma meets with a light grass note and sweet caramel malt with hints of graininess. A very light hop character presents in the form of citrus and evergreen. The flavor provides a nice balance of caramel sweetness, mild toast, and a light but distinct resinous hop bitterness. A slight grainy astringency peeks in near the end, but intermingles with the hop profile so doesn’t act to detract too much. Palate is light bodied and nicely effervescent with a crisp clean finish.


WLG423 (80), Connecticut, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Dec 7, 2009  
Pours out a nice dark hold with a fluffy tan head. Light toasty aroma complemented nicely by the floral, grassy and slightly citrus-like hop character. Body is light with a nice lasting slightly bitter finish. Slight toasty flavors with notes of earthy hay. Finishes out well. Light and enjoyable.


ralphdot (76), Billingham, Durham, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/58/105/514/20
Dec 5, 2009  
Gold colour with a good head, smells like lager but has a nice citrus and hop taste, very nice.


 RHeastings (419), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Nov 27, 2009  
Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in a pub glass. The beer pours a deep amber color, with a small but resilient white head. Aromas of Munich malt come through in the nose, as does some earthy/spicey noble hop character. The palate is initially malty before transitioning to an assertive bitterness, and a surprising amount of hop flavor. Overall, a nice interpretation of an often poorly brewed style.


 Pawola22 (778), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 22, 2009  
On tap at some dive in NYC. Pours a crystal clear, golden-copper colored body with a finger-width, off-white head that dissipates slowly and leaves a very nice creamy lacing. Aroma is really pleasant for a lager. Floral fruits and grassy hops with a light malty sweetness. Flavor is impressive as well. A good amount of flowery citrus and a moderate grassy bitterness accompanies a really nice malt profile. Lightly sweet and crisp with a dry, moderately bitter finish with a nice lingering aftertaste after a light to medium, smooth body. Overall, a great lager. Very pleasant bitterness, fruits, and malt backing. This is what I look for in a lager.



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