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Brooklyn Lager

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10763.43/5.03.42/5.05.2%98.8Lager glass
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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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 jezmez68 (332), Chesterton, Indiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/59/105/517/20

Jul 31, 2009  
Are those Cluster Hops? I’ve long wanted to brew a pre-prohibition lager. When I saw this was a commercial example, and only $5.99 for a sixer at King Richard’s in Michigan City, I got it. Actually sort of tastes like Sam Adams Boston Lager, with a different hop profile. So, I guess Sam Adams is a Pre-Prohibition lager, too. Vienna lager? Eh, maybe.

ralphdot (72), 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 (405), 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 (735), 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.


TizzleJizzle (61), Garland, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/512/20
Nov 22, 2009  
Aroma of floral spruce. It poured a filtered light brown color with beautiful lacing. I tasted flowery hops with a caramel finish. Overall this is the best premium lager I’ve ever had.


JoeAgain (19), New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 19, 2009  
Totes itself as the "Pre prohibition style beer," and I can imagine that description to be quite accurate. Nice, deep gold, lightly copper color with a fluffy, creamy, tan head. Excellent hop aroma, grassy with a slight citrusy nod. The malt is there as well in the form of a raisin-like, bready aroma. Nice body, not too thin, not too heavy. Wonderful hop flavor comes first, then the sweetness of the malt blends in. This beer is somewhere in between a Sam Adams Boston Lager, and an Anchor Steam beer - having the best characteristics of both!


 BeerBelcher (940), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 16, 2009  
This may well be the richest lager I’ve ever had...far from a delicate balance of some golden lagers, this beer is full of flavor, and is definitely differs from its delicate cousins. It pours amber, and is nicely balanced, with a ton of toffee and butter noticed, balanced nicely with some hop bitterness. Aroma was pretty mild, but more malty than hoppy, with the sweetness of the toffee notes and the buttery diacetyl cutting through. Mouthfeel was nice and clean. A nice beer. I had two of these alongside an enormous sandwich at the Stage Deli in New York.


Carabia (35), Itä-Raasepori, Finland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 15, 2009  
Bright copper coloured beer with small but tight and creamy head that leaves a lot of lace. The aroma is dominated by a rich, piney hops, with some butter, malts and alcohol. The taste is crisp, lemony hops, little hops and nuts.


SpencerDB (54), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/512/20
Nov 10, 2009  
Had in a bottle at a bar. Light amber color. Hoppy with a great malt flavor. Excellent taste left on the palate.



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