Brooklyn Local 2

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Brooklyn, New York USA

The cork releases with a pop that could be heard in the next county. A henna/coffee pour yields the smoothest, creamiest almond foam, with stamina that belies its delicacy. Softspoken yet commanding aroma features succulent fruit- grape and strawberry- roses, bubblegum, spice, cookie dough, and pina colada. The flavor is amazingly complex and seductive; cava, flowers, subtle spice and candied fruit, hints of orange and cognac... mere words don’t do it justice. Perfect carbonation contributes to a mouthfeel that is fluffy as feathers and light as a cloud. Each sip further sheathes my glass with gossamer lace. Simply stunning... Garrett Oliver does it again!

Style; glass:Belgian Strong; trappist 25.4 fl oz x 9% ABV = 228.6 / 60 = 3.81 beers * 150 C = 571.5 calories (est.) Purchased at: Canal’s Lawrenceville, NJ for $ (have to check) Aroma: cloves, banana, peach, fruit. A wonderful version of the style, aroma fills the room. Visuals: Meticulous packaging, beautiful and royal, thinner translucent head, hazy ruby body, gossamer lacing. Taste: Begins bubbly, sweet, and washy, middles to a fruity candy, finishes dark with some bitterness. Delicious. Palate: Heavily carbonated, very fresh, middle dulls and flavors emerge, finish is long lasting, sweetness, roastiness converging. Overall: As most of my purchases from Garrett O., this is a quality brew, worth the price, with exquisite care, packaging, and attention to detail. Superb.

750ml bottle purchased at Whole Foods in Portland, Maine. Pours a murky red-brown body with nearly two inches of persistent khaki-colored head. Citrus and pith come through loud and clear in the aroma, with hints of brown sugar, chocolate, and toffee. Citrus and pith hit early, with a sweet orange juice quality, followed by some brown sugar with chocolate notes and a tinge of roastiness to balaince things out. Medium bodied with full effervescent carbonation (no doubt from bottle conditioning). Relatively dry and clean toward the finish. Overall, a great Belgian strong dark. Not the best I’ve had, but an extremely good drinkable one (despite the complexity and ABV), and a suitable follow-up to Brooklyin Local 1! Awesome

I had not expected the pour to be this dark, the color of the body was dark brown bordering on black like some fine chocolate, nor had I expected to develop a three finger thick head. The pleasing appearance got me further excited to taste this latest offering from Garrett Oliver. The smell was a mix of floral and orange peel aromas and was wonderful as well. The taste perfectly captured the essence of orange peel and honey used in this construction, and the zesty sweet taste was rapidly followed by a dusty dryness as a result of the judicious use of all consuming Belgian yeast. There was some cherry and apples in the flavor as well, but the taste was fleeting and basically begged to be sipped again. No sign at all of the alcohol. The high carbonation kept the body airy and soft. Just like the darker versions of superheroes, this beer is what Duvel would be in opposite world.

Presentation: It was poured from a 1 pint, 9.4oc brown corked and caged bottle into a tulip glass. The number 1069 is printed on the back label. I am not sure if that is a bottle number, batch number or a date. Appearance: The body is almost opaque and has a dark murky brown color with deep crimson highlights. Near the edges of the glass there are some streams of fine carbonation rushing to the surface. The pour produced a nice tall, thick and foamy head. It slowly fades down to a thin cap that hangs on till the last sip. Smell: Its aroma has full nose of dark sweet malt, funky yeast, spice and a hint of honey and hops. Taste/Mouth: The flavor has a sweet dark malty base with some pleasant sweet honey, tart cherry and other dark estery fruit notes. Funky yeast, mild alcohol and some light spicy notes and add even more complexity. In the finish the hops pop out and add some mild bitterness. The texture is smooth and mellow with soft yet active carbonation. Notes: Another great Belgian ale from the Brooklyn Brewery.

750ml caged&corked bottle. Pours a dark brown with orange/auburn highlights and a thick tan head. The aroma is awesome - a wonderful blend of yeast, esters, phenols, and malts: banana, doughy bread, caramel, chocolate, citrus, and peppery spice. The flavor follows the aroma: lovely citrus and sweet caramel-toffee malt with lots of wonderful fruity esters, including subtle hints of bubble gum. At mid-palate, there is a pleasant balancing bitterness, peppery, spicy phenols, and notes of chocolate. The finish is dry with a semisweet, spicy, doughy maltiness. The mouthfeel is medium-full in body and very pleasantly carbonated. Lots and lots of bubbles that pleasantly caress the tongue and accentuate the dry and spicy finish. Overall, an awesome, awesome brew.

Bottle. Pours deep red brown with a seriously lasting creamy tan head. The aroma is mostly sweet, with candy sugar and some solid Belgian yeasty spiciness. The flavor is refined and balanced, with banana, dark fruits, and even some citrus, clove like spices, honey and candy sugar. Initially it seems over carbonated, but after sitting in the glass for a few minutes is becomes very smooth and pleasing. A very good beer, no doubt. A little bit like an abbey dubbel, a little bit like a weizenbock, and 100% tasty.

22oz bottle. Pours a deep dark red with a huge long lasting densely packed khaki head. Nose is intense caramel and spice. Orange and a little honey come through as well. Wow a very unique flavor. Dark Cherry with a little bit of bubblegum and banana. This has hints of scottish ale, hefeweizen and belgian quads. Very complex. Long lasting caramel finish with hints of spice and cherry. Yeasty but the alcohol is extrenely well hidden. Good carbonation. This is much better than the Local 1 (which is not bad). Really nice job by Garrett and crew.