Brooklyn Local 2

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

Good god this is fantastic. Pours a nice amber with anamazing, almost sweet taste. This is one of my new favorites.

Bottle. Brown body with a steady light tan head. Very fruity aroma of dates, raisins, orange peel and sweet caramel. The flavour is complex. Dark fruit like prunes, sweet raisins, caramel, warming alcohol, light spices and oranges. Very nice Dubbel.

750ml. Pours copper brown with some red in there with an absolutely huge frothy tan and kind of light orange head. Very alive. Aroma is boozy with sweet malts, spice, dough, and lighter roast. Fruit is a big part of aroma also, as well as flavor. Flavor further includes yeasty feel, dry throughout and brown sugar. Spicy quick finish....Its Christmas and I’m Happy--happy with the beer and the day.

Pours a dark colour with a nice thick off head with a strong liquorish aroma and flavour. smooth spice taste and sorte of watery on the palate

From the 750 (does it come any other way?). Pours to a deep mahogany--thanks to previous reviewer, vyvvy, this color description is spot on--with small white head which dissipates rather quickly. As opposed to the Local 1, this is slightly more bready, with less candied fruit on the nose, though it’s definitely still a present flavor. Maybe a slight bit of wet leaf smell as well. This beer isn’t nearly as heavy as it might seem. Rather. it’s light, with initial sweetness this quickly dovetails into a refreshingly crisp finish. I’m first reviewing this near Christmas, but this is a beer whose colors truly shine in summer. As the website suggests, it’s a phenomenal complement to lighter vegetables, and would stand up well to citrus. My adoration for my home borough’s best-known beer grows with the Local 2. A must try.

Pours murky mahogany with a small tan head. The aroma has caramel, sourdough, sharp citrus, rich sweetness and earthy Belgian yeast. It has a medium body that seems crisp, but that is probably due to the excessive carbonation. The aroma has some band aid, phenolic spice and alcohol heat that appears and overshadows a lot of the aspects noted on the aroma. The finish has some anise & citrus. Decent beer, but I’d hoped for more.

Dark red-brown beer has ruby highlights and frothy head. Nose of caramel apples, chunky honey, with bits of cinnamon and coriander. Tastes quite sweet, nearly cloying, with not quite enough bitterness to check it IMO. Spicier than I’d like and a bit warm in the finish. This brewer usually nails drinkability but misses it this time.

Pours a dark brown with good head/lacing with fruity aroma. Way too dry, completely kills any sweetness from the orange/honey notes. I think this beer really missed the mark.