Brooklyn Monster Ale

	Percentile
	91
	overall

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Brooklyn, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
908	3.57/5.0	3.57/5.0	Winter	10.8%	60.1	Snifter

Commercial Description:
Brooklyn Monster Ale is a classic barley wine, a style of ale originally brewed by the butlers to the English and American aristocracy. It is brewed from three mashes of heirloom British malt and spiced with aromatic American Willamette, Cascade and Fuggle hops.

After four months of aging, it has a magnificent burnished copper color, an aroma redolent of sherry, citrusy hops and fruit, a soft, warming, complex palate, a spiritous finish, and a strength of 10.8%.

It is vivacious when young, but will age gracefully for many years, becoming more complex over time.

Food Matches

Brooklyn Monster Ale is a fine accompaniment to cheeses, ice cream, flourless cakes, crème brulee and good cigars.

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mabel (2612), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Oct 30, 2009

[2505-20090930] Bottle. Bitter lemon rinds and mild spruce resin aroma. Clear, dark red amber body with a quick foamy yellow head. Boozy malt grains flavour has a long sweet malt finish. Medium-full body. Quite boozy, a big beer, but has nice balance.
(Vintage 2008; from Premier Gourmet)

Oddefellowe (37), Tampa, Florida, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	4/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Oct 29, 2009

This monster ale was born in 2006. Really weak aroma of a small amount of malt poking through. Mellow hops and slight caramel notes resounded within the increasingly complex malt basis. Slowly became fruity towards the end, but not too sweet. The alcohol was tucked away nicely. Enjoyable.

McGarnigle (313), Rochester, New York, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	12/20

Oct 23, 2009

I thought I was buying a bottle of Monster Energy Drink; it’s so easy to confuse. Someone should do something about that. 2008 vintage. Looks gorgeous, clear amber-red. Syrupy, low fizz. Not a big hop barleywine, though I can taste the cascades at the end. Sweet malts, fruity, very faint charred element. Slight alcohol burn. Doesn’t entirely come together.

zvikar (431), Tel-Aviv, Israel

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	5/5	8/10	5/5	15/20

Oct 15, 2009

@Freaktoberfest 2007 bottle, pours stunning ruby with a medium off-white head, aroma of caramel, lightly smoked, pulses of sweetness, delcious flavors like butterscotch, toffee, caramel, vanilla and tones of roasted malt. Finishes with cherry liqour and balanced bitterness. Complex and mature. Great

jesperhammer (316), Copenhagen, Denmark

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Oct 11, 2009

10-OCT-2009, Bottle @home. Dated best before 01.01.2009. Light brown, clear, low head. Very vinouos nose, with ripe fruits - plums. mostly malty, and not overly hoppy. No way near as alcoholic as I remember the fresh version, and I also remember a bitterness in the fresh version that I cannot find here. All in all a very fine barley wine in this stage of its life.

Snojerk321 (1988), San Diego, California, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Oct 4, 2009

2008 bottle. Nice deep copper color with little to no head. Aroma is sweet and boozy. Cherry & Apricot fruit tones, cotton candy. Flavor carries dark cherry cough syrup (slightly medicinal though not much) backed by smokey malt. Alc. comes through strong yet smooth in the finish.

KyotoLefty (1424), Kyoto, Japan

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	6/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Oct 2, 2009

Bottle. Big aroma of hops and burning alcohol, cherries. Flavor of caramel, some chocolate, dried dark fruits, cherry, raisins, lots of hops. Well integrated flavor. Well put-together barley wine, though not quite one of the bests.

Rustyham (565), miami, Florida, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	5/5	6/10	3/5	16/20

Sep 29, 2009

Brooklyn never dissapoints. This guy is strong and caustic, thick, and really dark- looks like a quadruple. Flavor is dark fruit and caramel malt. Bottle at 2nd Annual Treasure Coast Beerdfst in Ft. Pierce, Fla.

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