Brooklyn Monster Ale

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

355 mL bottle (2006). Pours slight hazy amber with an off-white to light brown head. Sweet and and dried fruity aroma, malty as well. Quite fruity, very sweet and hoppy flavour, very strong hoppy finish with a solid bitterness and warming alcohol. Notes of cane sugarish sweetness. Quite complex sweet malt heavy brew with a very strong floral/fruity hops bouquet. Very nice.

bottle - 2007 batch. pours a deep amber with a tad bit of white head which transitions to no lacing at all. The aroma is filled with deep fruits and some sweet malt. Wonderful over the palate with a ton of flavors hitting the tongue... deep fruits including plums, raisins, pears, apple, and some dark cherries. There is also some caramel and a sweet malt presence throughout. Monster Ale feels almost like a port or light brandy... it has a very smooth and charismatic body that carries a bit of alcohol warmth in addition to an abundance of flavor. Mr. Oliver knows his beer.

bottle. The appearence is red/brown with a perfekt white head. The aroma a bit of alcohol and rosted malt. Great hob flaours wich is balanced nice with the alcohol. The finish is malty.

Do not drink this young. Age for 4 years
Rating is only the better of the two tastings, the aged one.
330ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki) 2004 bottle
Still a little boozy, but a lovely barley-wine aroma - with sweet dried figs. Nuttiness in the taste. Pretty mellow. Vert nice sniffer and sipper
rerate of (5-3-5-2-9=2.4)
330ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki)
Alcoholic nonsense. No subtleties of any kind in any aspect. An insult to the great barley wines that exist, hopefully an evolutionary dead-end of the broken "some is good therefore more is better" logic that many on the both sides of the Atlantic unfortunately cling to.

12oz. Bottle from 2005 (aged 2yrs.): Moderately sweet aroma. Smells of caramel malt, alcohol, dark fruit, brandy, and basic Barley Wine aroma. Poured amber in color with a hint of copper and a small, off-white head that diminished quickly. Clear. Lightly sparkling. Flavor is medium to heavily sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of alcohol, caramel malt, dark fruit, and brandy. VERY malty. Full body. Thick, viscous, very smooth texture. Almost no carbonation. Sweet, lightly salty, malt finish. Overall, I’d like to try this beer with out aging it so much.

Very nice tasting barley wine. It pours a little darker than the lager with decent head. Aroma is mostly the alcohol. It is a very drinkable barley wine.

Deep mahogany in colour, thin off-white coloured head, no lacing. The aroma is quite alcoholic, some caramel malts, citrus hops, quite sweet. The flavour is quite alcoholic and warming, fruity, caramel malts, dark fruits, moderate hop bite. Warming mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes very long, warming with a moderate sweetness. Even after 3 years this is still quite hot. Doesn’t pack a punch or the flavour of the top tier Barley Wines.

355ml bottle obtained in a trade with <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>joeec5, thanks Joe.
Opened on July 2, 2007.
Vintage 2004.

Name: Monster
Date: June 06, 2001
Mode: Bottle
Source: Chevy Chase, DC
Vintage: 2000
Appearance: hazy amber, scant head
Aroma: slightly sweet malt aroma
Flavor: rich malt flavor, big long bitter finish, warming

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4

Name: Monster
Date: March 23, 2003
Mode: Draft
Source: bardo
Vintage: 2002
clear amber, thin head, hoppy, malty, fituity, depth of character, alcoholic, everything at once, but the best monster ever

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Score: **4

Name: Monster
Date: January 10, 2004
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2003
Appearance: nice clear amber
Aroma: sweet malty aroma with good fruit character and a touch of hops followed by alcohol
Flavor: well balanced flavor, nice carmel sweetness followed by a bitter finish

Name: Monster
Date: February 01, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2003
mellowing out nicely, sweet and fruity, low alcohol, low bitterness

Name: Monster
Date: March 07, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: blind tasting
Vintage: 2003
Score: 2.9
Appearance: dark red, fine off white head
Flavor: sweet caramel and crystal flavor, slightly astrengent bitterness, hint of fruity sweetness is replaced by peppery alcohol

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 4/10; Fla