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Brooklyn Monster Ale

Percentile
91
overall

bottled
common

on tap
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
9243.57/5.03.57/5.0Winter10.8%60.5Snifter
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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 LanceUppercut (133), Sweden
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 22, 2009  
This was an old bottle 񢉔) that hadn’t aged very gracefully. A faint nose of strawberries, cake and malt. Taste is of raisins, anis, cookies and a little bit of hops. It is sweet and has some complexity, but the overall impression is (sadly) nothing that raises any eyebrows.


 Ygberg (108), Sweden
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/513/20
Aug 21, 2009  
A 2004 bottle tasted in 2009. Weak aroma of sweet malt. Apperance is dark red without head. The flavour is of licrish and malt, a bit to sweet. The alcohol is shining threw. Maybe the bottle is to old.


 onystrom (800), Århus-Randers Crew, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 18, 2009  
Bottle. Hazy brown amber color with almost no head. Strong and very sweet. Lots of caramel and some hoppy flavor. Alcoholic aftertaste.


OliverG (85), montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Aug 10, 2009  
Bouteille de 2007: Cuivrée, elle n"offre pas beaucoup d’arômes. Par contre, en bouche, elle nous apporte tout d’une barley wine classique. Saveurs de petits fruits rouge et finale forte d’alcool laissant la bouche légèrement pâteuse.


 JK (2966), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Not as complex as I was hoping for. The aroma leads one to expect a sweet barley wine. There is brown sugar, and just a little oak. Quite sweet with caramel and brown sugar; very mild hops, and alcohol, which is present in the aroma, flavor, and on the palate.


 boamr (138), Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/512/20
Aug 8, 2009  
Thanks to Richlikebeer for this one. Bottle from 05. Pours a brown color but not a super dark brown with no head. Has a spicey molasses smell and flavor to it. For some reason there was a metallic taste on the finish. Not sure if it was from the bottle or the beer was past it’s prime. Would liek to have another one


 alobar (1035), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Aug 8, 2009  
Thanks to richlikebeer. 2005 bottle. Pours a caramel brown color with no head. Aroma of spice, malts, and some fruit. A slight metallic taste took away from an otherwise pleasant offering of molasses, fruit, and sherry.



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