Brooklyn Brewery Fonio Rising - Double Pilsner

Fonio Rising - Double Pilsner

 

Brooklyn Brewery in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Imperial Pils Regular
Score
6.87
ABV: 6.4% IBU: - Ticks: 4
Highlights
Limited Release
Brewed with Ancient West African Grain
Description
Beer.
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This fresh double-Pilsner is a robust and crisp golden lager with notes of tropical fruit. Brewed with Fonio, an ancient west African grain renowned for its resilience and unique flavor.
Tasting Notes - Snappy, Fruity, Floral
 

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5.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Almost clear and golden, with a fluffy white head. The aroma reveals sweetness, white bread, biscuits, and sponge cake, alongside subtle citrus and herbal notes. The taste is crisp, malty and expressive; it combines bitterness with sweetness, offering a distinct maltiness, alcohol accents, grassy, leafy and floral notes, a peppery spiciness, and all this is crowned by a grassy, herbal bitterness and a warming, alcoholic finish. Full-bodied, with moderate carbonation and mild bitterness. Undoubtedly a strong, malty lager. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Can on 05 Jul 2026 at 14:03

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can. Nose is fruity, lime, spice, cereal, fennel (cribbed from a review below after I couldn't place it). Taste is caramel, light cereal, leading to a tropical, pineapple and mango note, with a slightly spicy finish.

It's really nice.
Tried on 18 Jun 2026 at 20:40

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from Tesco supermarche. A pretty clear bright golden yellow coloured pour with a fading loose white head. Aroma is nice spicy fresh hop, pilsner malts, cereal, noble hop, light fennel, plastic. Flavour is semi crisp, light grains, cereal, spicy Nobel hop, some alcohol bite, fennel, green veg. Palate is crisp, drying finish, spritzy carbonation, pretty good.
Tried from Can on 09 May 2026 at 21:41

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can from Tesco Danestone. It pours clear golden - yellow with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is sweet, white bread, rich tea biscuits, brioche, sponge cake, some spice, pie crust and toasty grains. The taste is crispy, dry, snappy, bitter - sweet, heavy sweetness in the malt, brioche, sponge cake, rich tea biscuit, boozey boost, grassy, leafy, floral, peppery spice and toasty grains with a sweet bready and boosty finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Undeniably a big boosty malty lagerbier. I like it.
Tried from Can from Tesco Supermarket (Various locations) on 21 Mar 2026 at 11:45