Pennant Ale '55

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

Pale Ale - Classic English Regular Out of Production

Score

6.09

ABV: 5.0%

IBU: 24

Ticks: 96

Brooklyn Pennant Pale Ale '55 is a classic English pale ale, brewed with the prized Maris Otter Malt and Fuggles, Willamette and Cascade hops. Maris Otter is an old malt variety that yields an incomparable biscuity flavor. Pennant is chesnut-colored, medium in body with a hearty malt palate and smooth hop finish. This beer is a tribute to Brooklyn’s world champion baseball team. (aka Brooklyn Ale)

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5.9

Maverick (5074) reviewed Pennant Ale '55 from Brooklyn Brewery 8 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught. Have always found this pretty boring, yeah it has got some hops but does not havet much else of interest.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 00:50

kristincedar (7052) ticked Pennant Ale '55 from Brooklyn Brewery 1 year ago

Best I can do for hockey playoffs.

Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:52

6.4

minutemat (16258) reviewed Pennant Ale '55 from Brooklyn Brewery 2 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

355ml bottle, New York 2012 as 'Brooklyn Pennant Ale 55'. Cheeky late rate. Clear gold, large white head. Floral nose. Pale malt with gentle floral citrus to taste. Fine.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2023 at 15:28

6.4

Bitterbill (4330) reviewed Pennant Ale '55 from Brooklyn Brewery 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From Mar 2008

I got this in a trade with yobdoog. Thanks Trevor!

This pours a clear amber with a 2 finger head of foam. I have to say, Brooklyn beers all seem to not be lacking in the foam department and most have great retention...as does this one.

The smell is nice and sweet from caramel malt and I'm guessing, some fruitiness.

The taste is a little lighter than what I expected but there's good notes of caramel malt, bread, a little roastiness, and some bitterish hop flavour that does some balancing. Mouthfeel is light, carbonation is medium, and it finishes slightly bready, slightly bitter, and at the end, a bit watery. Pretty good stuff and would be better if it hadn't lost all its flavour at the end. Still, I'd drink it again, no problem.

Tried on 06 Nov 2017 at 13:27

queenholly (3622) reviewed Pennant Ale '55 from Brooklyn Brewery 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Sweet barley malt aroma. Hazy amber with a moderate ivory head. Sweet barley malt and orange flavor. Light body, soft/flat carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2015 at 20:07

5.8

Travlr (30173) reviewed Pennant Ale '55 from Brooklyn Brewery 10 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Clear amber color, scant head. Aroma of light biscuit. Taste is bready caramel.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2015 at 13:12

willisread (9761) reviewed Pennant Ale '55 from Brooklyn Brewery 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Old rating. Bottle from Old Town. Copper brown with a small off-white head. Malt aromas with hints of bread, apricot and persimmon. Soft carbonation with a medium to light body. Malty British style pale that is easy to drink.

Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2015 at 10:02