Brooklyn Brewery Pennant Ale '55

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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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

I think this is somewhere between a bitter and an 80 shilling and perhaps closer to the 80. It’s well executed with soft sweet malt notes and a degree of smoothness from start to finish. Good beer.

Tried on 28 Jul 2013 at 04:22


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle from friend, many thanks Peter. Amber color with medium off-white head. Floral, fruity aroma with notes of honey. Fruity taste with caramel, fruity hops. Very light bitterness in fruity finish. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2013 at 11:28


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Akkurat, April 2013. (sold as Pennant Ale) Amber with a medium white head. Aroma and taste of malt, some bread, caramel and light fruit. Some nuts in the finish. An ok one.

Tried from Draft on 25 Apr 2013 at 08:38


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

12 oz bottle. Pours a darkish red/brown with light head. Aromas of malts and light brown sugar. Flavors of roasted malt, light caramel, light dough, bitter resin. Nothing special

Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2013 at 22:25


4

Tried on 27 Mar 2013 at 06:24


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Light amber color with small foamy beige head, doughy aroma, fresh citrusy taste with slightly metallic finish, low carbonation. It would be a very nice ale except for the metallic taste at the end.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2013 at 13:31


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before March 2013. Pours slightly hazy orange amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of caramel, toast, brown bread, pine, floral, citrus, grass, and herbal hops. Nice and pleasant aromas with good strength and balance. Taste of carmael, toast, pine, floral, grass, brown bread, citrus peel, light nuttiness, and herbal hops. Light floral bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toast, pine, floral, brown bread, citrus, grass, light nuttiness, and herbal on the finish for a bit. Very nice flavor robustness and balance of malt/hop flavors; with zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly creamy and smooth mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very good English pale ale. Nice balance and robustness of flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2013 at 20:06


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

12fl.oz. Dark amber colour with a beige head with good duration and lacing. Aroma is lightly hoppy with metal hints. Flavour is slightly toasty, caramel and bittery. Short final. Carbonation and body are medium.

Tried on 30 Nov 2012 at 08:05


Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2012 at 16:27


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

12oz bottle poured into a shaker. Best before March of 2012. Pours a light amber with almost a half finger of white head. Aroma of caramel, green apple and light citrus hops. Taste is light bitter and light sour. Green apple and citrus. Light bodied with a somewhat slick texture. Lively carbonation and a long finish. Overall, not bad. I would like to try a fresh one just to see the difference.

Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2012 at 20:20