Brooklyn Brewery Cloaking Device

Cloaking Device

 

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

  Porter - Imperial Regular
Score
7.19
ABV: 10.5% IBU: - Ticks: 48
At first glance, the true power of Brooklyn Cloaking Device is hidden. All at once there comes a wave of Brett-powered earthy aromas, a thrilling rush of Cacao-like fruitiness, hints of vanilla and pineapple, a touch of acidity, underlying forest-floor funk and the powerful murmur of French oak barrels. A beautifully dry finish cuts through and leaves you wondering how we got the drop on you. This is the true power of the Cloaking Device: the element of surprise.
Cloaking Device stands as a tribute to these porters past. We brewed a strong Brett-fermented porter and aged it for nine months in French oak red wine barrels from our pals at the Larkmead Winery in California. It was then hand-bottled and re-fermented in the bottle with Champagne yeast. It is delicious, a versatile companion for food, and conducive to dreams of adventure.

Ingredients:

Malts: 2-row, Crystal 150, Crisp Chocolate, Crisp Black, Roasted barley

Hops: Summit, East Kent Golding

Yeast: Brettanomyces cultivated in our lab

Original Gravity: 21.1° Plato

(from http://brooklynbrewery.com/brooklyn-beers/bqe/cloaking-device)
 

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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From bottle at Brooklyn Brewery, New York. Aroma is roasted malt with oak, lots of vinous red wine, some bretty funk, red grapes. Flavour is tart and mild sweet. Medium body. The red wine is very dominant.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:55


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Piccadilly, Bod�. 5 year old bottle. Pours a dark to brown colour with a beige head. Aroma of raisins, cocoa, balsamico vinegar, leather, heather, oak and wild berries. Flavour of ash, dark chocolate, red wine, coffee, black currants, balsamico vinegar and oak in the background. Has a slick and soft mouth feel, full-bodied and a light bitterness. Well balanced between sour and roasted flavours.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2022 at 16:56


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

(Bottle) Black colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, roasted, funky nose with chocolate, coffee, brett, red fruit and vanilla. Malty, roasted, funky taste with notes of coffee, dark chocolate, oak wood, brett, red wine, liquorice, vanilla and a balanced roasty bitterness in a fairly vinous finish. Full body, with a certain sweetness. Tasty and quite funky porter, with a balanced touch of wood and red wine. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2021 at 21:54


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle thanks to Stuu666. Pours black with an olive sheen and a thin tan head. Aromas are spicy, woody, some dark chocolate and caramel. Taste is more spice, wood, salted caramel. Quite dry, salty, tangy. Interesting.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2020 at 17:56


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle thanks to Stuu666. Appearance - opaque black with a tan head. Nose - molasses and funk. Interesting combination. Earthy and peppery. Taste - more peppery and molasses with salted caramel and underlying funk. Palate - medium bodied, tangy/salty in texture. Dry, salty and tangy and long finish. Overall - really complex and interesting. Oh, and tasty too.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2020 at 16:34


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. A very dark brown beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel, and some funk. The flavor is sweet with notes of funk, roasted malt, caramel, fruit, and chocolate, leading to a dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 03 Apr 2020 at 09:22


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle pour at the source: pours black with a light beige head. Aroma is light funkiness, chocolate, coffee and earthiness. Body is way lighter than one would expect. Earthy, chocolate, malty. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2019 at 03:36


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Tried on 19 Apr 2019 at 15:38


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

Bottle at SBWF 2018. Black with a tan head. Sweetish with light brett, some fruit, licorice and wood. The body was medium. A decent one.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2018 at 09:10


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

Bottle sample@Ølfestival København 2018, Copenhagen - pours black with a beige head. Some roasted malty notes, with a sour touch, dark malty notes, coffee, caramel, cocoa, bretty funky and hoppy backing, wooden notes, medium body, dry dark light sour edged malty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2018 at 20:50