Improved Old Fashioned
Brooklyn Brewery in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.92
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Strong rye ale aged in WhistlePig Rye barrels and infused with aromatic bitters and botanicals.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Maroonish brown pour from bottle. Very little head. Mostly rye and bourbon and a hint of lime and such. Really liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottleshare, Oct 2016. Pours dark brown with an off white head. Aroma: vanilla, bourbon, caramel, dark fruit, cardamom. Taste: Moderate to heavy sweet with herbal bitterness. Spicy, with cardamom & nutmeg, also toffee, candy sugar notes. Boozy, a little medicinal. Medium to full body with average carbonation. Slightly odd flavours
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2022
at 23:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brun farge med beige skum. Lukter ingefær, appelsin. Smaker ingefær, karamell, malt, appelsinskall. Fyldig i munnfølelse. Mai 2019
Tried
on 24 Apr 2021
at 15:00
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
(Bottle) Dark brown colour with brief, beige head. Malty, spicy nose with caramel, chocolate, orange peel, rye bread, dried fruit and Angostura Bitter. Malty, spicy taste with notes of caramel, dried fruit, raisins, rye bread, whisky, orange peel, spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, clove) and a vinous finish with a mild citric, spicy bitterness. Full body, with a certain sweetness. Really tasty and warming. Feared it would be a bit over-powering, but it's surprisingly well balanced for its strength, with a really good Old Fashioned character. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2020
at 22:07
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Darker amber color, beige head. Aroma is heavy cinnamon, nutmeg, brown candy sugar. Flavor is sweet, again heavy heavy herbal, spices, pumpkin spice, nutmeg, cinnamon, brown candy sugar, liquor. Heavy and herbal / spicy is what dominates. Unfortunately: totally not my thing. I really don't like this. 3-3-3-3-7.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2019
at 18:51
7/10
Ik vind het voor een glas interessant met al die kruiden
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2019
at 20:04
6/10
Pepernoten. Pumpkin ale. Shitload aan kaneel. Teveel kaneel. Droog. --- Beer merged from original tick of Improved Old Fashioned on 31 Aug 2019 at 19:58 - Score: 6. Original review text: Pepernoten. Pumpkin ale. Shitload aan kaneel. Teveel kaneel. Droog.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2019
at 19:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Mørk brun tåkete med lavt beige skum. Lukter julekrydder, gløgg, ingefær, kokos, pepper og urter. Fyldig. Smaker masse krydder, urter, ingefær, pepper, anis og noe brent karamell. Lang.
Tried
on 18 May 2019
at 20:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle. 2-3 year old. Has a hazy brown colour with a small beige head. Aroma of ginger, gingerbread dough, cola, orange peel and horseradish. Flavour of oak, leather, cloves, bourbon, orange peel, cola and somer ginger. Has a slick and soft mouth feel, full-bodied and a light bitterness. Interesting and spicy aroma. The flavour is a little less complex and bitter. Innovative ale anyway.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2019
at 20:57
7/10
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Tried
on 07 Sep 2018
at 13:35