Antwerpen Ale
Brooklyn Brewery in Brooklyn, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
6.25
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Maverick (5074) reviewed Antwerpen Ale from Brooklyn Brewery 8 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Draft at the brewery. Not a ton of taste, pours reddish brown. Kind of weak for my taste.
notalush (7339) reviewed Antwerpen Ale from Brooklyn Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Tap at Blind Tiger - hazy orange beer - zesty, citrusy aroma, but devoid of hops, so the citrus is more a fruity ester smell - light bodied and tangy - slight orange fruitiness, followed by bready flavors and a chalky, milky quality - a bit acidic - it started burning my stomach halfway through the pint.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Antwerpen Ale from Brooklyn Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample at Firewaters in Atlantic City. This brew is a dark amber color with a wispy white head and minimal lacing. The aroma is mild toasted malt and hops. Medium-bodied with fruit and earthy malt flavoring. Some hops show up here and there but they never fully shine through. The finish is dry and mildly bitter. Not a bad beer, yet somehow a letdown given the quality of the majority of Brooklyn’s other beers.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Antwerpen Ale from Brooklyn Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draught pint at Redbones on 4/13/07
Deep auburn body has slight amber-beige hues and is topped by an off-white head that is small and recedes slowly to cover, lacing minimally. Clarity is high.
Somewhat dry, rather reserved nose seems muted by some toastiness and dough. Caramel sugars peek out from behind the dry, slightly acidic grains and some plum, cherry and strawberry fruitiness perks up on the end, especially with warming. Light vanilla cream hints eventually soften things as well, but there’s a sourish/astringent toastiness/breadiness that persists. Medium to medium-weak aroma strength overall, with a very clean yeast presence adding some light nuttiness. No alcohol or flaws perceived.
Sweeter, initially, than the aroma would suggest, there seems to be some type of strong toasted malt dominance that dries it out significantly on the finish. Don’t know if it’s vienna, or caramunich (too hard to be aromatic malt, I think) or what, but it’s slightly sour and very bready, leaving some acidity and a sort of oiliness behind. (Just looked at the grain bill and I see it’s a combo of munich and aromatic. No doubt the filtration of the beer leads to the higher perceived hardness on the palate than I would expect from both aromatic and pils malt). The vanilla-caramel sugars do enough of a job up front, however, to keep the beer drinkable. The yeast is quite clean, leaving only muted esters of nectarine, strawberry and melon. Only the barest bit of spiciness, most likely from the hops. No flaws, as usual, from Brooklyn, though maybe just a speck of soapiness. A deKonink clone sounds like a good estimation, I’ll buy that. I really don’t like deKonink though....