Brooklyn Brewery The Defender (2015)

The Defender (2015)

 

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

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.98
ABV: 6.7% IBU: - Ticks: 39
THE DEFENDER is constantly vigilant, standing guard over all those who dare to drink great beer. This bright, juicy, West Coast-style IPA takes on a reddish twist from a dash of roasted malt. Bold, fruity hop bitterness and an intensely resinous nose lead the way into a dry finish that blazes the trail for your next sip.
Who is this masked hero? The Defender emerged in an era when gloomy walls and bland beer held our city in a stranglehold. Slowly, murals began to brighten the landscape and flavorful beer flooded the taps. Today the city is alive with fiery art and delicious beer. The Defender maintains constant vigilance to battle back the blandness lurking around the edges. Ours is a world of light, fury, and song. This is it’s Defender!
Brooklyn Defender IPA was forged in collaboration with our sidekicks at New York Comic Con as the official beer of the convention.
Malts: Pilsner, Crisp, Carared, Crystal
Hops: Pilgrim, Willamette, Cascade, Mosaic, Amarillo
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled poured Reddish brown. Mostly malty with some citrus. Pretty nice to have the malts be the focus of an ipa

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:34


5.5

Tried on 24 Mar 2019 at 17:53


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

Bottle 330ml. @ home. [ As Brooklyn The Defender ].ABV: 6.7%. Clear medium yellow - amber orange colour with a average, frothy, excellent lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dusty, caramel, moderate hoppy, citrus - orange - fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average duration, sweet malt, pale malt, dusty hops, caramel, metalic bitter, nutty notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20171204] 6-3-6-3-12

Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2017 at 06:25


6

Tried on 04 Dec 2017 at 05:51


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle from The Hop and Vine in Frederick, MD Aroma: caramel, earthy, floral, tropical fruits, citrus Appearance: clear amber with an off-white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, sticky, average carbonation, bitter finish Tasty

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2017 at 17:06


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

Pours a light, copper-red, with middling head. Aroma has a lot of grass, some hops. Flavor is marked by some citrus, some hop bitterness. Relatively undistinguished.

Tried on 09 May 2017 at 21:38


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Quick supermarket grab had in NYE. Copper pour one finger beige head. Nose is caramel and pine. Tastes of pine, resin, caramel, some red fruit and malty. Stickier palate. Not my style IPA

Tried on 31 Dec 2016 at 22:22


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From tap the brewery. Pours cloudy orange with a small creamy and off white head. Aroma is crisp hoppy. Smooth fruity, bitter, mellow and lingering hoppy. Bitter, crisp hoppy. Lingering hoppy finish.

Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2016 at 11:15


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught @ OlutExpo 2016. Pours dark orange with a tiny head. Aroma of grass, herbal notes, pine and caramely malts. Taste is caramely, sweetish and herbal with some pine and resin. Finish is sweet and caramely with some pine and resin. Decent, but doesn’t feel very fresh.

Tried on 28 Oct 2016 at 11:25


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(Keg at OlutExpo 2016) The beer poured deep amber and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, grapefruit, tangerine and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, grapefruit, sweetness, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy and bitter. A good hoppy strong pale ale.

Tried on 28 Oct 2016 at 11:24