Defender IPA (2016)
Brooklyn Brewery in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.41
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The Defender takes to the skies of Brooklyn, clad in a homemade suit of high-tech armor, to protect us from blandness. She is armed only with bold red malts and explosively juicy hops, yet emerges victorious. Wherever beer drinkers need a hero, the Defender will arise. Brooklyn Defender IPA is the year-round official beer of New York ComicCon.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ O’Learys, Copenhagen airport. A bit uncertain about what vintage this was. It was purchased April 2018 and marked Red IPA 6,7% ABV, but the 2018 bottle is marked 5,9% and it was defintivly not the brown 2017 label from Ringnes. The label was red like the 2016 vintage and ABV, but it seems unlikely that they serves me an 2 year old IPA. Gotta put it somewhere, so this have to do temporary.
Slightly unclear golden body with a small but dense off-white head. Aroma is more malty than hoppy with some ripe fruit and marmalade. Still pretty smooth in flavor with malt, hint of bread, ripe fruit, slightly toast and moderate bitterness. Medium body with a balanced aftertaste that feels a bit more bitter than the first impression. Not bad, but not much of an IPA, feels more like a hoppy red ale. Nice to drink with my burger.
Slightly unclear golden body with a small but dense off-white head. Aroma is more malty than hoppy with some ripe fruit and marmalade. Still pretty smooth in flavor with malt, hint of bread, ripe fruit, slightly toast and moderate bitterness. Medium body with a balanced aftertaste that feels a bit more bitter than the first impression. Not bad, but not much of an IPA, feels more like a hoppy red ale. Nice to drink with my burger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2025
at 05:16
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (From Alko Prisma, Vaasa). Orangeish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some nectar and mild wooden notes. Flavour is nectar, wood, floral and some fruity and sweet malty notes with a bready malty backbone to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2022
at 01:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Burk från SB. Ljusgul disig vätska. Bra men lätt kropp som är lite kakigt. Citrus och melon och tropisk frukt, medelstor sötma och medelstor beska ger torr avslutning. Stilmässigt också en medelväg väg mellan öst/väst. En medelbra IPA helt enkelt. Ok+
Tried
on 03 May 2019
at 04:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle. Hazy, dark amber colour with average, thick, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Slightly sugary, caramel malty and citrusy hoppy aroma, notes of lemon, orange, hints of grapefruit, grapefruit zest. Taste is sweet-ish, minimally sugary, caramel malty, citrusy hoppy notes of lemon and grapefruit, some orange; malt basis flags prematurely, leading to a slightly watery, zesty, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2019
at 20:54
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ KJUBZT/TZT/KGB tasting. Hazy amber color. Little off white head. Aroma's: sweetish, bready, soft fruit, fruity hops. Retronasal: malt, caramel, hops. Flavor is moderate bittersweet. Medium bodied. Bitter finish. Way past its prime, but decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2018
at 17:03
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at KGB Un Zaandam tasting. Unclear amber with white head. Sweet malts, caramel, grass. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. Still drinkable but not much IPA character left. --- Beer merged from original tick of Defender (2016) on 17 Oct 2018 at 11:29 - Score: 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2018
at 17:51