TBone (30139) reviewed Lager from Brooklyn Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottled
Golden color, small but steady white head. Flowery, fruity nose. Extremely well-balanced malt and hop character. Feels more like pils than lager (what this Vienna means here?). Flowery, hoppy, world class brew.
TBone (30139) reviewed East IPA / India Pale Ale from Brooklyn Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottled (BB 08/2005)
Honey brown color, small off-white head. Cotton blank dunky nose: malty cheddar cheese aroma. Lightly hopped, not very interesting IPA.
TBone (30139) reviewed Brown Ale from Brooklyn Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled (BB 07/2005)
Brown toffee color, vanishing brown head. A bit tight malty and cheese aroma. Medium-bodied, malty, late hoppyness. Lacks normal sweet notes of brown ale.
TBone (30139) reviewed Black Chocolate Stout from Brooklyn Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled 04-05 Winter, 8.25% alc.
Opaque black, small steady expresso head. Good roasted black coffee nose with alcoholic touch. Medium-to-full bodied. Very chocolaty, alcohol is a bit overwhelming. Needs propably aging.
TBone (30139) reviewed Pilsner from Brooklyn Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled (BB 07/2005)
Golden color, small white head. Barley-hoppy nose. Softly attacking hops which turn more bitter in the finish. Very well-balanced malt character.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Pennant Ale '55 from Brooklyn Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2004 bottle. Dark chestnut brown, with light auburn tinges and a moderate amount of beige-flecked-white head, moderate retention. Initially full/intense aroma of caramel/maris otter malt. Sweet and clean, with lightly dry earthiness/toastiness. Easygoing hops in the background are leafy and lightly dry. Flavor is bubble-gum, toffee, dates (heavily), slight alcohol dryness. Low bitterness, light fuggles nuances. Good notes of cherry, though it is faint and deeply in the background. Very English, yet very clean on the end, with just a slight touch of hard water. Flowery hops play, well-behavedly, with toffee and everyone is happy. Medium body, low carbonation and no thinning. Coffee comes forth, lightly, as it warms. . .yes, coffee it is for sure. Slight sediment in the bottle.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Brooklyner Weisse from Brooklyn Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Beautiful hazy bronze, without much head. Typical fruity as in a classical German "Hefe-Weizen", which is the obvious ideal. Loads of cereal, loads of yeast. But it doesn’t have the same impact as the best German examples of the style.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Lager from Brooklyn Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Quite dark - and very pretty - amber colour, limited head. The top quality aroma hops are revealed already in the nose and certainly when the first drops hit the tastebuds. Nice bitternes, but first and foremost aroma, with a fine malty body. A fine example of an excellent microbrewed American Lager.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Pennant Ale '55 from Brooklyn Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Dark amber, moderat off-white head. Fresh nose of malt and fruits with a fine, discreet hoppy aroma. Very pleasant and quaffable. Awakes nice memories of last years "Brooklyn Pig Fest" where this was a favourite. Thanx Garrett.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Brown Ale from Brooklyn Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Dark amber rather than mahogany as claimed on the neck label. Filtered and clear with a light brownish head. Very malty and extremely aromatic from the excellent hops in use. Notes of nuts and caramel and a touch of vanilla. Much more fullbodied than British counterparts. Pretty high carbonation.