I promise this is the last review for this week ;)
Hopefully you still find it interesting.
This evening I'd like to do a little review of Brooklyn Brewerys Lager Beer.
I tried this once before on a tasting session in Berlin, and found it to be
very characterful. So when I spotted this one at my buddys store, it had to come home with me.
Some information about Brooklyn Brewery:
The Brooklyn Brewery was founded in 1987 through Steve Hindy and Tom
Potter. It is situated in Williamsburg (Brooklyn) NY. The production ouput was listed with 213.000barrel for the year of 2013.
Brooklyn Lager:
The look -> When pouring in the tasting glass, the Lager shows a very intensive amber coloration. Very close to the coloration that Grand Manier usually shows.
The smell-> When smelling close to the beers surface, the first thing that comes to my mind is...milk.. yes right I said milk. There is this light impression of condensed milk. Kind of sweet an diffuse.
Followed is this aroma by tones of herbs, citrus fruits (kind of grapefruitish) and some hints of a very faint ginger note.
It smells really nice and somehow lifely, but also reminds me of the Ricola swiss cough drops.
The foam -> Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against people that don't like
a nice foam crown on top of their beer. But why in the name of the lord do people such a bad job in the production process.
The foam is litterally only there for maybe 15 seconds and then breaks down to a thin layer that looks more like a poisend river than a nice beer.
I know that many Lagers don't have much or any foam, but the Brooklyn Lager is neither fish nor meat. Weird.
The taste -> With high expectations I took the first swig. And sure enough
I was really disappointed. The first thing you taste is this all covering bitterness that tastes like old orange cests. I really had to play my A game to get any other taste out of the Lager, at least in a clear describable manner.
So under this blanket of bitterness there were very faint hints of herbs malt.
All in all I thought this beer was kind of washy. Nothing left from the complexity I had saved in my memory. I won't say it tastes bad, as it sure does not as far as "industry" beer goes. But I will say this: This is not the flavor and quality I know, Brooklyn Brewery normally offers.
My thoughts -> I'm really sad, that this beer is so far away from its former glory. In my opinion it is not recommendable anymore. The appeareance of the foam shows some technical weaknesses and the all covering bitterness indicates an overdose in dry hopping. Besides the color there ain't much to call this thing an american Lager anymore and the difference to industrial made beer is insignificant.
I paid 3€ for a 0.33liter bottle, I'm sorry, but it just ain't worth it.
Did you guys try this one? If so, what arenyour thoughts?
Does it fit the image of an american Lager?
Have a good one
Matze
Hopefully you still find it interesting.
This evening I'd like to do a little review of Brooklyn Brewerys Lager Beer.
I tried this once before on a tasting session in Berlin, and found it to be
very characterful. So when I spotted this one at my buddys store, it had to come home with me.
Some information about Brooklyn Brewery:
The Brooklyn Brewery was founded in 1987 through Steve Hindy and Tom
Potter. It is situated in Williamsburg (Brooklyn) NY. The production ouput was listed with 213.000barrel for the year of 2013.
Brooklyn Lager:
The look -> When pouring in the tasting glass, the Lager shows a very intensive amber coloration. Very close to the coloration that Grand Manier usually shows.
The smell-> When smelling close to the beers surface, the first thing that comes to my mind is...milk.. yes right I said milk. There is this light impression of condensed milk. Kind of sweet an diffuse.
Followed is this aroma by tones of herbs, citrus fruits (kind of grapefruitish) and some hints of a very faint ginger note.
It smells really nice and somehow lifely, but also reminds me of the Ricola swiss cough drops.
The foam -> Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against people that don't like
a nice foam crown on top of their beer. But why in the name of the lord do people such a bad job in the production process.
The foam is litterally only there for maybe 15 seconds and then breaks down to a thin layer that looks more like a poisend river than a nice beer.
I know that many Lagers don't have much or any foam, but the Brooklyn Lager is neither fish nor meat. Weird.
The taste -> With high expectations I took the first swig. And sure enough
I was really disappointed. The first thing you taste is this all covering bitterness that tastes like old orange cests. I really had to play my A game to get any other taste out of the Lager, at least in a clear describable manner.
So under this blanket of bitterness there were very faint hints of herbs malt.
All in all I thought this beer was kind of washy. Nothing left from the complexity I had saved in my memory. I won't say it tastes bad, as it sure does not as far as "industry" beer goes. But I will say this: This is not the flavor and quality I know, Brooklyn Brewery normally offers.
My thoughts -> I'm really sad, that this beer is so far away from its former glory. In my opinion it is not recommendable anymore. The appeareance of the foam shows some technical weaknesses and the all covering bitterness indicates an overdose in dry hopping. Besides the color there ain't much to call this thing an american Lager anymore and the difference to industrial made beer is insignificant.
I paid 3€ for a 0.33liter bottle, I'm sorry, but it just ain't worth it.
Did you guys try this one? If so, what arenyour thoughts?
Does it fit the image of an american Lager?
Have a good one
Matze
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