Brooklyn East India Pale Ale

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Pours light copper with off white head. The aroma is grapefruit and orange rind. Pretty nice. There is a lightly vague-ish sweetness somewhere behind the hops. The taste starts off with some malt sweetness and grapefruit hoppiness that seems to mix into a sweet citrus flavor. Then the citrus grapefruit hop bitterness hits with all its mild might. Very fresh tasting and enjoyable IPA.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

35,5cl bottle at Rygge Airport. Pours deep golden to amber with an off-white head. Fruity and hoppy aroma with hints of pine and spices. Sweet, fruity and lightly spicy with a bitter finish. Decent IPA. (2012-09-22)

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

On tap at the Delta Sky Club @ JFK
Pours dark golden with a medium sized off-white head, light lacing. Citrus, fruity, malts and pine
Decent

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 8

Bottle at home, amber/orange beer with a small head, aroma is hoppy/citrus, taste is citrus/hoppy/bitter nice one

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 8

355ml bottle into pint glass. Hazy golden bronze beer with foamy white head. Carbonation is steady and fine. Distant bready malt nose with a hint of pepper and lemon. Slight zing on tasting, full-bodied. Refreshing and clean. Finish has hints of grapefruit, lemon, caramel and bubblegum. The peppery bitterness comes back right at the end. Dangerously easy-drinking at 6.9%.

Aroma: 2 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Many thanks to 3 Sons and dogs in Wexford tonight for providing the 2 and 3 oz free samples of Brooklyn’s various beers. I’m not sure if 3 ounces of beer is really enough to provide a rating, I like to chug 12 oz bottles. Anyway, here it goes. This Brooklyn East India Pale ale medium orange but not tenebrous. Head is a whitish froth. As far as the flavor goes; not what I expected in IPA. I was thinking this would have more gerontophilia! However, since I don’t care for IPA this is going to be one of the ones I like the most. The Brooklyn lager veinna had as much bite as this. It has a unique flavor that sets it apart from the other IPAs - more well behaved - and I bet this automatically gives it a low rating on this website among IPA lovers. It has a frottage of leathery appeal about it. After a few sips the alky begins to show, now it is revealing its true IPA feathers. This is far from the medicine like negativeness of most IPA. Tho a mild to medium lingering bitter finish, it is not terribly cantankerous. Probably one of the better tasting IPA I’ve had. As good as East End Big Hop.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Small white head, short lived with a slight lace. Clear light copper color. Hoppy, malty nose, slightly citrus. Medium body.Good hop to malt balance though a somewhat soapy flavor, hops? Finish is dry.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

355 ml capped bottle. Poured in an US shaker pint glass a clear and copper - pale amber coloured IPA with a one finger slightly beige, dense, creamy and pillowy foamy head that had a very long retention and tons of micro bubbles. Soft carbonation. Great lacing. The aroma is resinous hops on a solid toasted malts base, a flowery touch. The flavour is sweety, caramel and toasted malts, fruity, citrus, resinous and grassy hops. The mouthfeel is light crispy, sweety, quite thick, a bit sticky and bitter. The texture is oily. This medium bodied IPA has a lingering acidic fruits and resinous hoppy bitter finish. A very enjoyable IPA from the World City, N-Y, tasteful and well balanced. I approve.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

This bottle has been carefully cellared for several years, so the review will be atypical compared to fresh. Unlike the Brooklyner Weisse, this did not age well. Cloudy amber brown with a thin ring of white. Smells like a quad with added hops, then sweeeeeet caramel and raisin, toast and orange juice. Likewise the flavor: very sweet with just a hint of hop bite. It's too juxtaposed, though, and isn't working. Feel is too oily and it's lost a lot of carbonation-- would probably feel better if it tasted better, though. Don't cellar this one, friends. Will re-review fresh someday.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pretty basic but well made. Clear orange color, but a decent cap. Body is a touch thin, but smooth at 6.9%. Aroma and flavor are solid for an English ipa, decent fruit, florals and bitterness. I could see myself drinking this again, but won't go out of my way. Best before next March, so this was pretty fresh. I don't imagine this will be all that great in January or February...