Brooklyn Monster Ale

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

Big thanks to Degarth for giving me this 2006 bottle sent south by crizay. Pours clear copper with a thin tan head. The aroma seems like sweet plum candy, dates, cherries and sweet malt. The taste seems mild for a barleywine. The taste is pretty fruity with dates, prunes, cherries, raisins and sweet apples. The fruitiness is hiding a faint undercurrent of sweet of caramelized maltiness. The after taste leaves a fruity grape, cherry, prune and raisiny flavor behind. Very nice. After about 6oz I can just taste hints of the big 10.1% ABV and the warmer beer yields a bit of alcohol in the nose.

Aroma: 2 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 2

Born in 2006 as if it was human or something. Should I go for it? Another barley wine? IMO they are much too strong and average about a 1.7 on the cheapdark scale. If you want a quick buzz, go for it with a barley wine or should I say whine? 12 oz brown bottle upon popping has a sudden sour aroma. Once poured into my poor new coach steeler stein it clears to that old familiar strong alky indicating odor. The color is not unlike iced tea. The flavor is a smashing impact of whisky alky and alky. Does not hide its brutal-ness well. I think I may enjoy the flavor of a cheap malt liquor better. Thick alky viscous-ness and sweet syrupy feel that is tough to accept. Does not agree wit my girlie taste buds, may turn them into men. Those taste buds bow at every sip. Can’t feel much carbonation. Very difficult to drink as a beer. This is right down there with brown shuggah. SN Bigfoot 2007 is definitely better than this stuff. Will not venture again into another bottle of this. It is a very attractive label that got me to buy it but forget about it in the future. You gotta try this stuff at least once to get the effect that words here cannot describe. Finish is bitter lingering medicine that you will not soon forget. Very coarse. This monster come from chiller theater. Rerate on tap at the Bocktown on 5/15/07: Pour is like darker orange yellow brown (340) Has a creamy off white head. The aroma is perfumy or floral of sorts. First taste os pretty strong. Perhaps I do detect some fruitiness in there. Not as strong as other barleywines. Coats the inside of your mouth with an oily feelng. Medicinalbitter quality about it. Difficult to enjoy for a wheat beer lover. Back of the throat alky terribleness. Lingers for a while.

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

Bottle: Poured a rusty copper brown with a thin off white to beige head. Aroma is light boozy with some nice hop. Taste burns the tongue with hops and yet has a mellow malt character in the finish. Not overpowering with alcohol as one might expect out of barely wine.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 7

03 Vintage: Small tan head that fades into a thin ring on top of a clear amber colored brew. Malty, fruity nose. Medium bodied, sorta thin. Malty with some cough medicine and grainy notes. Finish is dry. This beer was a dissapointment, sadly.

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

2012 bottle. Dark copper pour with a creamy off-white head. Sweet aroma of toffee, caramel and earthy fruits. Similar taste but with a big alcohol punch. A little too sweet for my tastes that and I imagine the sweetness would intensify with age.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Nice to see a Barleywine in a smaller bottle. 10.3% ABV on front label. Pours a slightly hazy, darker amber colour with a light-beige bubbly head, average retention and a bit of lace. Aromas are quite sweet, with caramel malt, apple pie and mild hops. Thick-bodied, smooth and oily mouthfeel, with no burning at all, but a nice warming feeling. Not as sweet tasting as some, so goes down quite well. Lots of different dried fruits for flavours, burnt sugars, toffee, with mild bitterness from the hop. Finding this one very well-balanced to be not too sweet, not too hoppy and affordable in a great format at the LCBO.

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

Aroma is strong and fruity, mainly apple, with a bourbon-like overtone. It pours a clear coppery orange with a thick and rather persistent pale tan head. Fruity, malty flavor has a firm but not vicious alcohol bite and a touch of honey-like sweetness, as well as a bit of hoppy bitterness. Smooth texture has average body and some good fizz. A respectable, if not outstanding, barleywine - give it a try if this is your favorite style.

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

Pours a dark, brownish copper color with a small thick head that lingers for a couple minutes and leaves a nice, creamy lacing. The aroma is very sweet and malty, caramel, toffee, and alcohol. The taste is extremely sweet up front, like a wine/champagne sweetness mixed with strong alcohol with toffee, caramel, a lot of hops and malts, with an alcohol bite and has a strong bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with low carbonation.

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

Had this beer fresh and aged.Not much difference.Very sweet and fruity.Like the warmth of the alcohol.Just an average English style barley wine.To make my comment longer I would say try it yourself.

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

Good barleywine, a bit raw and young which gave it a harshness that I didn't enjoy but still tasty. Warmed up it didn't lose the edge at all, maybe some time in the cellar would do the trick?