Friday, January 20, 2012

Day 195: Monster Ale



Name: Monster Ale
Brewer: Brooklyn Brewery (Brooklyn, NY)
Classification: English Barleywine
Alcohol: 10.8%

Thoughts: This is my first experience with Barleywine. For some reason Barleywine has been coming a lot when I have been reading about beer or trying to choose a beer at a restaurant. So, I went with a brewery I trust. This barleywine pours a cloudy rustic brown with a thin off-white head. I expected the aroma to be similar to wine, but it was less like wine than I anticipated. There is plenty of grapes and alcoholic vapors, but there was also some dark fruit and sweet malts. I was clueless as to how this would taste and I was anticipating it to be either too much for me to handle or a new revelation. I don't know why I thought this but I did. I think it was right in the middle. At first it was a bit overwhelming as the alcohol is a bit heavy, but as the beer warms the caramel, bready malts, and citrus notes bring the noise. This is an intense beer, but I still couldn't get over how much the alcohol is present. It is a down point of this barleywine. Despite this I will be having more of these in the future.

Rating: 80/100


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