Quick note from Brooklyn Brewing – the next edition of the Brewmaster’s Reserve Series is due out by the end of January.
Mary’s Maple Porter, our next quarterly draft-only Brewmater’s Reserve beer made with maple syrup from our QC Manager’s (Mary) Continue Reading →
Brooklyn Black Ops, a bourbon barrel aged imperial stout has just left the brewery. The very limited, and hardly talked about beer’s recipe is apparently only known by 2 people. (Like Coca-Cola.) Each years recipe & flavor is just a Continue Reading →
Brooklyn Brewing’s Blast will become a year round offering soon. Blast is a hoppy imperial IPA released over a year ago in the brewery’s Brewmaster’s Reserve Series.
The first in a line of Brewmaster’s “Special Reserve” beers, BLAST! Is a riotous Continue Reading →
Brooklyn Brewing has plans on canning their year round offering East India Pale Ale. EIPA cans will join Summer Ale and Lager.
Style: English IPA
Hops: Kent Goldings, Willamette, Northdown, Centennial, Amarillo
Malts: British Pale, Last Anglia
6.9% ABV
Some are questioning the prematurity of the – best of 2011 list. (Just the first week of November still right? My rent check still hasn’t cleared.) Either way, here is the list. One thing to note, beer – especially craft Continue Reading →
The Companion, a wheat wine and Brooklyn brewmaster Garrett Oliver’s new companion guide to beer, is now available in a box set. The catch? You can only buy it AT the brewery store.
The set as a rare, 750ml bottle conditioned Continue Reading →
Brooklyn Brewing Scottish Ale. Draft only as of 10/27/11.
Quick note from Brooklyn Brewing – the next edition of the Brewmaster’s Reserve Series is due out by the end of January.
Mary’s Maple Porter, our next quarterly draft-only Brewmater’s Reserve beer made with maple syrup from our QC Manager’s (Mary) maple trees, released end of January.
Availability: Draft only
Brooklyn Black Ops, a bourbon barrel aged imperial stout has just left the brewery. The very limited, and hardly talked about beer’s recipe is apparently only known by 2 people. (Like Coca-Cola.) Each years recipe & flavor is just a little different. What you do need to know — it’s a Russian imperial stout aged in bourbon oak barrels. Bottled flat, and bottle conditioned with champagne yeast.
Brooklyn Black Ops does not exist. However, if it did exist, it would be a robust stout concocted by the Brooklyn brewing team under cover of secrecy and hidden from everyone else at the brewery. Supposedly “Black ops” was aged for four months in bourbon barrels, bottled flat, and re-fermented with Champagne yeast, creating big chocolate and coffee flavors with a rich underpinning of vanilla-like oat notes. They say there are only 1,000 cases. We have no idea what they’re talking about.”
Style: Russian Imperial Stout (Barrel aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles, corked & caged. 1,000 cases total production.
10% ABV
Brooklyn Brewing’s Blast will become a year round offering soon. Blast is a hoppy imperial IPA released over a year ago in the brewery’s Brewmaster’s Reserve Series.
The first in a line of Brewmaster’s “Special Reserve” beers, BLAST! Is a riotous celebration of hops. Here in Brooklyn, we’re half-way between the hop country of Yakima Valley, Washington and the hop country of Kent in England. So we use the bright citrusy American hops to bring the noise and earthy English hops to build the foundation of a hop monster brandishing five pounds of hops per barrel with considerable finesse. The varieties are half American, half English and the malts bring solidity, balance and beautiful flavors to a golden beer that’s ludicrously hoppy, strangely quaffable and oddly compelling. You won’t even know what hit you.
Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: Draft only
Taste Expectations: Lots of hops! Pine, Citrus, Grapefruit. Bitter, and balanced
8.2% ABV
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Brooklyn Brewing has plans on canning their year round offering East India Pale Ale. EIPA cans will join Summer Ale and Lager.
Style: English IPA
Hops: Kent Goldings, Willamette, Northdown, Centennial, Amarillo
Malts: British Pale, Last Anglia
6.9% ABV
Some are questioning the prematurity of the – best of 2011 list. (Just the first week of November still right? My rent check still hasn’t cleared.) Either way, here is the list. One thing to note, beer – especially craft beer, is about as opinionated as a presidential election. Be sure to head over to the full article for the full story.
Goose Island – Pepe Nero
Firestone Walker – Abacus
Brooklyn Brewing – The Concoction
Nebraska Brewing – Hop God
New Belgium – Le Terroir
Stone Brewing – Sublimely Self Righteous
Weihenstephaner -Original Premium
Aspall – Dry English Draft Cider
Boulevard/Deschutes – Collab #2 White IPA
Anchorage Brewing – Bitter Monk
De Musketiers – Troubadour Magma
Odell Brewing – Friek
21st Amendment – Hop Crisis
Heineken – New Castle Brown
Crooked Stave – W.W.B.R.
Lost Abbey – Red Poppy
Koningshoeven – La Trappe Isid’or
Unibroue – Quelque Chose
Sixpoint Craft – Sweet Action
Shorts – The Gambler
Almanac Beer – Summer 2010
Stillwater/The Brewer’s Art – The Debutante
White Birch – Tavern Ale
The Companion, a wheat wine and Brooklyn brewmaster Garrett Oliver’s new companion guide to beer, is now available in a box set. The catch? You can only buy it AT the brewery store.
The set as a rare, 750ml bottle conditioned version of The Companion Ale, and a signed copy of the book. The bottle is ONLY available in the set.
The Brooklyn Companion Box Set is $80.00, and can be obtained only in person at The Brooklyn Brewery (79 North 11th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11249) during our public hours.
About The Beer:
The Companion Ale. Made with 55% new floor malts from Weyermann Maltings, The Companion is brewed in an old style called “wheat wine”, a wheat-based equivalent to barley wine. The floor malts give this beer a juicy malt character of considerable depth, 55% malted wheat gives it a surprising lightness on the palate, while our house ale yeast lends a gentle fruitiness.
Brooklyn Brewing Scottish Ale. Draft only as of 10/27/11.
