Brooklyn Brewery’s Monster Ale

This monster was born in 2007

 

The Brooklyn Brewery

Utica, NY

10.1% ABV

Serving – 12 oz. bottle

$4.00

 

I can’t tell you how many different times I’ve seen The Brooklyn Brewery’s brewmaster, Garrett Oliver, on TV.  Usually it’s on some food network show, like the time he was a judge on Iron Chef America (the beer battle, appropriately).  One thing is for certain though, every time I see him, I can’t help but be undeniably jealous of his job.  Although, no matter how jealous I may be, being able to identify a brewery (or a brand) with a personality, such as Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery, or Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head, really makes me root for them, regardless of whether or not I like every single one of their beers.  It becomes more a matter of respect for someone who has devoted their life to bringing back real beer from the brink of extinction.    

 

The Monster

 

Appropriately titled, this beer fits the part.  Every normal beer flavor is amplified, and completely fills your mouth.  The malt flavor is heavy and sweet, and the bitterness follows in kind.  There is a hot alcoholic quality to this beer, and the alcoholic warmth fills the top and back of your mouth.  It is heavy bodied and dark brown.  This is definitely a sipping beer.  Imagine yourself home, with a stomach full of food, nothing pressing on the agenda – just lean back, relax, pour one of these into a glass and contemplate your place in the universe.   

 

Would I buy it again?

 

Good deal for $4.00 in my opinion.  Not an every day beer, save them for when the mood strikes you. 

 

Found at:

 

D’Vinos

2001 18^th Street, NW

Washington, DC 2009

202-986-5002