Name – Brooklyn Local 2
Country – United States
Type – Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Appearance – Pours a deep red color almost like a black cherry color with a nice brownish to pinkish head.
Smell – Sweet granny smith apples with some spices, specifically cloves, in there. A little bit of a smell of Belgian yeast.
Taste – Quite sweet with a sugar taste followed by apples again and yeast. A little bit of a spice and slight bit of alcohol.
This is the newest of what I’m assuming will be a line of brews from Brooklyn. I had the Local 1 before and now they have come out with the Local 2. I enjoyed this one but not as much as I enjoyed the previous counterpart. Not that there was anything wrong with this but it was just personal taste.
Overall Grade – B
5 Comments
I really liked this beer, but have to agree with you the local 1 was better. Brooklyn has a bunch of beers in there Brewmasters series, but I think they are on draft only, including a Cuvee and a Sassion. I spoke with Garrett Oliver a couple weeks ago and they are planning to have a 2009 version of black ops and possibly releasing Dark Matter (bourbon aged brown ale). I have a new respect for Brooklyn, their mass market beers pay the bills and they also product a lot of specialty and collaboration beers to sooth beer nuts like me.
July 30, 2009 at 11:09 amI couldn’t agree with you more about their mass beers. They are very miss for me but their special brews are always really good. I would really love to try the Black Ops and Dark Matter.
July 30, 2009 at 11:17 amHere is a review of Black ops I did:
http://www.simplybeer.com/blog/2009/06/30/beer-brawl-16-bourbonwhiskeyscotch-aged-imperial-stout/
And here is the tasting I was at for Brooklyn where we had Local 1&2, Dark Matter, Black Ops and the Brooklyn-Schneider Hopfen Weisee
http://www.simplybeer.com/blog/2009/05/18/brooklyn-brewery-tasting-gaslight-brewery-south-orange-nj/
I don’t know the availability in Fl of the Brewmasters Series, but there website may know more. The Cuvee just came out 2 weeks ago it should be in Beer Bars on draft now!
July 30, 2009 at 11:31 amWow that tasting looks like it was fun. I wish we had more stuff like that down here. Damn South Florida.
July 30, 2009 at 2:11 pmI saw some Black Ops up in NY when I take my special beer runs. Maybe I’ll get it while I can. Its hard to find!
July 30, 2009 at 8:04 pm