Brooklyn Local 2 by Brooklyn Brewery
88 degrees here today…sounds like perfect weather (though I didn’t check the dew point…I will leave that for Dr. DewPoint) to go mountain biking. Over to Six Mile Run Reservoir with my single speed Haro Mary for my typical out and back of 10 miles had me hot and sweaty and hankering for a beer.
Enter beer #224, Brooklyn Local 2 by Brooklyn Brewery from where else…Brooklyn, New York. 9% ABV was in store for me in this Belgian Strong Dark Ale. Lets see how this compares to Local 1 which I had a little over a week ago.
Local 2 poured an opaque dark brown with a huge off-white fluffy head with some fantastic lacing. Lets take a whiff, shall we? The first thing I got was apples and alcohol. At times I got a bit of chocolate…odd. Fig Newtons make an appearance here in the nose also. This is quite a bit more malty in the nose than Local 1 with a sweet molasses thing going on. Sure enough the taste of raisins and Fig Newtons along with maybe plums and grapes…yep grapes…appear first. The malts take hold after the fruits with some caramel and molasses type flavors. Alcohol rears its head towards the back end of the sip. It had a medium body with some heavier stinging carbonation. I had to take my time with this…sipping…sniffing…swirling…generally enjoying the experience.
A very nice beer but I didn’t like it as much as I liked Local 1. It was a tad bit too sweet for me, odd…since I like sweet things. Still worth a look if you like Belgian style brews. One last thing, my last after ride brew was Brooklyn Local 1. I’m sensing a Brooklyn Brewery after ride thing going here. Maybe I will have to try Brooklyn Sorachi Ace after my next jaunt through the deep dark woods of the kingdom of Somerset. Till we next cross paths…
Rating: B+
