Brookyn Pilsner

I tried the bottled version a couple of years ago...I liked the Lager much more.

But the "container" made it worth while.

Best regards, Bill

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"Pjk" wrote on 20 Dec 2004:

You'd think so, but while the brewery is in Brooklyn, all the Pilsner (and Lager, and Brown Ale I believe, in both bottles and kegs, plus all other bottled Brooklyn beer) is contract-brewed in Utica at F.X. Matt. It's a question of capacity and a lack of a bottling line in the Brooklyn location, which they're attempting to remedy.

Personally, the pilsner and lager don't suffer any real difference in taste between keg and bottle/can. Some other beers in the lineup, such as the brown, East India Pale Ale, Black Chocolate Stout, and so forth, taste decidedly different, and worse, in bottles than on tap.

Witzel

If there is a type of beer I cannot get into, it's chocolate stout, or chocolate any other beer. I like a dark, heavy beer, but the chocolate stouts seem to carry this too far. It could be that the first time I tried one was in a warm climate and it seemed too heavy and thick for the weather. It was at a brew pub and the other beers they serfed were pretty good.

Pjk

I'd tell you to give them another try - I really like the Young's Double Chocolate Stout... not too chocolate... a very good beer IMO.

Both the Rogue Chocolate Stout and Mocha Porter have hit the spot for me. I actually haven't found a Rogue ale I didn't like (yet). Jon

Do they literally use chocolate in these beers or is it a "chocolate" malt. I had a Sam Adams Chocolate Bock and it was way, way too sweet for me. It tasted like it actually had chocolate in it and if they got something to taste that much like chocolate without actually using chocolate, good for them.

"ZLorca" wrote on 23 Dec 2004:

Rogue Chocolate Stout, Young's (Double Luxury) Chocolate Stout, SA Chocolate Bock, chocolate is added. Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, no chocolate. It's the malt (and the beers with chocolate added often use chocolate malt, too.) Most stouts that have a slight chocolate aroma or flavor are not made with chocolate of any sort.

Witzel

Most use chocolate, that's true for: Youngs, Sam Adams, Rogue and probably also true for Brooklyn's Black Chocolate Stout. None of them ever taste sweet to me, always semi-dry and a little harsh. Mostly the chocolate used is not overly sweetened candy bar chocolate.

Ah, see my other post, I wasn't sure about Brooklyn, but knew the others did actually use chocolate.