Brooklyn Defender IPA (2018-present)
Defend Beer with Brooklyn Defender IPA, our heroically hopped golden IPA featuring strong notes of tropical fruit, well-muscled hop bitterness, and an incredibly dry finish. Cape not required. Brooklyn Defender IPA is proud to be the official beer of New York Comic Con.
Editor's note: this is now a year-round release with the typical changes from batch to batch and will no longer be split year-to-year.
Editor's note: this is now a year-round release with the typical changes from batch to batch and will no longer be split year-to-year.
3.3
303 reviews
Brooklyn, United States
Community reviews
Exotic aroma, with ripe fruit, gooseberries, caramel, and “fruktkompott”. Exotic fruit flavor. Bitter aftertaste.
Halmgul med fint vitt skum. Doftar lite fruktigt, lite hö och halm. Smaken fyllig, besk, lite söt. Eftersmaken lång med markant beska,
A bit hazy.Crisp hoppiness.caramel.quaffable.
Tap@Rock in the city,Oulu,Finland.
Helt ok
Punk In Drublic.
Clear, amber color and a white head. Restrained nose, taste is decent malty with nice bitter-zesty hops. Old school = old's cool
Clear golden with medium head. Mango and passion fruit aroma. Dry, slightly fruity taste. Light bitterness lingering.
IPA dal profumo floreale fresco, forse prossimo alla clorofilla, molto suadente. Al sapore ha una buona tonalità d'amarezza luppolina. Schiuma copiosa e vischiosa. Promossa
Can 33 cl, Heart & Bones, Uppsala. Overall nice IPA: not to hoppy, refreshing, medium bitter finish.
quickly dissolving foam, clear, yellow colour. herbs, earthen notes and some citrus in the nose. Hints of tropical fruit, some sour notes, classic hop bitterness, dry, slightly watery aftertaste.
Medium body mild to medium carbonization.
On keg at Byron burger joint.
Appearance - amber and lightly cloudy. Thin creamy head.
Nose - lime, pine and cake mixture.
Taste - more lime and pine.
Palate - light bodied, a bit thin and a wee bit sweet for the style.
Overall - a touch sweet for the style.
Brooklyns signatursmak. Fin fruktighet.
Klarowna, bursztynowa barwa. Piana biała wysoka zbudowana z drobnych i średniej wielkości pęcherzyków, trwała. Nieznacznie krążkuje.
Aromat słodki owocowy, głównie owoce tropikalne, jest jednak dość delikatny, subtelny.
Smak podobnie jak aromat, delikatny jednak z długim, goryczkowym finiszem.
Wysycenie wysokie. Ciało średnio niskie. Tekstura szorstka. Posmak długi wytrawny, przyjemny.
Rýchlo rozpustná pena, číra, žltá farba. bylinky, zemité tóny a trochu citrusov v nose. Náznaky tropického ovocia, kyslé tóny, klasická chmeľová horkosť, suchá, mierne vodnatá dochuť. Stredné telo mierna až stredná karbonizácia. Dobré pivečko
Pours a dark golden colour. Taste is moderately hoppy and on the bitter side. Similar to Goose Island IPA
Bottle from a nearby Toom Supermarket. Gold with a thin, frothy, white head. Aroma of caramel, lychee and slightly artificial lemon. Taste is mildly bitter with slight lemony twist and a hint of metal at the end. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Drinkable but uninspired.
Feb 2023. On the IOW ferry again. Valentines Day trip with Lee. Ferry delayed by two hours by fog. Beer is a tad hoppy with little malt character, but is moderately drinkable. [2.5]
Nov 2021. On the Southampton to Cowes ferry. Keg. A lager and lime type beer. Pleasant enough. Hippy, but not aggressive. Quite commercial. Yeah. OK. I wouldn't say no, but I wouldn't seek it out. [2.7]
Bière bue au bar à nénettes à Paris. Robe blonde, mousse peu présente qui s'estompe vite, nez sur les agrumes, bouche acide et amertume désagréable
330ml bottle from an Auchan store in Lyon, drinking 7/10/2021 BB 14 04 2022 Pours a clear golden-amber body with medium sized bubbly shortly lived white foam on top and ok lacing. The aroma is fruity and a bit sweetish with lots of citrusy, tangerine, grapefruit notes, caramel, fresh piney and resinous hops notes. Taste is sweet and malty at first, with caramel, tropical fruit, stone fruit, citrus, grapefruit, and a slightly dry moderate bitter resinous hoppy finish, with a bit lingering hoppy aftertaste. Medium bodied, oily texture and moderate carbonation. Really nice, smooth and easily drinkable, good light enough hoppy IPA.
Can from co-op Old Meldrum. It pours clear bright golden with a decent white cap. The aroma is sweet, sticky, dull toffee, caramel, pine, grapefruit cordial, tinned fruit cocktail and resin. The taste is fairly crisp, pleasantly dry and bitter, touch of toffee, pithy, zesty citrus, orange peel, grapefruit, tinned fruit cocktail, touch of pine, resin and spice with a dry, yet also sweet oily finish. Average body and moderate carbonation. Firm enough. Bog standard feeling "craft IPA" . Drinks fine with food.
Mild fruity, slightly dry with a fruity back. Not too intense, very easy to drink with a malty caramelly back. Fruity hop oils, not much bitterness. Grainy, citrus and pears. Nice.
Un classique d'IPA toujours bien à revisiter!
Bonne.
50cl blik. Helder goudblond bier met wit schuim. Geur: licht fruitig, wat groene meloen, pilsmout. Smaak: hopbitter, harsig. Lichte body. Medium koolzuurprikkel. Afdronk: droog, groene hop.
330ml can. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with a big lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, zesty tropical citrus hop. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, mineral, light fake sugar, light dry citrus hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with moderate to lively carbonation.
Bière moyenne. Bonne amertume. Arôme et goût légé
Bottle from Edeka Rindermarkthalle - hazy golden color, white head. Strong bitter sensation, not much else. Some tropical hops in the background. Dry finish. Not really guzzable.
15-05-2021; can; at the Swedish house (bought at Systembolaget, Torsby, Sweden).
The beer looks good. Golden yellow beer, perfectly clear and with a nice frothy white head. Foam retention is average, leaving only a minimal drape. It looks very clear.
The aroma of the beer is nice. The malts give a nice biscuity aroma, very crisp. On top of this there are some nice crisp hops. Hops give aromas of stone fruit like lychee and peach. There is a nice grassy aroma too, together with some nice piney notes. All aromas are nice and crisp. Decent.
The taste of the beer is also nice. Some sweet malts, bitter hops and a slight acidity from the hops too. Quite nice and well balanced.
The palate of the beer is nice too. Medium-light body, slightly slick texture and medium carbonation. The finish of the beer has a nice touch of stone fruit hops, and it is quite bitter. Pretty bitter. But I like it. Interesting crispy beer. I like it.
golden IPA with a slight foamy Hire. Aroma of tropical fruits. Light taste peaches and mangos
Look is slightly golden pils like, a little steamy. Foam is creamy soft. Medium bodied character, dry and not too sweet, typical ipa nose, the dryness continues and becomes stronger to even permanent on the tongue in the first sips which can be a little uncomfortable, disappearing later on. Beyond this i can taste out matured citric/orange blossom and mineral (iron) notes, malt notes are not very present but the hops and malt form a unit in this which is important. Solid refreshing standard ipa good for summer eves around 18 to 22 degrees.