Brooklyn Insulated Lager
Brooklyn Insulated Lager is your protection against biting wind and soggy weather. German Munich, roasted Carafa, and Pilsner malts create a nimble, racy body, while a helping of American black barley adds just a hint of roast coffee. A light dry hopping of American and German hops pitter-patters across the nose and dives into the dry, warming finish. Try it with dark breads, hearty meats, and sturdy cheddars. If you still feel the chill, just add another layer and enjoy your insulation.
3.5
191 reviews
Brooklyn, United States
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Pour is dark brown. Aroma is roasty with a odd bit of maltiness. Flavour is a very thin porter with less flavour
Not getting much of a lager vibe, if I’m honest. Kinda comes across like a really thin porter. Not bad, not stunning. 330ml bottle from Asda.
Bottle from Asda. Dark brown in colour, with a thin, beige, head and moderate carbonation. A pleasant dark lager, with some robust and bready dark malts, touch of brown sugar and plenty of hops, leading to a toasty finish. Very good.
Black with thin soapy head. Aroma and flavour have some bittersweet malts. Fairly mild in flavour.
Bottle from A supermarket, not sure which now. Dark brown beer and medium head. Aroma of toffee and brown bread. Taste is toffee, light spice, brown bread and dry grain. Good.
355ml bottle. Pours very dark brown with a medium head. Aroma is raisin, coffee and caramel. Taste has coffee and caramel to start. Burnt apple and caramel finish.
Bottle at home picked up from ASDA. A clear nut brown coloured pour with a tidy mid tan head. Aroma is sweet nutty brown bread, toasted nuts, toasted brown bread. Flavour is composed of toasted brown bread, nutty malts, ash, bitter roast.. Bit one dimensional. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, gassy , high carbonation. Why on earth is this top 50 for style?
Bottle from Merchants. Aroma is spice, roasted malt, earthy hops, coffee, rye, nice. Appearance is dark brown, light brown head, opaque. Taste is robust, roasted malt, baking chocolate, earthy hop, coffee, spice, rye, excellent. Mouthfeel is medium body, light carbonation, coffee roasty rye aftertaste. Overall, this is a top tier Dunkel, though definitely Americanized.
Super roasted flavor, Just shy of burnt. Notes of biscuit and chocolate. Complex with a nice balance bitterness. A good brew.
12 oz bottle at home from notes. Pours a clear auburn brown color with a small off white head. The aroma and flavor have toasted caramel, toffee, light nutty character, lager yeast, decent.
Bottle from Wegman’s. Pours hazy brown, tan head. Coffee in the nose, pumpernickel bread, coffee. I hate to be negative, but at what point does Garrett Oliver become rich enough to hand this establishment over to someone who can actually brew good beer?
Delicious dunkel. Wish there were more of these out there. Aroma was good. Dark roasted malt with that distinct lager smell. Pour was a nice deep dark brown with a thin off white film for a head. Taste was nice. Bitter roasted malt and slight notes of coffee.
bottle @ Jungle Jim’s / Cincinnati OH --- BB Mar 2017 --- Aroma of roasted malt. Nearly opaque brown-black color, creamy beige head that stays, strings of lace. Taste is somewhat chalky lightly roasted malt with a overtone of wet cardboard. No bittering necessary, as the malt itself has bitter already. This may be enough past it’s prime that I’m not getting the true brew.
Bottle, first night of the ’ move in ’ , pours a dark brown pour with an ephemeral beige head. Nose is rich caramel and malt. Taste is rather sweet malt and caramel , syrupy and thick with cocoa nibs. Finishes on the same tasting notes with descent lacing and a moderately large my finish . Quaff Score 7 / 10
Pours a dark brown, almost black with some ruby red shining through when held up to the glass. There is a small one-finger tan head that does leave some nice lacing around the glass. The aroma is dark brown bread, roasted barley malts, and some sweetness. The flavor is similar to the aroma. There is not much hop presence but the barley has a much darker burnt note in the flavor than it does in the aroma. The mouthfeel is medium and drinkability is also medium.
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12oz bottle - the pour is a dark brownish red - almost black & cola like with a thin off white head. Light roasty aroma with notes of nuttiness, toast and a hint of piney hops. Decent flavors dominated by mild roasted barley, nut brown, americano coffee, earth and a very short aftertaste.
Have tried once or twice. Not a huge fan. Probably the best option on the menu, or picked because I was feeling adventurous at the time of ordering.
On tap at Singer Tavern Finsbury Square. Black beer very dark brown. Lasting tan head. Some dark malt. Over carbonated. Dwrk syrup on the aroma. Some treacle molasses in mouth. Ok. Could take or leave this one.
Not sure why this isn’t categorized as a Schwarzbier. Dark brown or black lager, malty with some roast underneath. Hops are mostly to dry it out (and it is dry, not sweet). Fairly high carbonation level. Well, it is a lager. Maybe not as rich as I’d have liked, but again, it’s a lager, not a porter or stout. More of a "well done" than a "bravo!"
Appearance is dark brown almost black. Almost no light penetration. Aroma is heavy malt and hints of chocolate. Taste follows nose but isn't harsh. Toasted malts come through beautifully. Mouthfeel is light, not at all thick. Very tasty.
*12 oz bottle into pint glass
Bottle - pours dark brown tan head - nose/taste of light chocolate, coffee and lager yeast - medium body
Not sure where Dunkel/Tmavy ends and Schwarzbier begins, but what the hell. Regardless, Insulated drinks well, mixing a heavy roasted coffee maltiness with the easygoing fresh-fruit tang of a traditional Lager. Estery as all hell yet manageable thanks to the dark malt bitterness, and the dry finish eases any Euro-malt sweet corn doldrums. Surprisingly tasty.
Draft to taster at The Pint Room. Looks solid; a slightly cloudy iced tea color with eggshell head. Smells malty with notes of piney hops, lager yeast, and a touch of coffee. Tastes like it smells, but less hoppy, and with a bit of toast in its place. Mouthfeel is medium-light to medium-bodied. Inoffensive, but underwhelming and unmemorable.
Faint coca aroma with a roasty chocolate malts with a bit of maple syrup in the body.
Bottle, Wine Warehouse. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is citrus, dark fruit, floral hops, light coffee, light chocolate. Flavor is bittersweet nuttiness, dark fruit, coffee, chocolates, earth. Tasty!
Dark brown/black color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of toasted/woody malt, caramel, chocolate, & some coffee; Flavor of roasted malt, caramel, hops, dark chocolate, and nuts; Finish is dry & slightly bitter; Nicely balanced; Well done - very enjoyable.
12oz bottle poured into willibecker glass. Brown, big creamy head. Light lacing as I drink it. Sweet malts aroma - caramel, woodsy earth, soil, bark, sweet but still nicely lagered. Flavor has a tingly carbonation that offsets and makes it feel lighter. A lighter bitter finish. Woodsy, lightly sweet again. Short finish. Flavorful and light. Could use some more lagering to crisp it up and clean it out. But decent lagers are hard to come by.
malty, faint roasty aromas. black in color with nice faint brown head. taste is primarily of coffee and roasted barley, faint hints of chocolate. finishes smooth and clean.
Bottle from Fountainhall Wines. Aromas of treacle toffee with feint chocolate and coffee beans. It has a super dark ruby appearance with a foamy light tan head. The tastes are strong roast malt with a bittering deep treacle that blends beautifully and doesn’t feel as "sickly" sweet as some dark ales. It has a surprising sparkle which produces a lighter body than the appearance would suggest. This is a lovely winter seasonal beer.