I was visiting my favorite watering hole when my favorite waitress approached with a bottle in her hand and said “I have been waiting for you to come in, Buy THIS”. So with faith and trust in her, I did. And I am glad 
The brew is presented in a corked 750ml bottle with gold labels and engraved glass. They definitely spent some money on the packaging, now did they place the goods inside.
The cork popped and I took a waft of it, a subtle sweet smell with overtones of saffron – delicious! I poured myself a glass of the golden elixer and a large white head formed holding for sometime. I of course drank in the foam, just because I can and enjoyed the sweet triple-esque flavor.
The ale was golden in color with a slight hazy appearance. The taste was excellent. It is a robust beer (9.0% alc) but very very drinkable. It would be recommended for those that love the Monkey. It also reminded me of Sly Fox’s Saison Vos in parts of the mouth feel and aftertaste.
I am glad I “gave in” and picked this one up. It was worth every penny and Brooklyn has started to impress me more, as in the past I saw them as a “brew to recipe” type of place.
Brooklyn has a wacked out Flash site but you can link right to the brew page. Check out the info and stats at Brooklyn’s Website for the Brooklyn Local 1
Again, I hate you. I am now drinking the La Chouffe by myself. Of course this comes from trying so many “not great” beers lately.
I got to try this one at the Philadelphia Beer Festival, it was good, but 2oz. wasn’t enough to get a true feel for it. Brooklyn STILL is a brew-to-recipe kind of brewery, BUT they have started a “big beer” series which are great, the trick is finding them. I have tried there new IPA, the Chocolate Stout and the Local 1 from the big beers and they’re really good.
I have had the new IPA as well and liked it. According to Lindsey (the waitress mentioned above) Brooklyn just added a new bottling line and tanks, thus their ventures into “big beer” land. She got to go to the brewery as a result of Blue Dog’s relationship with Brooklyn.
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