Brooklyn Brewery's Monster Ale

Looking forward to a bigger beer from Brooklyn. They do lagers and lighter styles well, so this should be interesting.

Pours nice and heavy, with a great deep amber color and decent tan head that stays well.

Smells sweet. It will taste hoppy too, but in the smell it's primarily the huge sweet malt.

Nice. Big feel that goes down smoothly, with a good solid bitterness that's not really grassy or piney, it just is. It has a bit of a lager taste to it (whatever that means), mostly because the carbonation gives it an added zip after a second. Not nearly as sweet as I thought it would be from the smell. Moderate alcohol bite, which is nice for a beer with 10.1% ABV.

Not the best barleywine. But, not too bad, either. I'll stick to others if I want a beer this big.