Brooklyn Brewery: Black Ops - Beer America TV

For a beer that "does not exist", Brooklyn Black Ops is one for the books. This rich, but very smooth Russian Imperial Stout was aged for 4 months in bourbon barrels and re- fermented with champagne yeast. If it did exist, only 950 to a 1000 cases were produced, so if you see it, grab yourself a couple and cellar it, because it's a tough one to get. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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[ilushny]

god, i love brooklyn brewery so much. have you had there penant ale? great. I got to get one of these black ops.

[beeramerica]

@ilushny I have not had their pennant ale, but I like almost everything they brew. Black Ops is a tough one to get, but if you can find it, grab several and cellar a few

[geoffolehane]

I have been letting my bottle sit in the cellar for about a month, waiting for the right moment to pop it open.

[beeramerica]

It's good, funny thing is, you won't find it listed on the Brooklyn Brewery website! I just got another bottle (I think he brewed a second batch) and I'm going to cellar it! Thanks for the post!

[backyardsounds]

I've read only good things about Brooklyn Brewery.

[ilushny]

@beeramerica If you guys go to NYC you should go to Rattle and Hum they have it on tap there. Brooklyn really dosen't make a bad beer, every thing i have had has been excellent.

[maximushuts]

Brooklyn's Chocolate Stout is stunning. I must try this Black Ops before I die.

[dplittle]

D'oh! Should have looked first. Do try the dual tasting though. You can really learn a lot about hop flavor.

Another fun dual tasting is Stone IPA and Stone Cali-Belgique. Exact same base beer but the Cali-Belgique is fermented with a Belgian yeast strain. You can tell a lot about yeast flavors.

And then one more I'd like to do here ... Victory HopDevil and Victory Wild Devil. Same base beer but Wild Devil uses brettanomyces.

[Chad9976]

I've reviewed both on my channel (not at the same time, though). Will be doing a re-review of the Brooklyn version soon

[dplittle]

I'm with you Chad. Actually a fun thing to try is to get a bottle each of both Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse (brewed at Brooklyn) and Schneider-Brooklyner Hopfen-Weisse (brewed at Schneider) and compare them.