{"id":460,"date":"2011-11-06T15:55:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T19:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=460"},"modified":"2011-11-06T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T19:55:14","slug":"brooklyn-local-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Local One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/brooklyn-local-one.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-461\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"brooklyn local one\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/brooklyn-local-one-108x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/brooklyn-local-one-108x300.jpg 108w, http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/brooklyn-local-one.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a>Sure, the temperature was hovering in the low 40s or high 30s, but Fayaz and I are Minnesotans, and knew it was perfect grilling weather. \u00c2\u00a0And a fine beer is perfect match for the grilling prep work. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve been meaning to try the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynbrewery.com\/beer\/\">Brooklyn Local One<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0since I learned of its existence on a\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynbrewery.com\/tours\/\">Brooklyn Brewery Tour<\/a> a few years back. \u00c2\u00a0 After sampling more than my share of Brooklyn&#8217;s standard brews, I&#8217;ve learned to trust what they do.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Details:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn Local One is in the Belgian Strong Pale Ale style packing a 9% ABV. \u00c2\u00a0Part of Brooklyn Brewery&#8217;s process is an in bottle fermentation&#8211;similar to the method used to give champagne its sparkle.<\/p>\n<p>Appearance: A bright, but cloudy, yellow gold with a solid head.<\/p>\n<p>Smell: \u00c2\u00a0A very weak nose, just mild yeast.<\/p>\n<p>Taste: \u00c2\u00a0Strong yeast and some malt flavor. \u00c2\u00a0A bitterness balance with with an almost nutty savoriness and light honey&#8212;a little sweet but strong on whatever the non-sweet flavor of honey is. \u00c2\u00a0The finish was short, savory, and yeasty.<\/p>\n<p>Mouth: \u00c2\u00a0Well carbonated with small\u00c2\u00a0velvety bubbles.<\/p>\n<p>Overall: \u00c2\u00a0A great freak&#8217;n beer at a reasonable price. \u00c2\u00a0I could see this guy pairing well with a little spice, a savory cheese, or a salty game day snack.<\/p>\n<p>Next up: the Brooklyn Local Two.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, the temperature was hovering in the low 40s or high 30s, but Fayaz and I are Minnesotans, and knew it was perfect grilling weather. \u00c2\u00a0And a fine beer is perfect match for the grilling prep work. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve been meaning to try the Brooklyn Local One\u00c2\u00a0since I learned of its existence on a\u00c2\u00a0Brooklyn Brewery Tour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-beer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}