Brooklyn – American Amber Lager – 5.2% ABV, 30l Keg

Brooklyn Brewery is a brewery in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. It was started in 1987 by Steve Hindy and Tom Potter.

Hindy learned to brew beer during a six-year stay in various Middle Eastern nations such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Upon his return to his home in Brooklyn in 1984, he and Potter, his downstairs neighbor fromPark Slope, quit their jobs and founded the brewery.

Originally all their beer was brewed by contract by Matt Brewing Company, and the pair started their own distribution company and personally transported and marketed their beer to bars and retailers around New York City. In 1996, they acquired a former matzo factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and converted it into a functional brewer

Since 1994, Garrett Oliver has been the Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster. He had first been appointed brewmaster at the Manhattan Brewing Company of New York in 1993 where he began brewing professionally as an apprentice in 1989. In 2003 he published the book "The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food". Garrett has also been a judge at the Great American Beer Festival for eleven years.

Perennials (available year-round)

• Brooklyn Lager - 5.2% abv American Amber Lager
• Brooklyn American Ale - 4.5% American Pale Ale
• Brooklyn Brown Ale - 5.6% American Brown Ale
• East India Pale Ale - 6.9% India Pale Ale
• Brooklyn Pilsner - 5.1% German-Style Pilsner
• Brooklyn Defender IPA - 6.7% Red IPA
• Hecla Iron Ale - 3.4% Dark Ale avaiable only overseas
• Brooklyn Blast! - 8.4% Double IPA
• Brooklyn Greenmarket Wheat - 5% Weisse Brewed from New York State Wheat, Malt & Hops
• Scorcher IPA - 4.5% Session IPA
• Brooklyn Brewery 1/2 Ale - 3.4% Hoppy Session Saison
• Local 1 - 9% abv 100% bottlerefermentation golden ale
• Local 2 - 9% abv 100% bottlerefermentation Dark Abbey Ale

Sorachi Ace - 7.6% Farmhouse Saison blend between British Brewer's Gold, Japanese "Beikei No. 2" and Czech Saaz