Brooklyn releases next Brewmaster's Reserve beer, Mary's Maple Porter

Brooklyn releases next Brewmaster’s Reserve beer, Mary’s Maple Porter

The next beer in Brooklyn Brewery’s ever-evolving Brewmaster’s Reserve series is out this week: Mary’s Maple Porter. You can probably take a good guess about what’s in it, but it’s not just any old maple syrup… it’s maple syrup from brewery Quality Control Manager Mary Wiles’ family maple trees in Onondaga, New York!

The full description from the brewery:

Mary’s Maple Porter is a rich, dark ale featuring a large portion of her maple syrup in the kettle. After fermentation by our house ale yeast, the syrup is no longer sweet (yeast likes to eat maple syrup too), but the maple flavor shows through in a complex interplay with caramel, chocolate, and coffee flavors from our blend of roasted malts. An earthy hop note rounds it all out.

Pretty neat, eh? The beer clocks in at a nice and hefty 7.5% ABV and the brewery recommends pairing with roast meats, steak, bacon, pancakes and waffles.

As with all Brewmaster’s Reserve beers, it’ll be on draft-only, and has already started popping up on tap prematurely at a few local bars. The Brazen Head (228 Atlantic Ave., at Court St., Cobble Hill) and The Growler Station (26 W. 8th St., at MacDougal St., Greenwich Village) have it on tap, and it’ll be available in many more places in the coming week!

January 30, 2012

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