175. Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout

This beer has been hanging out in my fridge since Thanksgiving which is hard to believe as I have reviewed 75 beers since then. Decided it was time to open this one for dessert. The beer pours a great black color with thick tan head that leaves great lacing on the glass, just what a stout should look and act like. Aroma is of chocolate, toffee and dark fruit. Taste is chocolate roasted malts to start followed up by some coffee and licorice with just a hint of a hop finish. Not nearly as sweet as I had expected from a chocolate stout and does not have the strong alcohol taste that you often get from a 10% ABV beer. Serve this beer at a slightly warmer temp; 45-50 degrees and you will enjoy it. 
Pros: Color, not too sweet

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Alcohol Content: 10.0% ABV
Calories: ???
IBU (Bitterness): ??
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Brewers Website: Brooklyn Brewery

Brewers Description: Available from October through March. This is the famous Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, our award-winning rendition of the Imperial Stout style, once made exclusively for Catherine the Great. We use three mashes to brew each batch of this beer, achieving a luscious deep dark chocolate flavor through a blend of specially roasted malts. We brew it every year for the winter season. It is delicious when newly bottled, but also ages beautifully for years. 

118. Brooklyn Brewery East India Pale Ale

Another IPA...The color is about what you would expect from an IPA, a nice light orange, copper color with minimal head. Aroma is complex with a lot of things going on; some citrus with a bit of pine. Taste  is well balanced and easy to drink with a fair amount of bite from the hops but it does not linger too long. Overall this is a good IPA but nothing that makes it stand out among the many others.
Pros: Aroma

Cons: 

Alcohol Content: 6.8% ABV
Calories: ???
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Brewers Website: Brooklyn Brewery

Brewers Description: Our East India Pale Ale is a deep golden beer brewed from British malt and a blend of hops featuring the choice East Kent Golding variety. It is traditionally dry-hopped for a bright aroma of hops and citrus fruit, and has a robust snappy bitterness, a warming malt palate and a clean hoppy finish.

60. Post Road Pumpkin Ale

This will almost certainly be my last pumpkin/fall beer of the season as the Winter brews are starting to be released. This one tastes very similar to Shipyard's Pumpkinhead ale which I enjoy. Maybe slightly less spice than Pumpkinhead but has similar  aroma and finish. Pours with a nice head and leaves lacing on the glass. This beer has just the right amount of carbonation and finished smooth. I find it hard to drink more than one pumpkin beer in a sitting but might have been able to do more of this one if I had not purchased just a single. 

Pros: Taste, color, aroma

Cons:  

Alcohol Content: 5% ABV
Calories: ???
IBU (Bitterness): ??
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Brewers Website: Brooklyn Brewery

Brewers Description: Early American Colonialists, seeking natural ingredients for brewing ales, turned to pumpkins, which were plentiful, flavorful and nutritious. Blended with barley malt, pumpkins became a commonly used beer ingredient. Post Road Pumpkin Ale brings back this tasty tradition. Hundreds of pounds of pumpkins are blended into the mash of each batch, creating a beer with an orange amber color, warm pumpkin aroma, biscuity malt center, and crisp finish.