Immaculate Collaboration II: St. Lenny's
Shmaltz Brewing Company in Troy, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Cathedral Square BreweryIPA - Rye Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.03
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Brothers and sisters, I’m pissed! As one tends to do over beers, I’ve been talking smack with my longtime colleague and friend Brian Neville, brewmaster at St. Louis Missouri’s Cathedral Square Brewery, a disciple of Belgian-style creations. Collaboration perhaps Adam Louis birth Shmaltz Brewery? Like angel trumpets from heaven, he decreased the project shall be called, "The Immaculate Collaboration". He further proclaims we must do a monk-inspired version of our beloved Bittersweet Lenny’s RIPA with Belgian yeast, naming it "St. Lenny’s." Mouth agape, I cry, "Dude, you bogarted my shtick!" That’s what friends are for, I guess - great minds drink alike - and for now, it isn’t my brewing (that’s Paul, Richie ad Mike), my art (Matt) or my punchlines (Brian) - but after nearly 17 years, it is in fact my own brewery (alone with the whole Shmaltz Brewing tribe). L’Chaim!
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Caramel-amber beer with a tan head. Grapefruit and yeast aroma with tropical fruit esters. Grapefruit and tropical fruit flavor with pine and yeast. Medium bodied. Tropical fruit and pine lingers with light caramel, earth, light spice, and light yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2013
at 11:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Sparkling amber,lasting beige head.Vague smoky nose..Fatty hoppy palate with a big lasting hop finish
Tried
on 22 Dec 2013
at 12:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22 oz. bottle, pours a hazy bronze with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out loads of Belgian yeast, rye, and a sort of licorice note. Flavour brings out loads of rye, Belgian yeast, and a little smokiness. Quite strong, with a bit of a syrupy palate. The rye is quite strong, with the Belgian yeast slightly more subdued. A little too syrupy, but still good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2013
at 09:32
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Bottle Barn in Santa Rosa, CA. Poured 100% beige foam. Liquid then appears as clean copper. Aroma seems citrus/resin. Creamy med body. Flavor is spice, sweet malt and I think some citrus. Finishes rye and fairly bitter. Tastes really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2013
at 21:48
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours fairly crystal clear deep orange copper color with a 2-3 finger dense light khaki head with incredible retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange zest, pear, clove, pepper, banana, caramel, toast, spicy rye, pine, floral, grass, and floral/yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of hop, malt, and fruity/spicy yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, orange zest, lemon zest, orange rind, banana, clove, pepper, pine, spicy rye, caramel, toast, floral, grass, and floral/yeast earthiness. Good amount of earthy pine resin bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, citrus zest, banana, clove, pepper, caramel, spicy rye, toast, floral, grass, pine, and floral/yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity and balance of hop, malt, and fruity/spicy yeast flavors; with a great sweetness/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a lightly creamy, slick, and sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent Belgian DIPA! All around great balance and complexity of hop, malt, and fruity/spicy yeast flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2013
at 19:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22oz high shoulder narrow neck bottle pours with a clear ruby red body that supports an off white head. The aroma offers up, what’s this, rauch malts or peat? I wasn’t expecting this. Well there’s also some sweet figs mixing oddly with mangos, grapefruit, lime and some slight spicy Belgian yeast notes. The taste begins with sweet malts, some red apples, cherries and figs running into a modest degree of spicy Belgian yeast notes and soft malt sweetened rauch smokiness or peat. Toward the finish sugar sweetened lime, grapefruit and mango like hoppiness surface. Interesting. Additional ounces consumed reveals citrus hop bitterness that helps tie together the various sweet notes, albeit loosely. Comes across as being odd and not far enough in a positive direction.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2013
at 18:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
An orange amber ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, strange peated malt with light floral hops. In mouth, a sweet caramel malt with fruity notes, floral and resinous hops, rye and peated notes, nice. Bottle at Brooklyn Pour 2013.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2013
at 05:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: 22 oz bottle from World Market - Houston Galleria, 10/9/13
Aroma: The nose is Belgian yeast, some fruity hops, and plenty of spice/rye
Appearance: It pours a clear orange color with a large, frothy head, and heavy lacework
Flavor: The flavor is spicy and yeast, with some medium-plus hop bitterness
Palate: Medium body, slightly sticky, smooth, a mild burn for a 10%er, and a fairly dry finish
Overall Impression: Great looking beer! The other components are solid too, but the appearance is the standout. Style-wise, it may not quite be the epitome of an Imperial IPA.
Aroma: The nose is Belgian yeast, some fruity hops, and plenty of spice/rye
Appearance: It pours a clear orange color with a large, frothy head, and heavy lacework
Flavor: The flavor is spicy and yeast, with some medium-plus hop bitterness
Palate: Medium body, slightly sticky, smooth, a mild burn for a 10%er, and a fairly dry finish
Overall Impression: Great looking beer! The other components are solid too, but the appearance is the standout. Style-wise, it may not quite be the epitome of an Imperial IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2013
at 18:32