Slingshot American Craft Lager
Shmaltz Brewing Company in Troy, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Premium Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.44
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Take aim at Shmaltz’s newest year-round offering, an American Craft Lager thoughtfully created to stand up to the big beer Goliaths of the world. Boasting a bright, citrusy hop aroma, supported by touches of wheat and rye, Slingshot is guaranteed to strike the craft beer bullseye every time.
Slingshot pours a bright straw color with a thin white head and light lacing. The aroma features juicy, tropical fruit notes of peach, lemon and red grapefruit with the light spice accent of noble hops. The polished malt bill is mainly 2-row pale malt with portions of Vienna and a touch of wheat and rye to add a delicate balance to the spice and fruit. It is medium in body with a smooth refreshing mouthfeel to make Slingshot a well-balanced, easy drinking American craft lager.
Slingshot pours a bright straw color with a thin white head and light lacing. The aroma features juicy, tropical fruit notes of peach, lemon and red grapefruit with the light spice accent of noble hops. The polished malt bill is mainly 2-row pale malt with portions of Vienna and a touch of wheat and rye to add a delicate balance to the spice and fruit. It is medium in body with a smooth refreshing mouthfeel to make Slingshot a well-balanced, easy drinking American craft lager.
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4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a bright golden color with a huge foamy soapy orange-white head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was grassy and perfumey. The flavor was bready, grassy, perfumey and a touch nutty. Medium length finish. Medium body. Not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2017
at 12:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle. Hazy, tawny golden color, topped by a moderate sized creamy white head. Light grainy malt nose has hints of citrus peel. Flavor has sweet grainy malt notes. A bit of lemon and rye malt comes through upfront. Slightly sweet with honey like notes in middle. Citrus hops in dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2017
at 22:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This was poured into a pilsener glass.
The appearance was a murky bronzed orange color with a one finger white foamy head. Quick dissipation. Foamy rings of clingy lace.
The aroma starts sweet bready with sweet grassy hops that spike the breadiness cleanly sending a stellar balance of it all hitting my nose. Light lemon blends in as it warms. Really nice!
The flavor takes it all in to bring the maltiness forward sweetly with a dry underscore of some bitter hops. The aftertaste is sweet crisp breadiness with a quick sweet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fantastic sessionability about it. Low carbonation. Semi-sticky but good, not cloying.
Overall, damn nice pale lager. I’d be glad to have this again.
The appearance was a murky bronzed orange color with a one finger white foamy head. Quick dissipation. Foamy rings of clingy lace.
The aroma starts sweet bready with sweet grassy hops that spike the breadiness cleanly sending a stellar balance of it all hitting my nose. Light lemon blends in as it warms. Really nice!
The flavor takes it all in to bring the maltiness forward sweetly with a dry underscore of some bitter hops. The aftertaste is sweet crisp breadiness with a quick sweet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fantastic sessionability about it. Low carbonation. Semi-sticky but good, not cloying.
Overall, damn nice pale lager. I’d be glad to have this again.
Tried
on 22 Sep 2016
at 16:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Draught 55 as part of monthly baby brunch which is great combination of little one getting to listen to kids songs amd me drinking beer. Golden pour and white head. Nose is light hops and soft malt. Tastes of tropical hops, only lightly bitter, some golden malt, grains, and yeast. Fine palate tasty lager.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2016
at 12:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A hazed golden lager with a thin white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with grassy German hops, light mineral notes, light treacle, nice. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with grassy German hops, light mineral notes, solid lager. On tap at CNY Brewfest 2016.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2016
at 12:11