Messiah
Shmaltz Brewing Company in Troy, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.25
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A deep, bold nut brown ale beautifully balanced with rich dark malts and a complex hop character converging to reveal a simply enchanting elixir.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Brown malts and the like. Nutty. Pretty standard fare for a nut brown. Inoffensive enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Mahogany, brown color. Ok head no lace. Aroma is a nutty, toast smell. Taste is toast, nut, slight caramel with a light, very light citrus undertone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz can from Boise Co-op. Dark pour, but still clear. Small beige foamy head. Nutty, roasty aroma. Taste follows with more solid roast, light sweetness. Classic example of the style.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2019
at 00:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle. Mahogany brown color topped by a small bubbly tan head that disapates quickly. Rich roasted malt aroma. Flavor has roasted maltiness with notes of nuts and burnt sugar. Slightly thin body. Light citrus hops in finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2017
at 23:44
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pour into shaker pint glass from Andover Liquors. Appearance is dark brown with tons of effervescent sparkle, 2-finger width foamy beige head with good retention and lots of sudsy lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, dark fruit, brown sugar and nuts. Taste is roasted malts, mild dark fruit, caramel, nuts. Palate is medium bodied with creamy, thick texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, this is quite good with a fair amount of complexity. Can’t understand the low ratings based on the one I had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2016
at 01:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Albion. Dark brown with reddish tint, small creamy beige head, medium carbonation, faint caramel aroma, little caramel and roasted hazelnut taste, thin body, medium bitter finish with roasted nut aftertaste. Not bad, not great either.
Tried
on 26 May 2016
at 15:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From tap. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted dark malty and light caramelish. Mild metallic, bitter and roasted dark malty. Flat malty finish. Roasted breadish finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Dec 2014
at 00:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Ale Mary, Baltimore, September 2014. Medium brown in colour, with a decent, off-white, head. Sweet brown sugar, some yeastiness, dense malts and a hint of hop in the finish. Fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2014
at 12:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Review is from notes. Consumed 12/14/13.
Into a pint glass.
The appearance is a dark brown colored body with a half finger white foamy head that dies in about a minute, lacing is clingy and in rings coating the glass nicely. The smell has some molasses, nutty malts, dark fruits all coming through in a fruity and somewhat roasty chocolate-like way. The taste is mainly sweet through the dark fruits, molasses, nuts and chocolate, fruity yet chocolatey aftertaste, dry nutty and fruity finish. On the palate is about a light to medium, somewhat sessionable. Carbonation is very smooth for an American Brown Ale, really just plain smooth all around in the mouth and on the tongue. Overall, this is not a bad American Brown Ale, would I have this again? Actually unsure if I would have this again, it kinda reminded me of Right Brain’s brown ale (Igor Takes A Digger) the way the dark fruits come through.
Into a pint glass.
The appearance is a dark brown colored body with a half finger white foamy head that dies in about a minute, lacing is clingy and in rings coating the glass nicely. The smell has some molasses, nutty malts, dark fruits all coming through in a fruity and somewhat roasty chocolate-like way. The taste is mainly sweet through the dark fruits, molasses, nuts and chocolate, fruity yet chocolatey aftertaste, dry nutty and fruity finish. On the palate is about a light to medium, somewhat sessionable. Carbonation is very smooth for an American Brown Ale, really just plain smooth all around in the mouth and on the tongue. Overall, this is not a bad American Brown Ale, would I have this again? Actually unsure if I would have this again, it kinda reminded me of Right Brain’s brown ale (Igor Takes A Digger) the way the dark fruits come through.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2014
at 20:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Glass at the Green Dragon. Pours a deep cloudy brown color with a small white head. A big sweet malty nose, some coffee. The flavor is dominated by bitterness and coffee, light roast, sweet nutty flavors, some toffee. Pretty nice.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2013
at 22:36