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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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Aroma is caramel and woody. Dark brown color, good lacing. Taste is smoke and ash, with just a touch of cherry.. Not sour, bitter, or sweet, but manages to balance a little of each. Smoky hop finish, that gets woddier upon warming. Extremely well balanced but lacks strength and a wow factor. Uprated for perfect balance. Nicely done.
Tried
on 01 Sep 2007
at 12:06
6.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Not much aroma here. Poured deep brown with white head, much lacing. Nutty flavour with a malty backbone. Quick disappearing finish, with light hoppy bite
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2007
at 00:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear brown, large lasting tan head.Bready malt nose.Sweet toasty profile, light bitterness in finish
Tried
on 28 Jun 2007
at 20:00
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Malty aroma typical of an American brown ale. Clear brownish amber color with reddish hilites. A little white head that laces a mite. Has a smooth malty taste, again it’s a brown ale. Mouthfeel is medium, and creamier than most brown ales. There is a hint of some sort of spiciness, and there is a little hop at the end. Overall it’s a brown ale.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Mar 2007
at 20:24
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear dark brown body with a large frothy tan head that lingers with thick lacing. aroma of light roasted malt, caramel, and some grain. Grainy roasted malt flavor, some light chocolate hints and a nutty background.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2007
at 17:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
12oz bottle pours deep amber with tan head. The aroma is light and has hints of sweet malts and just a dab of hops. The flavor is full-on sweet and roasted maltiness. I taste caramelized malts, roasted malts and bits of coffee and burnt malts. Riding around the edges of the flavor is a tasty hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2007
at 22:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a very dark brown with a nice tan head. Aroma is pretty darn good. Some caramel,hops and a nice roasty chocolate show up. Flavor is also quite good. Molasses and toffee with some chocolate and a nice hoppyness to round out the flavor. Pretty tasty for a brown ale and prob one of the best i have ever had.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2007
at 15:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Brown sugar malt and acidic aroma. Dark brown with small head. Molasses and chocolate malt flavor with moderate hops finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2006
at 06:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Ruby brown color with a light cocoa-coloerd head. Slight fruit, slight cocoa aroma. Caramel malt flavor with plum/cheery fruitiness and backing coffee tones. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2006
at 14:39
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Undated bottle, probably early-mid 2006, consumed on 8/3/06.
Fizzy head is light-beige and rapidly recedes to cover and ring, leaving no lacing. Deep, polished- brown-leather body is extremely filtered (clear) with big bubbles rising.
Light shoe polish and hay in the nose, combine with dry toffee and pasteurized yeast dustiness/staleness. Medium to medium-weak strength, with no alcohol apparent nor any hops, save for a light floral scent in the background. Chewy, chocolate graham crackers provide some very minimal relief from all of the dry, papery, hardness and it looks like I spoke to soon, as now I do get a whiff of alcohol (light).
Horribly fizzy, harsh carbonation delivers a nutty, woody, lightly oily flavor of dry chocolate, hay, light grains and some fleeting caramel sweetness. Acid of some sort, hangs about on the end, which in unison with the harsh texture and rather weak body, goes nowhere fast. Alcohol is mildly apparent again in the flavor. Some soft choco-caramel notes are the only saving grace. Some light meatiness and perhaps even some veggies on the end as well. Not terribly complex. Filtered, pasteurized, Olde Saratoga...what did you expect? Poured most down the drain.
Fizzy head is light-beige and rapidly recedes to cover and ring, leaving no lacing. Deep, polished- brown-leather body is extremely filtered (clear) with big bubbles rising.
Light shoe polish and hay in the nose, combine with dry toffee and pasteurized yeast dustiness/staleness. Medium to medium-weak strength, with no alcohol apparent nor any hops, save for a light floral scent in the background. Chewy, chocolate graham crackers provide some very minimal relief from all of the dry, papery, hardness and it looks like I spoke to soon, as now I do get a whiff of alcohol (light).
Horribly fizzy, harsh carbonation delivers a nutty, woody, lightly oily flavor of dry chocolate, hay, light grains and some fleeting caramel sweetness. Acid of some sort, hangs about on the end, which in unison with the harsh texture and rather weak body, goes nowhere fast. Alcohol is mildly apparent again in the flavor. Some soft choco-caramel notes are the only saving grace. Some light meatiness and perhaps even some veggies on the end as well. Not terribly complex. Filtered, pasteurized, Olde Saratoga...what did you expect? Poured most down the drain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2006
at 20:17