Silphium (4309) reviewed Genesis 10:10 from Shmaltz Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
No, no, no. I admit this suffers a bit because it followed a delicious Brasserie des Rocs Grand Cru, but, regardless of this unfortunate pairing, this is not a good beer. Clear orange-amber body, thin tight cream head with larger bubbles. Fruity, somewhat tart, but otherwise nondescript aroma. Medicinal sugar water body: Dimetapp, but I guess with pomegranate, syrupy, sugary, and eventually hollow. Does not taste fully fermented. Alcohol apparent but probably not as high as advertisted. Tastes additive-laden and cheap. Not recommended.
McDermottDrink (4627) reviewed Messiah from Shmaltz Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Loose bottle from Sam’s, Downers Gove. There’s pretty rich dark roast malt smell when opened and poured. Deep brown body under a thin but stable head. Taste is a bit medicinal, but it may be an older bottle. Dark and nutty otherwise, with a bit of molasses, coffee and sassafrass. Hops seem to be mostly American, although at times this tastes a little like a Young’s Old Nick. For a gimmick beer, this has some decent chracter, and can account for itself as a pretty good beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bomber. Brought this a few weeks ago to the HW Open House and the little of it I tried tasted was really good. However, thought I needed a better sample for a rating. Picked this bottle up about a week ago, cellared till about an hour ago. Maybe its not cold enough but I am really not feeling it as much as last time. You know these DIPA can just go down in a hurry. Aroma is all hop, mainly piney (Amarillo?). Main I loved it a few weeks ago but now its just so average. The taste is just hop dominated, nothing special or really discernable. Not a bitter heavy DIPA, which I like. Before I opened this up it was a shoe in for an over 4 score (pretty much what Dickinsonbeer had) but now its so different. Will a DIPA change this quickly or is it all in my head?
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bomber poured into a La Fin Du Monde glass. Fruit beer my ass - its a slightly fruity Double IPA. Copper colored with a smalle head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is all hop - Simcoe heavy with a subdued fuit aroma (I wouldnt say its pomegrante). Taste is similarly simcoe dominant - with that hop creaminess is gives off. Bitterness felt as well - not strong but present. I like the stuff this brewery (Jeremy) makes but this is an ok DIPA with some faint fruit spirit.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
[Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm] Clear copper red, small head. Aroma of rye bread and lychee. Sweet and full bodied with clean mouthfeel. Plenty of malt with evident notes of bread and phenols. Alcohol plays a significant part. Lingering salty lychee-like finish. Very solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Relatively clear orange-brown body, thick, tight cream-tan head. The aroma is the best aspect of this beer, dense and layered with caramels, toast, sweet berries, brown sugar, and plenty of resiny, grapefruity and piney hops. The sweetness and thick malts carry over to the body but are quickly hollowed by thinning alcohol that significantly restricts the development of the palate. Resiny, strongly bitter hops residues linger on the palate in rather unpleasant fashion as a result of this unfortunate quirk.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Bottled, Akkurat, stockholm 18 July) Colour is dark amber with hints of ruby. Frothy off-white head, leaving lots of lacing. Nose is initially mainly malty, sweet with notes of syrup and caramel, after a while the not so modest hops break through with citrussy grapefruit notes. Taste is very bitter, sweet with loads of hops and notes of pine needles and resin, some burnt caramel notes as well. Full bodied with an almost oily character. Long bittersweet finish. Rather complex, malty nose and hoppy, bitter taste. A nice one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
bottle - Pours dark brown with a moderate, fizzy head. There’s a pleasant malty aroma. The flavor has lots of sweet malts and some chocolate notes. I’d call it medium bodied, though maybe if I hadn’t had an imperial stout right before it, I’d call it full. There’s very little hops presence. It comes through slightly in the finish, but could have used more in the flavor. Overall this beer is pretty tastey though. Give it a try.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
I enjoyed this one at kp’s cellar party. Clear dark amber with a fleeting white head. Grassy hop aroma with some underlying malt. Well balanced with a long bitter finish. Not bad at all.
JK (8171) reviewed Genesis 10:10 from Shmaltz Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Unique and good. A blend of an apa and fruit beer. The fruit however, is fairly light. This beer has a light hop aroma, and the flavor of a medium body American pale ale with very light fruit flavor. Probably the best and surely the most unique and experimental of the HeBrew series. Light red in color with a moderate head.