Shmaltz Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Troy, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Shmaltz Brewing - 518 Craft

Established in 1996

Closed in 2021

Contact
200 Broadway, Troy, NY, 12180, United States
Description
For 20 years, Shmaltz championed contract brewing and developed a dedicated cult following for their award-winning HE’BREW – The Chosen Beers® and company tradition, Shmaltz opened its own New York State production brewery in 2013, boasting a 50-barrel brewhouse with 35,000 barrels of annual capacity. Shmaltz brewery packages 12 and 22 ounce bottles and kegs of their diverse core and seasonal favorites. Several new releases and collaborations are on tap for 2016, and Shmaltz will continue their acclaimed barrel-aging projects, utilizing a current inventory of more than 400 bourbon, rye whiskey, and tequila barrels.

     Show


7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
A lightly hazed golden ale with a thick frothy lacing light mocha head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with loads of citrusy floral hops, resinous and piney, very nice. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with nice citrusy resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light tropical fruits, very nice and complex. On tap at North Country Brewfest 2016.
Tried from Draft on 08 Apr 2016 at 18:32

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Medium brown, aroma is alcoholic and with a sulphury, slightly rotting character. Rich malts, hint if soy sauce, lots of bitterness, brown sugar, burnt sugar. Actually fairly complex, even if it doesn’t really go anywhere. It offers enough so that you can drink a bottle.
Tried from Can on 05 Apr 2016 at 12:18

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Grabbed at the brewery and ridiculously opened at 1am watching movies. Dark Amber pour. Nose is caramel and berry and booze. Tastes of caramel, red fruits, honey, earth, booze, some light biter pine hops. Pretty decent.
Tried on 03 Apr 2016 at 01:12

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Pours a dark copper brown from a bottle. Whiskey and rye nose with caramel. Flavor similar, very malty, with lots of hops too, but seems like less of an IPA than a pale ale, or even a super hopped scotch ale. Good beer.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2016 at 19:48

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Black,tan head.Unpleasant alcoholic nose.Big chewy malt and alcohol palate.Nothing else
Tried on 02 Apr 2016 at 01:03

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Tasting at Matt’s
Dark brown color; it has a strong caramel flavor, but the aroma is appley, maybe acetaldehyde; sweet, robust, alcoholic.
I’m not overly impressed.
Tried on 30 Mar 2016 at 23:09

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle - Toffee and dark malts and some dark fruit. Deep dark mahogany with a small light brown head. Malty, sweet, dark and hoppy. Very different flavours that don’t combine but are great on their own. A weird beer for sure.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2016 at 23:06

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
22 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark reddish brown with a small tan head. Aroma is dense, with notes of dark fruits, bready malts, and toffee. Flavour is very malty, with big notes of caramel malts, dark fruits, and burnt brown sugars. Dominated by the burnt brown sugar. It's good, but how calibrated can something like this be? Pretty decent.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2016 at 22:55

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Tap at brewery fine copper Amber pour. Light nose of hops and malt. Tastes of faint piney hops, caramel, earth, some dry malt. Clean palate not very bitter or interesting.
Tried from Draft on 12 Mar 2016 at 16:41

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours mahogany into a snifter. Mocha head with little retention recedes to mottle surface. Hot pit fruit and chocolate aromas. Hot cherry and caramel upfront turning to hot chocolate in the lasting finish.
Tried on 04 Mar 2016 at 17:52