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.

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6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at Three Monkeys. Yellow pour. Grain and some light hops. Balanced flavor. Lighter body, slightly overly fizzy. Decent enough.
Tried from Draft on 27 Feb 2016 at 17:17

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12oz bottle. Poured a pretty dark brown color, with a light tan head. Aroma was earthy hops, lots of roasted malts. Light chocolate. Flavor was light floral notes, lots of herbal, earthy notes. Touch boozy. Okay, actually liked it better than the Stone Enjoy By Black IPA, so there’s that at least.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2016 at 16:54

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Saturday night bottle share. Bottle thanks to Rick. Lively bottle foamed up on opening, and didn’t settle down for a while, but it was still good. Tart and funky as the name implies.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2016 at 16:37

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
22oz bottle thanks to rick. Pours out a dark amber topped with a tan head. nose is sour cherries big barrel notes vanilla plenty sweetness. Taste is more of the sweetness cherries sour some dark notes.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2016 at 23:51

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Shared a bottle with some friends. Poured extremely dark, nearly stark black color with some light cola notes on the edges. Aroma was lots of dark caramel, dried raisins, boozy grains. Light vanilla, rum, rum raisin. Flavor has very similar notes, lots of hot caramel notes, raisins, plums, with candi notes. Alcohol is really burning hot in this one, despite some age on it. After having this one and 17, it’s nice to see they’re dialing back on these malt,booze bombs.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2016 at 16:40

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Shared a bottle with some friends. Poured extremely dark, nearly stark black color with some light cola notes on the edges. Aroma was lots of dark caramel, dried raisins, boozy grains. Flavor has very similar notes, lots of hot caramel notes, raisin, with candi notes. Alcohol is really present in this one, making it really hard one to have if you’re not splitting with a number of people.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2016 at 16:37

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
[1/28/16] Draught at Almanac & Friends Sourfest at MaSo at Park Central Hotel in San Francisco. Black with a tan head. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, oak, dark fruits. Sweet-sourish flavor with chocolate, bourbon, caramel, dark fruits, oak, vanilla. Quite full-bodied.
Tried on 12 Feb 2016 at 07:06

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Red cherry, bourbon, toffee malt, and light hay aroma. Dark chestnut with small head. Sweet cherry, chocolate malt, and moderately bitter herbal hay flavor. Light bourbon finish. Pretty good.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2016 at 20:05

6.1/10 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 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