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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8/10
Tried on 13 Jul 2015 at 15:09

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Earthy herbal orange malt and orange peel aroma. Hazy golden yellow with small head. Sweet earthy orange malt and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. An 8% session beer - what will they think of next.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2015 at 22:12

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(tap) clear, bright yellow colour with a tall, beige head; aroma of fruit, citrus; balanced, refreshing flavour, slightly tart
Tried from Draft on 09 Jul 2015 at 15:04

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
22 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small tan head. Aroma brings out spicy peppers and cinnamon. Flavour is quite nasty, with stale spicy cinnamon upfront, with some spicy peppers. No hint of cocoa. Really quite stale and weak. Meh.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2015 at 01:57

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pink pry off capped sharp shouldered bomber pours with a clear copper body that has thin gold hues and supports a thin white head. The aroma offers up resiny pine hops, boozy heat, vague fruity esters, malts and then a toffee note. The taste begins with malt sweetness and booze and then quickly getting into resiny pine hops. To midway it picks up thin ribbons of toffee, a bit of citrus and then some floral hops. The malts seem a little too forward and it tries to get into some thin layers of juiciness but it doesn’t really make it. Nice sipper.
Tried on 03 Jul 2015 at 19:41

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours bright orange/copper with a slight beige head. Aroma of citrus, and earth, or maybe some calypso funkiness. Close call. I can imagine a bit of pineapple as well. Nearly full bodied. Flavor is rather malty, with citrus, earth and near funk, also fruit ester notes - like maybe some pineapple? It surely is not dry, and it’s not burning bitter, and there’s a heat trace/trail/ But it’s loverly.
Tried from Can on 03 Jul 2015 at 18:24

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(tap) clear amber colour with a small, beige head; aroma of brown sugar, leather’ balanced flavour, quite nice
Tried from Draft on 30 Jun 2015 at 22:55

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(tap) clear dark brown colour with a medium tall, brown head; aroma of wet wood; sour notes; balanced flavour with a long, light sour finish
Tried from Draft on 30 Jun 2015 at 22:36

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 10 Overall 7
Bottle: Pours clear, bright amber with a thin off-white head. Caramel, sweet fruit aroma. Taste is strong floral hops, orange malt, caramel malt. Sweet fruit, followed by a big, leafy, floral bitter. Not as heavy as expected, but I’m still not sure about the "sessionability" it claims.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2015 at 17:44