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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12 ounce bottle from Beer Run. Pours a clear dark brown. Viscous looking pour. Thin tan head, fair head retention. Aroma of nuts, raw malt, toasted malt, floral and earthy hops. The taste is caramel, chocolate, nuts, grain, bitter spicy hops. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness, boozy, disjointed.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2014 at 01:42

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Bomber from Imbibe Wine. Nose is lightly piney and citrusy with a hint of bubblegum and golden raisins. Clear orange amber with a medium off white head. Flavor is lightly sweet and fruity; actually excellent!
Tried on 24 Dec 2014 at 20:13

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Bottle. Nutty chocolate malt and light alcohol aroma. Dark chestnut with moderate head. Sweet lightly nutty caramel malt and moderately bitter herb and alcohol flavor. Tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2014 at 14:51

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Dark ruby brown with light tan head. Aromas of roast, toasty notes, light floral, caramel, malt. Tastes of roast, light floral notes, toasty notes, biscuit, light cocoa. Medium body with a dry finish. Almost black IPA-ish.
Tried from Draft on 24 Dec 2014 at 01:40

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Bottle. Pours copper off white head. Nose/taste orange zest, bubblegum, grape, white raisins and malt. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2014 at 17:50

6/10
Very malty, perhaps a tad smokey. Decent effort in the end. Gus Poyet.
Tried on 23 Dec 2014 at 13:09

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Bottle @ weekly tasting shared with Dutchdrebus and Joes. Dark red-brown color with a medium sized beige head that diminishes fairly quickly. Aroma is malts, bourbon, wood, nuts, (Dutch) "stroop". Taste malts, again "stroop", bourbon, lightly wood, nuts, figs, some alcohol. Full body, decent carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Dec 2014 at 15:36

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Bottle @ home shared by benzai. Dark copper colour with a medium to large sized beige head. Smells sweet, malts, figs, dates, rinse appelstroop. Tastes rinse appelstroop, damn sweet, molasses, some alcohol. Full body, soft carbo. Heavy stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Dec 2014 at 15:33

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Bottle. Pours brown off white head. Nose/taste of coconut, coffee, cocoa, cinnamon, toasted malt. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2014 at 21:46

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Bottle. Pours dark brown off white head. Nose/taste of toasted nuts, cocoa, old coffee and lots of nuts. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2014 at 18:54