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.
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours hazy orange/amber with a tall, sticky, off-white head. The aroma is light flowery citrus hops. The flavor is smoothly bitter that sits on a chewy malt foundation. Good but needs a little more crispness to suit me.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2014
at 16:08
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 oz. bottle. Amber color with thin head. Aroma is caramel malt, mild floral and pine hops. The dry hopping is all about aromatics and it really didn’t help the flavor here in any way shape or form.
Really plain flavors, grain, caramel malt, medium bodied with a somewhat slick mouthfeel. No bitterness to speak of and overall just boring. No bottle date found on bottle but where I bought this; bottles really don’t sit around long on the shelf. But it tastes way older than I guessing it is. The neck label says it this brew won a silver medal. I only taste a swing and a miss here.
Really plain flavors, grain, caramel malt, medium bodied with a somewhat slick mouthfeel. No bitterness to speak of and overall just boring. No bottle date found on bottle but where I bought this; bottles really don’t sit around long on the shelf. But it tastes way older than I guessing it is. The neck label says it this brew won a silver medal. I only taste a swing and a miss here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2014
at 12:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle purchased at Julio’s Liquors. Orange/ amber color with lasting bubbles of head. Aroma start with sweet malt and turns into grapefruit, garlic and a strong note of pine resin.
The medium body is supported by a nice amount of malt to balance out the hop varieties. Floral hops followed by citrus, weak tropical fruit and a strong pine finish. Texture is dry and bitterness is lingering. Whoa, this is better than I expected and I’m sure would rock on draft.
The medium body is supported by a nice amount of malt to balance out the hop varieties. Floral hops followed by citrus, weak tropical fruit and a strong pine finish. Texture is dry and bitterness is lingering. Whoa, this is better than I expected and I’m sure would rock on draft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2014
at 11:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Still yet another 12 oz. bottle purchased at Julio’s Liquors. Dark amber color with fast fleeting head. Aroma is almost all pomegranate with touches of toffee.
I didn’t have much of an expectation because I already knew how this was going to be. Flavor is mostly pomegranates, candy sugar and a sweet berry finish. This reminds me a lot of the juice “POM” . Oily texture with proper carbonation level. Yep, it is what it is folks. It still is drinkable if you want a fruit beer.
I didn’t have much of an expectation because I already knew how this was going to be. Flavor is mostly pomegranates, candy sugar and a sweet berry finish. This reminds me a lot of the juice “POM” . Oily texture with proper carbonation level. Yep, it is what it is folks. It still is drinkable if you want a fruit beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2014
at 11:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at weekly tasting. Pours dark brown tan head. Nose/taste of fig, bourbon, oak, vanilla, raisin and dark caramel. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2014
at 22:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle - Near black, one finger tan head, roasty aroma, flavor is pleasantly bitter with roasted malt, chocolate, some resin, and a lingering bitter finish. It’s full bodied and enjoyable, a very good brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2014
at 20:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Pony Bar. With this rating, I enter the top 100 raters for the first time (at least temporarily)! Brilliant golden orange, clear, with a thick head. Big citrus nose, bready malts. Nicely sweet, not too much, very bitter too. Good citrus and grass. Solid and not too syrupy.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Sep 2014
at 19:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 5
Poured from a bottle it is dark amber with a creamy head. The aroma is rye and the taste is very boozey and remains on the palate strong and burns through
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2014
at 18:10
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Taproom at Bayview Corner, Langley, WA
Dark color, almost black, with beige compact head. Smell of old wood. Somehow also the flavor recalls old furniture, old sofa, some cocoa, leather; there is some chocolate malt and spices.
Weird but not bad.
Dark color, almost black, with beige compact head. Smell of old wood. Somehow also the flavor recalls old furniture, old sofa, some cocoa, leather; there is some chocolate malt and spices.
Weird but not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2014
at 14:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 2.5
Poured from a bottle it is a light golden brown with a slight head the aroma is milk chocolate but the taste is sour with a taste of bitter port
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2014
at 17:17