Shmaltz Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in Troy,
New York,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Shmaltz Brewing - 518 Craft
Established in 1996
Closed in 2021
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2013 bottle shared by Ryan at Your Old Droog Cellar Blast. Bottle shared 9 years or so after release. Pours a clear dark brown with a small bit of foam that dissipates. Notes of dark fruit, cherry and vanilla. Smooth, but a bit flat and oxidized. Well-past it's prime but drinkable and enjoyable. A fun night cap at a cellar clearing share.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Can. A- Hoppy, slightly sweet, mild berry. A- Copper color, hazy liquid, off white head. T- Mild bitterness, bread dough, cherry, raspberry. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, astringent finish. O- Bad ipa, poor fruit beer, not really sure what this is. It had some potential I think but I'm probably wrong. Drinkable but not really enjoyable. Long time since I've had a He'Brew beer. Surprised it's still around.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Panda thanks to Cloin: Poured a deep black with a beige color head. Aroma is boozy, dark fruits, malty, molasses. Taste is super boozy, strong, dark fruits, raisins, malty, brown sugar, molasses, warm heat in the finish.
Frothingslosh (19444) reviewed Genesis 15:15 from Shmaltz Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Almost black with a large foamy brown head that left great lacing. Molasses, caramel, raisin and cherry notes. Exceptionally long finish. Full bodied. Alcohol well controlled for being 13%
Very fruity. Pretty good, no mention of lactose either for a milkshake.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
16 ounce can. Amber color with a purple hue. Bubbly beige head. Sweet malty nose hints at berries and citrus. Tangy citrus flavor. Bitter grapefruit and tart berries. Really nothing like a milkshake IPA. No lactose or creaminess. Easy to see through. They missed the mark on this one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dark brown orange with a large foamy head. Sweet and a bit musty with strong molasses, cherry, raisin, fig and a bit of leather. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Orange with a large foamy head. Somewhat bitter with tart mixed berries, floral/piney hops and lactose. Long finish. Moderately full bodied
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1
Another can of pastry beer, I'm not into these things, they are just as bad as a ubiquitous poorly made IPA, in its own rude ass way. This beer is no exception; from the start it has this terrible pointed astringent bitterness that simply cannot be explained. Looks like any other clear pale beer. Barely any smell but what's there is faint volatile metallic fruit of some sort. If you think this is going to taste anything like a jelly donut, forget about it, it does not. I'm not sure who is in charge of beer names but this one is way off. Its one big annoying nasty ass brew. Difficult is a weak word for this, take difficult and raise it to a power of ten. Yes, that sharp uncivilized astringent bitterness is so much in yer face that I just can't get past it. Its in in yer face and then down the sides. Other than the possibility of catching an 8% buzz, I'd probably drain pour this masterpiece. Totally disjointedness disappointedness in this happy ass BS, no lie. JMHO. Go figger. I think somebody experimented with a big batch of something stupid and then gave it a stupid name when the brew didn't turn out to be what it should. Don't throw it away said the management, just give it a name and cool label then we'll pawn it off. Any similarity to a fruit beer or even octoberfest is not there.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
I think I had this one last spring. I figured it would age well, but I think mostly it started as a very sweet, malty beer and aged turned it into a super sweet sugar bomb. Smells of caramel malt, dark fruit, and some alcohol. The flavor, as I said, is very, very sweet. There's caramel and dark fruit. Full bodied. Drinkable, but I think it was probably better a few years ago.