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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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poisoneddwarf (5713) reviewed
Monumental Jewbelation Tenth Anniversary Ale from Shmaltz Brewing Company
14 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle from the holiday sampler pack. 5-6 years old. This was the "Mystery Jewbelation" included in the 8-pack. Pours opaque dark brown with a thin beige head that holds for a couple of minutes before it collapses into a ring of big-bubbly foam. Aroma is powerfully pungent--highly boozy, woody, raisins, Australian black licorice, molasses. Taste is very sweet (could get cloying) with a bitter finish. Carbonation is average, mouthfeel is oily, body is huge. Although I didn’t care for the smell of this beer--it was too overbearing--the taste more than made up for it. As much of a sipper as the 15 was.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2012 at 18:10
poisoneddwarf (5713) reviewed
He'Brew Hop Manna Test Batch #2 from Shmaltz Brewing Company
14 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
12 oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a quickly collapsing beige head that falls into a ring of big ugly bubble-chocked foam; leaves a little lace. Aroma is bready, earthy, faint citrus. Taste is bittersweet with a lingering bitter finish. Carbonation is pretty high for the style, body is medium. Not bad, but it’s very average.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2012 at 16:46
poisoneddwarf (5713) reviewed
Messiah from Shmaltz Brewing Company
14 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 2 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
12 oz bottle into the HeBrew Jewbelation 15 glass provided with this Holiday sampler. Pours deep brown with reddish tints. Has a small beige head that falls into a tiny ring way too quick. Not very pretty. Aroma is yeasty dough, fresh baked bread, caramel. Taste is sweet and nutty, turns lightly tart mid-swallow and finishes just slightly bitter. Carbonation is average and the body is light to medium. A great-tasting beer with a hideous appearance.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2012 at 16:46
Lubiere (25160) reviewed
Geektoberfest from Shmaltz Brewing Company
14 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
A dark clear brown ale with a thick receding mocha head. In aroma, a beautiful sour cherry with dark candy sugar, very beautiful. In mouth, a good sour attack, oily, covering the mouth, puckering ground cherries, rich and complex. On tap at Bierkraft, Dec. 29 2011.
Tried from Can on 09 Jan 2012 at 18:10
mcberko (49191) reviewed
Jewbelation Fifteen from Shmaltz Brewing Company
14 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle, split 4 ways, pours a deep dark orange with a small beige head. Aroma of dark fruits (cherry, dates, figs), toffee, caramel malt, some roasted notes and a bit of floral. Flavour of dates, figs, cherry and other dark fruits, roasted caramel malts, grape juice, brandy, but little booze coming through surprisingly - how is this 15%? Finishes with dried fruits (figs, dates) with almost indiscernible alcohol. Very complex, but quite sweet. Nice slow sipper.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2012 at 11:19
poisoneddwarf (5713) reviewed
Genesis Ale from Shmaltz Brewing Company
14 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle at the CDA Casino. Pours hazy orange with a large cream-colored lacy head. Aroma is grainy, macro-ish. It starts to get a little more interesting as it sits--herbal tea and clove characters come out. Taste is lightly sweet and grainy with a slightly dry bitter finish. Carbonation is average, body is medium to light. Pretty boring.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2012 at 22:19
poisoneddwarf (5713) reviewed
Jewbelation Fifteen from Shmaltz Brewing Company
14 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
12 oz bottle at the CDA Casino, drank in the hotel room while waiting for my wife to get out of her spa treatment. Pours black with brown edges and ruby red tints when held up to the light; has a centimeter-thick beige head that collapses fairly quick. Aroma is raisiny, caramelly, alcohol. Taste is powerful strong, malty sweet and meaty with only a hint of bitterness in the finish. Mouthfeel is oily, carbonation is medium-low. Pretty good, definitely a sipper.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2012 at 21:52
Frothingslosh (20518) reviewed
Jewbelation Fifteen from Shmaltz Brewing Company
14 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a black color with a small tan head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was complex and sweetish with notes of fig and plum and touches of pine and cola. The flavor was very sweet with strong notes of fig, pine, cherry and molasses with undertones of tobacco, raisin, cocoa and wood. The finish was long and sweet with lingering molasses, raisin, cherry and fig. Thick and full bodied. The alcohol was well hidden given how strong the beer is. Wonderful.
Tried from Draft on 01 Jan 2012 at 14:44
Jow (8747) reviewed
Messiah from Shmaltz Brewing Company
14 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Christmas gift. Pours root beer brown. Tastes of more root beer, pine, nuts, caramel, and malt. Nice carbonation and medium bodied. I wouldn’t call it all that bold but enjoyable
Tried on 29 Dec 2011 at 17:28
bb (19143) reviewed
Genesis 15:15 from Shmaltz Brewing Company
14 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Blackish beer with a tan head. Bourbon and malt aroma with dark fruits. Bourbon and red fruit flavor with malt, light spice, and dried fruit. Fuller bodied. Bourbon and brown sugar lingers with red/dried fruit and light spice.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2011 at 09:44