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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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
bottle thanks to Kyle, pours dark brown, thin tan head. Aroma is sweet toffee and a little booze. Flavor is sweet caramel and then a big medicinal herbal note comes in and kills off the sweetness and ends with an alcohol burn. Kind of unpleasant.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jul 2011 at 00:02

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
bottle thanks to Kyle, pours dark reddish brown with a medium tan head, good lacing. Aroma is boozy/hot with lots of fruity esters and dark vinous notes. Flavor is mild roast, a prickly burning tobacco and some boozy dark fruit notes.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2011 at 23:48

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
bottle thanks to Kyle, pours dark brown with a tall tan head. Aroma is earthen with wood and tobacco, thin sweet brown sugar and syrup notes. Flavor is sweeter than the earlier years, more caramel and toffee notes with a semi-sweet roast and caramel finishing.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2011 at 01:01

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
bottle thanks to Kyle, pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma jumps out of the glass, green grapes, dark fruits and brown sugar. Flavor is sweet caramel and a burnt sugar note with figs and plums in the finish with just a hint of booze. I like it.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2011 at 23:47

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Dark mahogony beer with a tan head. Toffee and malt aroma with shiskey. Toffee and whiskey flavor with light earthiness. Medium-plus bodied. Toffee and earth lingers with whiskey and light fruitiness.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2011 at 09:32

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
bottle thanks to Kyle, pours dark mahogany with a medium tan head. Aroma is wonderful with lots of licorice and roast with bits of tobacco. Flavor is really layered with lots of malt complexity. Dry roast, bitter cocoa, biscuit and nuts. Ends with sweet cream and roast with light hints of the hops that used to be. Really nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2011 at 00:17

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
bottle thanks to Kyle, pours dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma is brown sugar, green raisins, light booze. Flavor is dry roast, semi-sweet cocoa, very dry all around with nice hints of grassy hops and light alcohol finishing.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2011 at 00:00

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottled@Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Hazy deep brown colour, small off-white to beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, some fruits, raisins, rye and mild toasted notes. Flavour is toffee, spices, mild raisins, plum and some mild alcohol. Also some slight wooden and mildly vanillaish notes.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2011 at 23:10

7.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle on 12/27/2010. Dark black body with a large frothy tan head. Big caramel, floral hops and molasses aroma. Sweet molasses flavor with some caramel, floral hops and light roast. Full body with moderate carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2011 at 05:14

4.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
sampled at 1702 pours reddish/purple with a medium white head. Aroma is artificial sweetener, berry fruits, little else. Flavor is sweet pomegranate through and through. Not my thing.
Tried on 10 Jul 2011 at 17:15