Coney Island Human Blockhead

Shmaltz Brewing Company
Brewed at Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)
Style: Doppelbock
San Francisco, California USA

He’brew?!? Schmaltz?+*&% Olde Saratoga??? Mendocino?>":+*%$#. What is this beer trivia? Anyway this beer is pretty good. Thick sweet and syrupy. The high alcohol complements the sweetness well. Oaked bourbon raisin and vanilla. Should be higher rated. Very very nice and damn tasty.

Tap @ The He’Brew Bash at the Blind Tiger NYC. I was fricking wasted by the end so some of these rates might be a bit odd. Mega clear, some light hoppiness on the nose. Super rich and full, sweet yet bitter and sooo good.

Color is a bright amber with very good carbonation and a nice tight head. Aroma is sweet, a bit roasted with alcohol tones in the back. Taste is rich, sweet and smooth. Starting with a bold medium body it goes down smooth with a rich feel. Finish comes in sweet with a raisin like flavor, a hint of vanilla, some hops and just a faint bitterness. After taste has a big alcohol feel as all the rich flavors slowly fade. After the first few sips, as you sit back you get a warming feeling deep inside. Overall I love it, great brew, its rich and flavorful yet very drinkable and the 10% ABV keeps you happy.

Coney Island Human Blockhead is a very clear copper lager with a dense, yellowish off-white head that leaves great lacing. It has a tart aroma with sweet malt notes. It’s full bodied and very smooth with a clean, dry finish. It tastes tart and sweet and syrupy and simple. It’s rather lightly bittered with a grassy, herbal spice. It tastes clean. It’s very drinkable... but strong.

on tap at Taco Mac, Windward... served in a snifter. arrived a deep red hue with a thin white head. very pleasant engaging aromas of light sweet fruit, candi sugar and alcohol... medium body that brings some raisins, caramel, and sweet malts forward... finishes strong and clean... overall a really nice strong ale that sips well and finishes strong... I agree - this is underrated... a very nice beer.

Tasted at NY TAP festival, the only one I came back for another sip. Complex, thick, almost syrupy. Well balanced and a delight to sip!

On tap at Blind Tiger. Awesome doppleock. The aroma is malts, fruit, slight booziness, very nice, true to the Double Bock style. The appearance is gorgeous; a deep red/purple, almost brown, tan head. The flavor follows the aroma, but is slightly less pleasing. The flavor is malty, fruity, strong boozy flavor. The finish is piney hops, and warming from the booze. Very nicely crafted dopplebock.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a medium sized head of foamy finely sized tan colored bubbles that were and left behind a transparent typically carbonated copper brown colored body and a thick foamy lacing. The mild aroma was malty. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish vinous aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of caramel vinous brown malt crystal and red malts. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again.