Coney Island Lager

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

Bomber shared with Degarth courtesy of Degarth. Thanks again. The pour comes out deep copper with thin off white head. The aroma is mild with faint grainy to pale maltiness followed by some spice hops. The taste is full and refreshing with a solid pulse of pale malts to grainy malts to mild caramel and biscuit malts. Hops are noticed too with floral flowery notes and spice. Nice session beer with solid flavors.

Bottle shared by bfeld. The pour was an orangey amber, somewhat flat color, thin light peachy color. The aroma was grainy, bready, piney hops. The flavor followed suit, bready, caramel malts with grassy and piney hops, finishing pretty hoppy for an amber lager (certainly outside the vienna style itself), pretty enjoyable, although the hopping and maltiness tended to overwhelm any lager crispness in this thing. A nice brew.

Bottle sampled. Pours amber in color with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, grain, floral, and citrus hops. Flavor is caramel, toasted malts, floral hops, and a hint of toffee with a nice crisp bite and a bitter finish.

Deep orange/amber pour with white head. Aroma of peat and light malt. Nice maltiness and light hints of hops. Slightly thin but excellent carbonation. Over all a pretty solid drinker. I gave it one point for the label. I will say that were this beer available here I would drink it often. I don’t know who brought it but thanks.

A very nice beer, well put together. Sweet caramel aroma with grassy hops. Golden amber pour, 1/2" thick head and good lacing. Full bodied and creamy with a mild sweetness and lightly bitter finish. Nutty taste, mildly toasted and caramel malt. Well hopped providing a fresh grassy flavor. Well balanced beer.

Fruity and grainy aroma. Clear orange color with a large white head and good lacing. Slightly sweet start that gets a musty malt finish. Good palate.

I walk into Bierkraft in Brooklyn and Tim is there stocking. He sees me coming in and grabs a bottle and then hands it over to me...no words spoken. I think to myself: "Hrmph. That’s interesting." (it’s never happened before, and I am in there quite a bit) Pours a clear amber. Big cream head. Nice color. Fragrance is a slight caramel tone with some wood on there as well. Nothing significant going on here, but I feel like what little is there is earthy. Flavor is slightly hoppy, but then a smooth malty smoothness kicks in. Interesting. Complex. Slight woody sweetness. Feel is good. Not a whole lot of body on the liquid, but a nice bubble on there. Overall extremely drinkable. Definitely a session brew. Definitely worth trying. Save Coney Island! (drink more beer)

22 oz bottle pours a nice clear golden-amber. Herbal - Lemony hop aroma. Flavor is malty, grainy, very lightly hopped. Very easy to drink.