Coney Island Sword Swallower Steel Hop Lager

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

Good beer. This tasting was from a 22 oz. bomber, and I’m pretty much rating this on the warmer temp characteristics. Smell is of light hops and something like greek yogurt, or any live cultured dairy, but with a light herbal grassy quality. Flavor is the same but in a balanced and smooth presentation. Funk sedate farmhouse comes toward the end. Really interesting brew and style. When it was cold it tasted like and APA, then it warmed and changed. 2008 22 oz.

Pours a hazy yellowish orange with a small white head. Nose of citrus hops. Taste is very crisp with a malty back. Not bad and very drinkable.

Not great. Pours plae with little head, aroma is a bit funky. Flavor is hops and no finish, needs a backbone.

Pours a slightly hazy pale gold with a 2 finger creamy white head that has great retention. Aroma is citrus and grassy hops, buttered sourdough toast, soda heavy biscuits, a hint of sweet grain. Flavor is toasty, grassy, and slightly fruity first, then more toast, straw, lots of pine and citrus, a little honey and an unexpected but enjoyable fruitiness that was totally unexpected. Finish is herbal, sweet floral and bitter/grapefruit hops with a sweet red grapefruit fade. Palate opens slick and sweet, ends fairly dry, kind of straddles the line between dry and too dry on the finish. I really enjoyed this one, it’s kind of freaky in a good way.

Bottle from utobeer in Blackfriars. Alround rating: Good pale lager malts, biscuity yet richer than usual, piney citrus lightly herbal hop over balance it to the bitter side. Excellent stuff!

Nose heavy on the hops. Floral and piney. Very dry beer, with resiny hop flavors in the front. Some soft maltiness in the beer as well, but is otherwise kinda thin. Metallic finish was noticeable, and reminded me that this was just another lager, albeit much better than usual.

Draft at The Gate. After a Flower Power, I didn’t think I’d get much hoppiness outta this but I do. Nice amount of floral hops and some sweet caramel blend together. One of the whole Shmaltz beers that you can drink a few of.

vegetable aroma and light color with white head this brew looks all lemony with again a white foamy head. much as i like the color it usually spells mediocre beer but this brew is named well and has a nice steel hop flavor. clean flavors and well bodied. light malt character refreshing and a hop heads quencher.