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Coney Island Sword Swallower Steel Hop Lager

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1933.24/5.03.22/5.06.8%84.5Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Schmaltz Brewing Company unveils a stunning spectacle: the delicate balance of 8 hops gracefully thrust into the inner sanctum of 4 luscious malts astonishing in depth, dazzling in mouthfeel. A scintillating brewing performance.
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 Skyview (4021), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 25, 2009  
Purchased a single 22-oz bomber at Cellar’s Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN. Pours a clear golden amber brew with a thin off-white head that quickly dissipates to a thin white ring. Aroma of golden grain malt, some light pear, grassy hops, and a hint of citrus. Taste is light to medium bodied, flavors of golden multi-grain with some wheat, light fruit, citrus and yeast. Finish is semi-sweet with a light bitter and metallic texture aftertaste.


 Ughsmash (3999), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jan 24, 2009  
Bomber. Poured clear orange-tinted golden with a short cap of white head. The aroma picked up orange, grapefruit, and perfumey hoppage over honey and pale malty sweetness.. there was a rather assertive spicy warmth that gave a barley-wine lite impression that I dug. The flavor opened with that same spicy character that paired with citrus and floral bitterness.. sticky-sweet pale malts at the core supported well.. finished bitter and warm. Medium-bodied with low-to-moderate carbonation on the palate.. kept me interested.


 blankboy (3204), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 13, 2009  
<i>My bottle (650ml) shared with tupalev.</i> Shared with tupalev after a tasting, after the rest of the gang went home. Needless to say I was feeling pretty good so my notes will take some deciphering. Pours a clear yellow-orange with a small diminishing white head. Aroma of a sweet hoppy Lager. Flavour’s malty along with some resiny hops. Average bitter finish. Good body for the style. Pretty good.


 crazyvin (1251), New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 10, 2009  
Clear gold body thin white head. Not much in the aroma here. Nice sweet malt notes although there was some corn notes. A good hop profile that had some pine notes to it. A crisp overall presence Smooth finish. An okay beer that need a little more to it.


 Beaver (596), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/58/20
Jan 10, 2009  
22 oz bottle. Pours a clear golden yellow with a frothy white head that quickly diminishes to a thin collar.

The aroma is sweet sugary fruity biscuity malts and honey with some grassy metallic hops.

The flavor is sweet sugary malts and a little fruit followed by a big metallic, burnt plastic bitterness that lingers in the aftertaste. The mouthfeel is thin to medium and kind of watery.

Overall, not very pleasant. Treacly sweetness with odd bitterness didn’t jibe well. It does get a little better as it warms and I get through the bottle.


 MatSciGuy (631), Rosemount, Minnesota, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/101/510/20
Jan 5, 2009  
[Bottle] Pours a clear gold with a medium whitish head. Aroma of strong lager yeast and some floral hops. Flavor is more lager yeast and some hops. Really a bizarre, offensive aftertaste.


Blaketj80 (78), Oklahoma, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/104/512/20
Jan 3, 2009  
Drank at 50. It pours with a decent white head and has a good appearance in the glass as well as a good aroma. However, the first drink is not as exciting as you might expect. It has an awkward non-hoppy bitterness and finishes flat. Not horrible, but not great.


 Aurelius (2647), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 3, 2009  
Sunny, sweet-lemondrop hop aroma, with some whiffs of cereal right as you’re about to swig. Clear medium gold with white head. A label that I wouldn’t want for my daughter to have posed for. Flavor gives me a strong citrus peel impression - zest and the bitter white pith. Sweet, hoppy. Viscous, heavyish body. Lasting orange pith bitterness in the finish, with a few grassy notes. MSL, Bradfordville.



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