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Coney Island Sword Swallower Steel Hop Lager 3.22 200

Coney Island Sword Swallower Steel Hop Lager

Percentile
68
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bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2003.24/5.03.22/5.06.8%84.3Lager 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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 GodOfThunder (878), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/513/20
May 8, 2009  
Draft at Redlight. Tart aroma of citrus and other fruits. Thin mouthfeel with a nice hoppy punch and enough sweetness to balance. Light and refreshing for a full flavored beer.


 sheatripper (863), Brooklyn, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/515/20
Jun 23, 2008  
Bomber. Gold/light amber color. Light floral and herbal hop aromas. Slightly sweet but clean cereal malt flavor with an earthy and herbal hop backing. Seems to have a strange orange-come-licorice thing going on. Smooth carbonation. In the end, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Decent citrusy hop balance in a medium-bodied lager.


 CheersMate1 (845), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 29, 2009  
22 oz. purchased at the local Whole Foods. I don’t know what drove me to purchase this beer, but I figure "what the hell?" Anyways, a nice thin head sits on top of this beer. It eventually fades away to a smaller almost non-existent head. Copper brown in color; this beer looks fairly decent. A fairly decent aroma of hops in this one. I was surprised by this, I was figuring there would be a lot more malts, but it is surprisingly hoppy. Not a very nuanced aroma, just hoppy, with some sublte malt sweetness i.e. a rather boring aroma, but still fairly pungent. Surprisingly hoppy as well. A very nice initial hop punch, with a very strong bittering hop that punches the back of my mouth. This beer has a subtle off-putting tea flavor, but it is VERY subtle. Hoppy beer with not a lot of malt action going on. Fairly straight forward, but not very interesting.


 mansquito (843), Boston/Philadelphia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 16, 2009  
Cloudy orange color with off-white head. Really hoppy and fruity aroma, but still lager. Tastes pretty close to an IPA. ots of citrus. Pleanty of hops. Overall pretty nice.


 drjay44 (818), Salida, Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/513/20
Nov 1, 2009  
22 oz. bottle. Pours a lasting white head, with loads of lacing, over a clear,golden (SRM 7) body....nose of bread, biscuit, yeast, grass.....taste initially cereal, then slight toffee, with light fruit (peach), then lingering light bitterness.....mouth feel is medium, carbonation low. This is a very nice Pilsner type, and an unexpectedly good beer.


 MaltDawg (778), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/514/20
Jul 10, 2008  
22 oz bottle . 6.8 ABV Aroma of carmelized pale malts with some grain. Clear light golden with moderate white head. Bit of lacing on the glass. Caramel or vienna style pale malt flavors with some fruity yeast notes. Bit of grassy floral hop flavor with moderate bitterness. Medium body body with moderate carbonation. Finish is fairly sweet.


 hapjydeuce (773), Del Mar, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 29, 2008  
Tasted at the PP Bottle Shop with wetherel and Sean. Golden yellow color, heavily carbonated with a white head. Grainy lager aroma with some hops spice and a touch of light fruits. Quite sessionable.


 Hangover (771), Atlanta, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/104/515/20
Jul 31, 2008  
Clear golden pour with nice carbonation streamers and a lasting, creamy white head. Aroma has some nice hoppy notes along with some bisquit/bread. Pilsnerish flavor, spice, herbal saaz notes and a really clean malt background, toasty and grainy. Alcohol is there but muted. Basically a nice, freshly hopped, strong lager with a clean and crisp finish. All around great brew. Surprised it’s rated so low...



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