HeBrew Genesis Ale

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

I like beer. This ones no exception. It was definately worth trying. Our jewish brethren developed a brew that is sweet smelling and tasting, although its dry. Get a handle on this beer, its well worth the hutzpah.

A run of the mill pale ale without many standout features. Its not bad but there are definitely better ones out there.

[12oz Bottle] Amber color as it pours with a nice head. I liked the flavor as the balance with malt and hops was very nice. This was a great beer to start the night off with. I liked it a lot I can not wait to see what they have in the years to come.

An amber colored ale with a strong hop quality, this is a decent beer with a mild hop-bitterness.

Pours deep amber w/ a medium sized, semi creamy froth. Nice lacing. Aroma of caramel hops. Medium nectar w/ ample residuals creats a soft silky texture. It’s a hoppy brew w/ nice carameling. Good ballance. Finish is bittered w/ cutrus rind. An uninteresting, simple P.A. w/ a darker amber color.

pours a nice amber with a thin off white head which settles to a film Aroma of sweet base malts, some hints of caramel, toasty and a low spicy/floral hop aroma. Some grapefruity aroma as the beer warms up In the taste, the first short taste is of malts which is replaced by a spicy slightly resiny hop bite which is noticeable when the beer is cool. As the beer warms the malts show a little more with caramel and toast noticeable however the hop flavors still follow thru almost immediately. Palate low carbonation, medium light on the tongue with a slightly creamy long dry finish accenting the spicy hop character Overall: A decent pale ale nothing special seems low on the hop aroma to stand out as a west coast style American Pale Ale. The bottle I am tasting has some metallic and cardboard hints... suspect it is old as I picked it up at World Market

Pour is a amber with a nice sized white head. Aroma is very light hops and malts. Flavor is again mostly light hops and malts with a bitter finish. Nothing outstanding and there are better APA’s out there.

12oz bottle. Filtered and a ruby copper hue. Sparse bone white head. Sweet caramel malt nose. Fruit esters with a slight apple aroma. Medium bodied with an initial sweet malt character. Bitter hops hit almost immediately on the palate. Grapefruit hops in the middle then it finishes with a sticky resinous hop flavor. Slight buttery creaminess. Crisp flavor with a nutty malt character. Dry but layered palate.