HeBrew Messiah Bold

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

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a small tan head. The aroma was sweet, malty and had a bock like element. The flavor was dry, bitter, roasty and a bit smoky. The finish was long and dry. Everything I generally dislike in a brown ale.

Typical brown ales, some nutty notes some caramel notes. Seemed to be pretty dark for a brown ale, and it had some nice lacing. not much too say.

12oz bottle-pours a foamy to rocky tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-dark fruit. Taste is dark malt-peat/smoky/sweet, dark fruit, some hops bite. Medium body. OK/mild carbonation. Nice.

Bottle. What on earth makes this bold? I think they erred and meant to say "boring", both start with "bo". Not much of a nose to this one, very watered down, on one hand a huge disappointment, on the other hand I did not expect much. Hand me an an Avery Ellies Brown or a Downtown Brown please. Both are head and shoulder above this one, sorry.

Bottle. Pours dark black, looks more porter than brown. Nice white head and good lacing. Aroma is a little roasted malt. Taste is a bit nutty with a little chocolate. A little touch of hops at the end. Nice.

Claims to be a brown ale, but poured almost black. Slightly nutty taste. Went down smooth, but I wasn’t impressed.

Pours a deep, clear brown with garnet highlights and a thin cap of beige head. Roasty malt and light chocolate are on the fairly muted nose. The palate is on the light side of medium-bodied and slick, with a clean, dry, roasty finish. Roasty/toasty malt with light notes of nuts and chocolate malt with some fruity hops blended into the finish. A fairly tasty and quaffable brown, but not anything extraordinary.

This beer didn’t have a ton of taste. Any taste would come from limited bitter hops. Otherwise, it was a drinkable beer, but I wouldn’t get it again.