HeBrew Messiah Bold

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

Bottle. Pours a deep red-brown with very thin head. Aroma is of malt, slightly toasty in nature. Flavors are rich and malty, notes of chocolate, toast, hints of roasted nuts. Has a decent amount of bitterness with light woody and floral hoppiness. Chewy, with medium carbonation. Finish is lightly bitter and lightly acidic, leaving you with dark malts. Well balanced and quite good, I think this one is underrated.

their weakest offering of what i have sampled..dark brown/reddish hue, small beige head..aroma is that of a basic malt profile with hints of oat and basic earthy characteristics..body is more pronounced in the flavor with toast, chocolate, wheat, and a metallic tang in the finish that tickles the tongue..similar to a watered down scotch ale..

My first reaction was nit had an initial metallic taste. It didn’t have the malt smoothness ihave learned to expect from a Brown. It seemed to be over-hopped, leaving a hop dominant aftertaste.

Thanks to Fordest for this - Dark transluscent maroon pour with a light offwhite head. Very light smell at first of mildly roasted malt, perhaps a bit nutty. Flavor is nice and rich however, and packs a good roasty kick, lightly bittered in the finish, with a good hearty, but lively mouthfeel. This was one of my favorite brown ales by far, and one I’d easily recommend.

very good beer, i really taste coffee, and a little chocolate. it’s not a stout but could hang. alot of flavor. one of my favorite beers so far

Bottle. Dark redish brown with a medium quickly dissipating off white head. Aroma of malt and caramel. a quick hint of brown sugar and caramel quickly giving way to a roasted, hoppy flavor. A few sips into it a mild nuttiness started to reveal itself. Malty throughout. Sweet, but not overboard. okay beer. B

bottle poured a nutty brown in color with good initial carbination. smell is caramel, nutty, malts, and light roast. taste is slightly thin on the mouth feel, malts, nut brown in flavor and slightly hoppy. out of the hebrew beers this is my least favorite so far.

Aroma is caramel and woody. Dark brown color, good lacing. Taste is smoke and ash, with just a touch of cherry.. Not sour, bitter, or sweet, but manages to balance a little of each. Smoky hop finish, that gets woddier upon warming. Extremely well balanced but lacks strength and a wow factor. Uprated for perfect balance. Nicely done.