HeBrew Messiah Bold

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

Bottled. Enjoyed this beer. Enjoyed the brand and beer name even more... clever. I haven’t had too many brown ales, but enjoyed this one.

Bottle. Brown beer with a small tan head. Aroma of rich dark malts. Flavor is a tad better than the Genesis. Malty with some spicy, astringent hops. Prickly on the tongue. Bitter finish and aftertaste. Not bad but barely worth the premium price. Great label.

Pours a dark brown almost black with a tan head. Thought it was a stout, unless this rating said brown ale. Has a huge hint of roasted malts, coffee, cocoa. Finished with a roasted burnt taste on the tongue.

On tap. Poured a very dark brown with a thin broken white head. Decent roasty and nutty aroma. Roasted malt flavors present along with a light sweetness, which gave a nice finish. Pretty roasty for a brown ale, which I liked.

The color was brown with red hues. The head was thin, off white, and fizzy. The aroma was roasty and salty. The flavor was great. It was roasty, coffee-like, and very complex for a brown ale. The palate was smooth and the finish, clean. I liked this beer a lot.

Rated 6/12/06: Had my eye on this one for some time, picked up a sixer and boy am I glad I did. I don’t have a long history with brown ales but this one is interesting. Nice mild aroma with a creamy maltiness and ever so fragile nuttiness, there appears to be a faint hop presence. Very pleasant I didn’t rank it any higher since it’s a touch too subtle for me. The appearance is fantastic for this style. Rich deep brown in daylight yet slightly mahagony when held close to the light. There is a soft creamy tan head very similar to a dry stout. Lack of thick lacing holds this back from a perfect appearance. Mouthfeel is decent when cold but grows fuller as it warms up, smooth and creamy it trickles down with satisfaction. Great taste with a nice nutty flavor accented by lightly roasted malt and rounded out with that interesting hop characteristic found in the aroma. At first I wasn’t thrilled but I walked away and let this one breathe and warm up considerably, as I came back I was blown away by the change in aroma and flavor. Please pour a glass and let it sit, as this beauty warms up you will be happy. Mitzvah!

medium bitterness, medium body, lively, bitter, plenty of flavor A good beer with a hilarious lable. I recomend it.

much better than their genesis ale, this brown was a good tasting, easy drinking brew. roasted flavor leans it more towards a porter in flavor, as far as a brown its a little darker than newcastle with similar qualities.