HeBrew Messiah Bold

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

Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours brown. Aroma of sweet malts and roast. The flavor is roasted malts and small traces of hops.

12oz bottle pours deep amber with tan head. The aroma is light and has hints of sweet malts and just a dab of hops. The flavor is full-on sweet and roasted maltiness. I taste caramelized malts, roasted malts and bits of coffee and burnt malts. Riding around the edges of the flavor is a tasty hop bitterness.

Aroma of sweet malt and dark chocolate.Pours a very deep copper with a medium off white head.Roasted malt and slight chocolate stand out in the flavor.Medium mouthfeel with a roasted malt finish.

12 oz. bottle. Aroma of pitted fruits (plums, apricots) and dark chocolate. Smells like a stronger beer than it is. Pours a translucent dark brown with a gold/orange hue and a small amount of beige head. Roasted malt flavor with elements of dark chocolate and peanuts. Sour citrus hops. Lingering malt sweetness that becomes dominant after multiple sips. Coffee-bitter aftertaste. Medium body. A bit boring in the palate. This is a decent beer, if a tad too sweet. I actually liked it a little more than the total score of 3.3 would indicate, but I can’t decide on any category to raise.

It’s a semi-opaque dark garnet beer with a light brown foamy head that dissipated quickly. Sweet caramel and yeast aroma. The sweet hits the front of the tongue but is nicely balanced by bitterness -- I was actually tasting chicory. In appearance, taste and mouthfeel, it’s halfway between a Nut Brown and a light Stout or Porter. The finish was a bit thin, but overall not a "heavy" dark beer but good for quaffing.

very dark brown, almost black, with a medium sized tan head. strange aroma of pink bubblegum and roasty malts. flavor is dry with roasted malts. almost close to a stout. very good.

Deep red-brown with a moderate tan head displaying decent retention. Toast, caramel, and resin combine to give an interesting aroma. Rich roasted malt with a healthy dose of green piney hop character in relatively equal proportion, moderately bitter finish. Thoroughly enjoyable, and something that keeps the palate interested without being overwhelmed-- I could easily drink this all night.

bottle. very dark amber pour with thin off white head. sweet mollasses aroma with sugar and baked bread. sweet and mild taste. slight bitter finish. nutty, roasted malt, some sugars and mollasses.