HeBrew Messiah Stout

Shmaltz Brewing Company
Formerly brewed at Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)
Style: Stout
San Francisco, California USA

Simplicity in it's style. Dark stout of roasted malts, with a thin coffee/chocolate finish.

Roasty aroma, tan head. Not very thick. Roasty in flavor. It's kosher, also. Coffee after taste.

Black color. Very nice hop aroma, with just some roasted malt and yeast. Poorer body, dry with a lot of roasted malt.

very dark colour, fine head, strong hoppy nose with some coffeish notes, bitter, chocolaty finish - correct but lacking terribly of complexity

Head is initially average sized, fizzy, brown, fully diminishing. Body is dark brown to black. Aroma lightly malty (caramel, chocolate), lightly hoppy (flowers). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation.

Opaque black with a rocky brown head. Tons of lacing. The aroma is stemmy (vegetable bitterness) with a certain sweetness. I taste roasted malt and chocolate, but not much else. It's a quality beer, just might be a bit simple for some. I enjoyed mine, though.

Pitch black beer with thin tan head. Not much aroma to speak of. If anything, slight fruit aroma. A mild stout with some chocolate, malt flavor. Overall, mediocre, at best.

Pours very dark with a small tannish head, nice lace. Very small nose of roast malt and chocolate. More roast in the flavor with chocolate standing out the most. Creamy palate. Nice stout, but a little weak for me.