Coney Island Albino Python

Shmaltz Brewing Company
Brewed at Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
San Francisco, California USA

Pours hazy gold into a shaker. No head whatsoever. Mild spice aromas. Crisp, smooth and full with coriander and citrus. Similar to an imperial wit.

650 ml. Slight fog on the pale golden brew with a small, sudsy and lasting head. Spicy evergreen, peppery orange zest and honey aroma. Tastes of lemon-honey, some peppery ginger, and rosemary/spruce resin. Light-bodied, way too frothy with carbonation, and a spicy-dry finish. The spices are nicely done; tastes similar to the Weihenstephaner Grut Bier, but not so over-the-top with the evergreen-herbal flavors. If this one weren’t so fizzy it would get a couple more tenths on points.

Bomber. Hazy straw yellow with a big white head. Good carbonation. Orange and light coriander nose, some dust. Dry citrus zest flavors, coriander and a shade of dough. Light body, bouncy carbonation. Decent drinkability, somewhat overdone on the spicing, but not bad.

Pours hazy yellow / blond with a foamy white head. The aroma has coriander, lemon zest, fennel, clean light malt and a touch of hops - very clean. Medium / light body that is grainy and crisp and has a lot of sharp carbonation. The flavor starts with various spices, pale malt, citrus, creaminess and is quite thick on the flavor. The finish has a lot of fennel and spicy hops. This looks, smells and taste more like an ale than a lager. An enjoyable brew from the Coney Island lineup.

Bottle and served in my Hoegaarden tumbler: Slightly hazy golden hue with a fizzy head and minimal lace. The aroma has notes of wheat and pale malts, coriander, lemon zest, white pepper, ginger, basil (and perhaps pepperoni?) and a dusty yeast vapour, sort of weak. Speaking of weak, so is the taste profile, moderately spicy but little citric zing, not quite refreshing enough for a what I hoped. There is a layer of yeast and wheat throughout. The finish displays a almost pizza like basil and spice aftertaste which I thought wierd. As it warmed the spices even became a bit muddled. The mouth feel is carbonated and thin, again missing the lively refreshment I had hoped for when I opened the bottle. Not a horrible brew but just so pedestrian.

Name: Coney Island Albino Python
Date: 07/17/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

Appearance: cloudy yellow, fine white head, drippy lace,
Aroma: sweet citrus aroma with orange and lemon, touch of spicyness along with a big dose of ginger,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of ginger, nice spicyness,
-------- /> Name: Coney Island Albino Python
Date: 07/22/2008
Mode: bottle
Words: Green’s

Aroma: sweet ginger and spice aroma,
Flavor: sweet and spicy ginger flavor, lagering adds a sweetness and rounds off the rough edges, the high carbonation and sharp peppery ginger bite combine for an agressive character,
Overall: quite refreshing

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Pours a hazy yellow golden with a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of fresh ground coriander, orange zest and some white pepper. Body starts effervescent and lightly sweet and pretty heavily spiced with some bitterness from the spices near the finish. Pretty decent pseudo-witbier/spiced ale.

Enjoyed this beer because of the challange of trying to pin down the flavors. The color was a light clear lager with a thin head. Was really unimpressed with the taste at first, but as i let the beer linger in my mouth i got the spice and herbs. It took me awhile to figure out what those faint tastes were. I decided it was slightly like birch beer and peppermint. As fun as it was was not blown away.