Coney Island Albino Python

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

pours a cloudy yellow with a thin egg-shell head, and some lacing. smell is of spice, some wheat, and a touch of citrus. taste is of ginger, spice, appricot, wheat, and light hops.

Pours a white head with a cloudy golden body. Smells of clove and white pepper. Tastes musky and of clove. Thought it was a weird.

Bomber. Pale yellow, slight haze, pure white head. Body is on the light side and more lager-like than hefe or wit like. As others point out, there isn’t enough malt backbone here. More spice than orange peel citrus. Not bitter, but still some hop grassiness and dryness. Crisp. Interesting and not unpleasant, but mostly I’d rather drink a white ale.

Pours yellow with a slight off white head. Aroma is sweet, spicy and ginger. Flavor is similar.

Aroma is nice and citrusy, heavy wheat and some spice. A bit yeasty and nice. Allspice, cloves, toasted rinds. Good body. Taste is spicy initially, fast, upfront, sweet and rich. Light malts adn a bready.

really not bad at all. bright sweet and yes, charming with good hop and spices that yes, are sumptuous. pleasant and demonstrative it is something different to give a try. sweet indeed but enjoyable it won’t set the world on fire but hey we don’t want that anyway!

Ugh....if this wasn’t the last beer in my fridge it would’ve been a drainpour. Aroma was actually pretty good. Ginger and other spices were very strong. Pour was an ugly dirty light brown with no bubbles or head. Taste was thin and nasty. Thin and watery with not much flavor but a disgusting anise/licorice aftertaste with some other spices peppering in or out. As I was typing this rating I cut my losses and dumped it out.

This is a very strange beer. Pours a clear gold. Mostly ginger and clove, with some hints of fruit and sweet malt. Very thin and pissy lager like, but the flavor is spicy. I wouldn’t recommend it.