Coney Island Human Blockhead

Shmaltz Brewing Company
Brewed at Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)
Style: Doppelbock
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

Pours a deep garnet color with a medium off white head. The aroma is caramel malts, candy, some earthy hops and a noticeable alcohol burn. The flavor is sweet caramel with medium bitterness. I definitely get more hops character and bitterness than what you find with most dopplebocks. Not bad.

Bomber. The aroma was a malty molasses with yeast and dough, the appearance was a murky medium brown with a light head that dissolved into a white ring with stay power, and the palate felt sticky, a medium body. The taste was at first strongly malted, sweet molasses, but then faded to an alcohol almost sour finish. My first by this brewery, and I’m intrigued. I’ll check out the rest.

How I Spent My Christmas: Big bomber. Pours a somewhat hazy copper color, thick head, great lacing. Aroma is bread and malt, with some banana notes. Flavor is a robust mix of malt and yeast, with some caramel notes. There is a strong alcohol undertone as well, and at the end I pick up something that reminds me of olive oil. Not too bad.

Bottle:   Deep copper in color, moderate frothy off-white head, spotty lacing.   Sweet bready nose, smidgen of a dark pitted fruit.   Semi-sweet tootsie roll like malty sweetness on the tongue.   Yep, that pretty much sums this one up.   Some alcohol is noticeable.   Oh yeah, for 10% this one is very warming.   Not heavy at all, in fact its a little thin for being 10%.   Backside is at least palatable.   Not heavy, biting, or totally cloying.   Could use a little more malt backing to support this sweet alcohol parade.   Finish is a little fiery, burning, and overall has lingering alcohol.   I sat on this bottle from last year... but it still is burning a hole in my shirt.

Not your usual lager, much more like a Barleywine, copper with just a hint of haze , very nice head that holds. Some bitter hints and just a little iron but great.

Shmaltz Coney Island Human Blockhead. Pours medium to dark brown with ruddy undertones. Smallish tan head with good retention. Aroma is sweetish with notes of boozy apples toffee, and a huge malt profile. Holy boozy dopplebock. Toffee and malt abound. Clean hoppy bitter finish. Awesome. Will buy more.

The aroma is sweet toffee, like a bock or mild barleywine. Malt is more of a light Euro variety. I like it, really unexpected. The appearance is glassy red-orange with a puffy pearl-colored head. The label says it’s a lager, but it’s clearly not a regular lager. The flavor is caramel, butterscotch, toffee and black licorice. Sugary but with a serious bite at the end. Molasses as hell! Serious alcohol presence too, like a whiskey chaser. A touch of cherry juice. Feels smooth and buttery. Really slick. Wish it was a little easier. A dark, sweet doppelbock. Toffee and molasses. At 10% it’s no joke.

22 oz. bottle in a shaker. Hazy amber pour with heavy tan head. Cocoa aroma. Bitter and sweet, but battling each other, not really complimentary. Not a big fan of the style, but definitely not the best of the style I’ve had either.