Coney Island Lager

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

Serve in Lager glass

Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in a pub glass. The beer pours a medium to slightly dark golden color, with a moderate white head. Germanic character malt immediately makes itself apparent in the nose, showing a character all too rare in American-made lagers. These characters move through the palate, giving the beer a malty and pleasing profile that reflects what lagers can be, when made well. Hops provide some balance, but don’t seem to reflect the label’s advertisement of their prodigious use. Carbonation is nicely dialed in. The finish is malty without becoming tiresome, and lingers on the palate. Overall, enjoyable and quaffable.

Pours a cloudy amber with orange hues. Aroma of dough, toasted grain and nuts. Flavor is roasted grain with a slight sourness and a pine hops in the finish. Not too bad. Has somewhat of a Marzen flavor, but with more hops and toned down malt.

Rich amber/cider color; Medium creamy body; Aroma of floral hops, citrus, & malt; Flavor of slight roasted sweet malt, caramel, hops, and some nuts; Finish is slightly bitter; Nicely balanced; Pretty good overall.

Pours a clear amber with a medium sized head and rather nice lacing. Nose has floral and bread notes. Flavor is moderately bitter and hop biased with notes of wood and spice. Slightly citrus bitter finish.

It pours a light amber color with a tiny ring of head and a small amount of carbonation and lacing. This has a huge amount of toasted malt,light carmel,little grains. The flavor is sweet malt,grains,some bready notes and a good does of hops. It finishes with a a dryness and a little sweetness from a carmel. Not really your traditional lager.. Not a bad beer but not worth the price tag.

Quite a delicious hoppy and malty lager! Looks like a Sam Adams (Boston Lager), but this one has much more roasty malty sweetness than a B.L. Good hoppy bite to keep all you hopheads happy. Clean lightly sweet finish. Probably hoppier than most Viennas I’ve had, but quite interesting and drinkable.

Cool Coney Island / Luna Park crazy face on the label. Pretty dark pour for a lager. Nice aroma for the style too - malty with floral tones. This is a pretty dry, full-flavored lager with a lightly smokey finish. An excellent lager! Schmaltz makes some of the best lagers available. I can’t think of a better one offhand.

Medium orange color with a large, off-white head. Caramel and biscuit nose. Mildly sweet, lightly sour flavor - toffees atop wheat and toasted bread. Decent. 2010 Western Illinois University Performing Arts Society Beerfest.