Coney Island Sword Swallower Steel Hop Lager

Shmaltz Brewing Company
Brewed at Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Footed Pilsner, Lager glass, Stein

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Pours a clear, dark golden color with a big, foamy, white head that quickly dissipates into a cap. Floral hop aroma, as well as a bit of butterscotch and graininess. Slightly sweet, and a decent hop bite going down. Typical lager aftertaste, and went down smooth like a typical lager. I thought it was fine for what it was, but I don’t like these IPLs.

Pours a nice golden amber, but the head was far thicker than I expected. Pleasant aroma of grapefruit and pine with some spice and caramel. Not as much bitter as the aroma suggested. A little sweetness. Hops and caramel.

Otra vuelta de tuerca a las lager, marca de la casa. Esto viene a ser una IPA Dry Hop con levaduras de lager. El aroma es intenso a resina y naranja, con la astringencia del lúpulo, vale mucho la pena

Aroma starts off great with lots of hops but then it starts to get a bit of pale lager odor. The flavor is strange. It’s quite hoppy at times, but also grainy lager flavors as well. Weird beer.

Bottle in NYC sept 2012. Clear golden beer with a small offwhite head. Sweet and hoppy aroma. similar flavour, a really refreshing beer :-)

Fairly easy to drink. Hop flavours are upfront, but nothing stands out as a dominant flavour. A fizzy head that hangs around for a while and leaves some good lacing down the glass. Slightly bitter finish. Alright, but not fantastic.

From the big bottle: great amber orange color with loads of sticky orange hued foam, settling gradually. aroma of apricots, pine, caramel. flavor is the same, really good, interesting play between the residual sweetness and hoppy twang. biscuity notes peeking through. Great brew

Tan to slightly orange in color, clear, rising bubbles, a nice one finger head and good lacing. Lots of citrus on the nose, lemon peel, oranges, grapefruits. A good amount of hoppy aroma too, very nice. Taste is very nice, quite bitter and citrusy. Hop flavor is more than almost any American pale lager that I’ve tried. There’s a nice malty balance too. Body is medium and well carbonated. Quite easy to drink. It’s hard to believe this is a lager. If you served it to me blind, I’d think it to be a pale ale, and a pretty hoppy one at that. Within the style, this one is a real standout, and a quality beer. Highly recommended.

Hazy blond colour. Yeasty aroma. Has a sharp but also bready, yeasty taste.

Bottle. Pours a very hazy dark golden color with a moderate white head. Nose is rather hoppy with some floral notes and just a hint of lager smell underneath. Feels a little heavy on the palate, but has a clean taste nonetheless.