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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On tap. Clear golden in color with a little off white head. Malty and spicy aroma. Citrusy earthy hoppy notes. Sweet malty and hoppy flavor. Peppery fruity grassy notes. Finish is bitter. Medium bodied. Nice beer. Decent.

Clear golden in color with a small off white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma: pils malt, grain, some spicy hops. Taste is hoppy with a good amount of noble hop quality- Some pale malt sweetness and grainy. Bitterness is moderate it in the finish. Light to medium body. Although there was nothing wrong with each single attribute in this beer, it didn’t seem to come together very well- a bit muddled.

Bomber courtesy of Tony at the Oldsmar Tap House. Pours crystal clear deep gold with white head. Nice fresh noble hoppy aroma with some sweet maltiness in the background. The taste is spice hops, a bit of lemon tartness and then some sweet malts come in to even things out a bit. Midway the malts and flavor hops peak to a pleasing level. It ends with a bit of sweetness and spicy bitter hops.

Crystal clear straw color with very little head. Very pils-like aroma with a lot of grassy Saaz hop aroma up front. The taste is a bit too bitter for the malt base and everything just seems a bit off-kilter. An interesting brew, but not really my thing.

22 oz bottle. Pale golden colour. Aroma has a little bit of sweet maltiness. It’s on the light side but with an interesting sugary/candyish sweetness. Earthy/woody hop aroma. The flavour is a little bit sweet and lightly peppery. A lightly noble flavour on the back. Ultimately it comes across like an upscale malt liquor... a little bit muddled to me.

22oz - Purchased at Perfect Pour - Sparkling gold, creamy white head. Grassy caramel and toasted corn biscuit nose layers on softly peppered dried citrus peel. Crisp sweet cornbread and grassy citric flavors round with slight earthed peppery hop finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. I swear it reminds me of Steel Reserve 211, but a very well done and tasteful version at that. Well crafted and thirst quenching...

Pours a clear, medium-golden color. A small, foamy white head leaves random spotting behind. The nose gives off notes of dry cereal grains, grassy hops, faint lemon zest, and a hint of resinous pine. Flavors are very crisp, with the neutral, grainy background allowing the strong, grassy hop punch to shine. The lemon note, however small it is, really adds a much needed bright element. Medium-plus bodied, well carbonated, and semi-dry. Reminiscent of a hoppy Bohemian Pils, this beer is surprisingly really good. Refreshing, and very drinkable on a hot summer day.

1st rate!! Grassy aromas hints of honey, with some yeast. Pours very light blonde with a thin white head. Grassy slightly piney hops, with hints of citrus balanced with bready malts with hints of honey. Very nice hop flavor and very smooth flavor!!