HeBrew Messiah Nut Brown Ale

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

Serve in Dimpled mug

Flavors of roasted malts, hazelnut, citrus, hops, and chocolate. Not bad, but a bit of a strange, sour/bitter note at the finish makes me not Love it.

Pours a deep ruby with a thick, white head. The aroma is of dry, syrupy malt - somewhat like molasses. The taste is of dry, rich molasses - but not sweet or cloying - with overtones of wheatberries or grape nut cereal. Tastes a lot more like a doppelbock than a brown ale, but overall a great brew.

Bottle (messiah bold) in a home tasting, thanks Dror. Pours cloudy coke colour with minimal tan foam. Nose: some roast, soft chocolate and wine. Taste: roasty, sweet, chocolate. Thin body, watery, long finish and not carbonated. Old bottle.

(12 oz. bottle into dimpled mug) Pours a dark brown with a paper thin head and no lacing on the glass. Nose is heavy of caramel malts and a little toffee and maybe cocoa. the taste is average for a brown ale, with a little less sweetness than I am used to, so this detracts a little for me. There is a bit of the nut and cocoa flavor at the finish, which helps redeem this a bit. Overall a nice, refreshing drink, but nothing overly remarkable.

A dark brown hue with a medium tan head on the pour. Aroma and Taste is of sweet roasted caramel malt, some toffee presence with some slight cacao flavor, nuts and some light spiced hops. Palate is a medium bodied with a sweet sticky mouth feel. Finishes with sweet roasted caramel malt, a bit of nutty notes and some toffee and cacao flavor with some lightly spiced hops for balance. Overall a good, enjoyable and balanced brew, easy to drink.

12 oz. bottle- Pours very dark brown with some transparency and a one finger mocha colored head that reduces to a thin blanket. Aroma is nice and nutty, I smell root beer, caramel malts. The taste is caramel malts, cola, mild dry bitterness, it lacks complexity, could use some kind of creaminess to fill things out. Body is medium light, carbonation is very soft. Overall another moderately decent beer from Shmaltz, too bad, because I was really excited to try some of their beers.

355ml brown bottle. Dark brown pour, head is beige with creamy edges. Malty aroma, hints of nuts, raisins and chocolate. Some dark malt in the mouth, dark chocolate notes, a little raisin, toffee. Light hops in the finish with a little bitterness. Simple enjoyable brown ale.

Brown. Nutty. A good beer but there’s not a whole lot more to it. Roasted malt. A little sweetness.