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, Shaker

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Beautiful nutty taste with just enough hops to make it interesting. This beer reminds me of a real 40’s European farmhouse ale made by small tavernkeepers. Rich, caramel with hops in the back end, but not too much. Head is a fair lasting, not long lasting white with lacy afterleavings.

This pours a dark brown color with a light beige head. The scent is rather mild with hazelnuts. The taste is bold and nutty with a great blend of robust malts, caramel malts, and nuts. The texture is smooth and is an overall pretty good beer.

2013 bottle into a pint glass. Color is a translucent amber brown with a sudsy tan head. Aroma is very light, sweet malt. Taste is pretty straight forward, lightly sweet roasted malt and some hops bitterness. Medium wet mouthfeel. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

12 oz bottle that was part of the Winter 2012 World Market 9 pack, courtesy of my in-laws. The pour is mostly clear brown with slight ruby highlights and a smallish tan head that falls quick. The aroma is some roast, some nuttiness, and a bit of harsh earthiness. The taste is roast nutty malt, along with a bit of char earth, and then a bit of sharpness in the back. The palate is medium to light bodied, average, somewhat harsh carbonation and the sharp char finish. Decent flavor, though not all that clean.

Pours nearly black with small tan head. Caramel and chocolate aroma. Initially malty with a hoppy finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours brown with off white head. Nose is nutty with yeast bananna. Slight nutty malt, light body.

Fizzy, chestnut color, thin head but does have lacing. I’m usually not a brown ale fan, but this was is alright, mostly due to its nice hop character.

Dark brown with a small beige head that rapidly dissipates. Aroma of caramel malt, cocoa, and nuts. Taste is lightly sweet and roasted malt with a hint of nuts.

A thin, tan head formed but was quickly gone. The body is dark brown. The aroma is mild roasted and chocolate malt backed up with caramel candy. The taste maintains a moderate bitterness throughout with roasted malt and dark chocolate just showing through. The texture is crisp with moderate carbonation. Not bad just an average brown ale.

Pours black with red taints and a nice beige head, aroma of milk chocolate, toasted bread, caramel, flavor of roasted malt, coffee, nuts, caramel, medium bodied, classic and well made