Schell Schmaltzs Alt

Brewed by August Schell Brewing Company
Style: Altbier
New Ulm, Minnesota USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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This was a definite winner. Pours a dark brown with a quickly diminishing off-white head. Roasted hops and caramel flavor with a nice chocolaty caramel finish. The best schell brew by far!

From a 3+ year old bottle my dad had tucked in the back of his beer fridge. Had no aroma left. Taste was primarily of roast but had a light enough mouthfeel and low bitterness so it wasn’t overwhelming. Also some sweetness which made it go down better than I expected. However, nothing to write home about. Was pretty flat which I assume was due to the age of the bottle.

12 oz bottle from the Four Firkins. Dark chocolate brown pour with a creamy tan head. Roasted chocolate aroma, flavor is more of the same. Creamy mouthfeel with a sweet chocolate finish. VERY easy drinking beer with some great flavor to it.

Color is a dark mocha brown. Thin light tan head the fizzles down quickly. Smell is of dry roasted malts and slight hints of chocolate. Taste is very similiar, very malty. Hints of dark chocolate also. Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy. Goes down nice. This is an easy to drink beer for it being dark. Also, it only has 5.1% so you can enjoy a few of these. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 12-23-2008 05:09:37

Bottle. Pours a very dark brown with a thin off-white head. Mild nose of chocolate malt and maybe some dark fruit. Medium bodied, rich chocolate malt flavor, and a little carbonation poking through. Could drink a bunch of these.

Love this beer.... A fantastic mix of Alt and almost porter like depth. One of my personal favs.

12 oz. bottle from Guerde, THANKS! Served in proper glassware- poured a near black when held to a light source, non transparent, low carbonation, white ring for a head around the glass, sits very still in the glass. Aroma of a toasted malt, mixed notes of carmel and hops. Hits the mouth with a high-medium body, malt is very present and delightful- simply delicious, middle holds up well, a bit of vanilla, earth, and faint sweetness on the finish. Delighting surprise!

12oz bottle. Opaque brown-black-red color. Thin, oily head. Rich and malty, a tad more roasty than the real thing perhaps. While I’d be reluctant to call it world-class, this is a great session beer. Lots of caramel and chocolate malt tones on top of a smooth easy medium body. Some background balancing hops are blanketed in the syrupy malt. A little sticky, but a great beer for an Alt fan like myself.

Poured from bottle into a Summit pint glass - seems inappropriate to drink Schell’s from a Summit glass, oh well. Reddish-brown with persistent thin head; very little lacing. Noble hops, metallic, dark fruits, smells good but a little faint. Somewhat similar to smell. Reminds me of a roasty brown ale crossed with a Vienna Lager, but with a higher level of hops. Metallic bitterness, especially in the aftertaste, and the bitterness becomes more apparent after continued sipping. This is the most interesting part of the beer. Smooth and clean like a lager, but creamier like many ales. Very little familiarity with Altbiers, but this makes sense as it is essentially a lagered ale. Medium bodied with a decent level of carbonation - almost spritzy. Ultimately, I am left with creamy but spritzy - very unique, a little strange, but mostly good. Easy drinking but flavorful.

Dark, caramel-colored body under a creamy sand-colored head. Light metallic notes and a hint of dark fruit to an otherwise full and sweet caramel malt aroma. Caramel prominent in the flavor with mild chocolate. Pleasantly sweet with a touch of roasted bitterness in the finish. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Single 12 oz. bottle from Corkscrew, Urbana, IL, May 2007