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Schell Schmaltzs Alt

Schell Schmaltzs Alt

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An Altbier brewed by
August Schell Brewing Company

New Ulm, Minnesota USA

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1293.49/5.03.48/5.0Winter5%90.5Kölsch/Altbier P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A top-fermented, dark ale brewed in the true German style. Made with Pale 2-row, Munich, Caramel, Chocolate and Black barley malts, this is a full-bodied ale that offers great depth. The word ‘delicious’ doesn’t do this beer justice.
Now available as a Winter seasonal in November and December.

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 CaptainCougar (4663), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 26, 2006  
Pours a very dark practically opaque with a short-lived tan head that subsides into a thin ring. Aroma of sweet dark caramel and milk chocolate with some German bready yeasty character and noble hops. Body starts with a full, heavily carbonated caramel malty sweetness turning more bitter and dry toward the mildly earthy bittersweet finish. Fairly true to style and a nice altbier.


 muzzlehatch (4424), Burlington, Vermont, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 8, 2007  
12 oz bottle from Woodmans on Gammon Road, Madison WI (August 2006) imbibed from a Zwiec lager glass at cellar temperature. Pours out with a huge, fluffy light taupe head topping the dark maple-brown clear body and lacing nicely.....caramel and light herbs in a somewhat mild aroma, hints of cocoa powder and lightly charred malts show up with patience.....very light, effervescent body manages to support a beautifully full caramel-malt flavor, nice light dry woody notes, a hint of sugared pecans....low, natural-feeling carbonation towards the finish, which is a bit drier and somewhat tart/bitter but elegantly done....really juicy and easy to drink; simple but effective.


 Cornfield (4329), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/512/20
Oct 2, 2004    Updated: Oct 22, 2006
Pouring a dark mahagony color with a quickly vanishing brown head, this has a mildy smoky aroma mixed with burnt chocolate. Not a bad roasted flavor, the chocolate coming through on the finish. It’s a little gravelly on the throat. Not too bad... but that’s not a great endorsement.

Torrence Liquors, Calumet City, IL


 JPDIPSO (4266), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 3, 2002    Updated: Oct 1, 2003
Original Rate 3 June, '02 This is the beer that started my beer tasting quest many years ago, so it holds a special place in my heart/stomach. Dark blown color with a dark cream thick head. Chocolate and roast malt flavors along with a mind hop bitterness. Very satisfying. Rating 8/4/9/3/19. RERATE 30 Sept, '03 OK so my benevolence for this brew should be over. I still enjoy this brew, but perhaps my praises are based on this being the epiphany of brews. Chocolate and green hops aroma. Rich and thick in palate. A bit thin in flavor with caramel mocha flavors dominating.


 DocLock (4170), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 27, 2004  
Thanks to Drnk_Mcdermott for this one. Pours burnt sienna with a medium off-white head. Aroma of malt, dark fruit, caramel, cabernet, hops, and slight puke (which makes sense, because puke and dark chocolate both contain butyric acid, and this one had a big dark chocolate taste...I thought it was a schwarzbier before I logged on). Tastes malty, with black licorice, caramel, nuts, some hops, and raw cocoa flavor. Medium palate, with a smooth finish. As it warmed, I got a cherry touch from it. Nice style.




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