Coney Island Albino Python - Shmaltz Brewing Company

BeerAdvocate

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Review from BeerAdvocate magazine Vol. II Issue VII:

What's a white lager? Why is there ginger, orange peel, coriander and crushed fennel in it? Specialty two-row malt, torrified wheat, acidulated malt, flaked oats and caramel Pils malt? What the freak?! Oh ... it's like a Belgian Wit, but a lager, and not Belgian, or maybe something completely different? To hell with styles!

Cloudy, milky, straw colored with a foamy white head that drops to a thin lace. Major ginger in the nose, with fennel and sweet lilac right behind it. Chalky yeast, doughy malts. Crisp at first, then the palate gets all fluffy. Light-bodied. A very dry beer throughout with acidic edges. Doughy malts, light sweetness, and some perceived fullness, thanks to the oats. The ginger pushes forward the most with a good amount of zest, and is flanked by the fennel, which drops some anise here and there. Powdery coriander. Finish goes thin, with a watery orange that's reminiscent of Orangina, but oddly finishes pretty clean and dry.

This beer is a clown, a goon, a freak in a fucking sideshow! (We were listening to SlapShot's Old Tyme Hardcore while drinking this.) We dig it! And skip the OJ in the AM, there's no reason why the world shouldn't be drinking this for breakfast alongside your eggs, bacon, beans and toast.

Serving type: bottle

09-13-2010 20:36:10 | More by BeerAdvocate

chinchill

South Carolina

3.79/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

shared 22 oz bottle.
Poured a nice golden-amber with a lot of visible carbonation. Good and durable white head.
The aroma is similar to some Belgian pales, light bready malt with a mix of spices.
The spices are more pronounced in tasting and mostly over-power the malts. Fortunately, the spice mix is appealing, and mixes well with the hops. Surprisingly tart, especially for a lager, with a solid lemon-lime component.

M: nice airy, light feel; good, lively carbonation.

O: a refreshing spicy lager that was better than expected. Recommended.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 00:11:06 | More by chinchill

Blumstein

Tennessee

2.75/5  rDev -22.3%

05-20-2013 04:18:32 | More by Blumstein

JMad

Texas

4.39/5  rDev +24%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

The beer pours a whitish yellow hue with a cloudy, foamy, thick white head. The bubbles in the bottom were constantly rising, it's very active.

It smells of fresh lemon and grass with some orange and wheat aroma. I tasted lots of citrus (mostly lemon) and a little spice followed by a smooth sweet malty flavor. It is medium bodied and silky with lots of soft bubbly carbonation and a crisp finish.

Wow, this brew is almost flawless, there is absolutely nothing negative to say about this beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 02:15:13 | More by JMad

SlainteAlbanyNY

New York

4/5  rDev +13%

05-16-2013 22:06:22 | More by SlainteAlbanyNY

LightsOut3000

Georgia

4.75/5  rDev +34.2%

04-16-2013 13:27:21 | More by LightsOut3000

drgonzo2k2

California

3/5  rDev -15.3%

03-31-2013 00:48:03 | More by drgonzo2k2

Gregwa

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +20.1%

03-26-2013 22:39:05 | More by Gregwa

slay

Delaware

3.75/5  rDev +5.9%

03-25-2013 22:44:56 | More by slay

leprechaunandfatman

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -8.2%

03-05-2013 03:38:34 | More by leprechaunandfatman

dmorgan310

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +5.9%

03-03-2013 03:59:55 | More by dmorgan310

RickDeLucio

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +5.9%

03-01-2013 22:30:08 | More by RickDeLucio

mishtif

Illinois

3/5  rDev -15.3%

02-28-2013 16:04:18 | More by mishtif

Bear1964

Nebraska

3.75/5  rDev +5.9%

02-17-2013 22:28:21 | More by Bear1964

boudreaux

Alabama

3.75/5  rDev +5.9%

02-14-2013 09:33:21 | More by boudreaux

BugTownPub

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +13%

02-06-2013 04:29:53 | More by BugTownPub

Eaglefan344

Missouri

4.25/5  rDev +20.1%

01-25-2013 03:09:34 | More by Eaglefan344

Azteceinstein

4.5/5  rDev +27.1%

01-20-2013 18:11:14 | More by Azteceinstein

jtierney89

New Jersey

4.65/5  rDev +31.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Clear faded orange glow billowy bright white head that fades quickly. Sweet and exotic spice upfront. Corrinder, Ginger snap on the sides of the tongue. Rich feeling in the mouth but light and fluffy. Sweet pears and apples on the tip of the tongue, tangerines, belgian like spice. Tastes vinous like a chardonnay. Finishes clean with a soft underlying bitterness that mellow the flavors out. Spice and ginger linger. A really unique brew. It really does taste like a belgian blonde was brewed with over the tope spices and lagered. Clean complex fun and delicious. I like it. (it actually smells like a Sauvigion Blanc no lie). Faint peppery finish. Unlike anything i've ever had and super unique.

Serving type: bottle

01-09-2013 23:56:16 | More by jtierney89

t0rin0

California

3.5/5  rDev -1.1%

01-05-2013 02:55:03 | More by t0rin0

artemh

Alberta (Canada)

4/5  rDev +13%

01-01-2013 09:55:32 | More by artemh

LeRose

Massachusetts

2.68/5  rDev -24.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Bottled, no date I could find which may be an issue. I have had the bottle in cool dark for about two months.

Poured hazy golden color, quite a bit of frothy head that dissipated quickly to next to nothing. Aroma didn't give me anything. No spices, maybe a little beer like smell, but nothing much. Taste was similarly disappointing. Little hints of spice, but muddled and not able to identify. Somewhere mid sip, I get a strange flavor that reminds me of potpourri or almost like a lip gloss. Very odd. Not highly carbonated, slight tingle.

Not quite sure what to make of this. Reminds me of a witte but not getting the coriander and citrusy hops. Middle of the road is best I can do on this bottle, might try again to confirm the findings.

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2012 23:57:13 | More by LeRose

rudy0908

Missouri

3/5  rDev -15.3%

12-11-2012 01:46:37 | More by rudy0908

Slikpitt

Georgia

4.25/5  rDev +20.1%

12-10-2012 01:17:54 | More by Slikpitt

Ryen

Indiana

4/5  rDev +13%

12-01-2012 20:24:48 | More by Ryen