He'Brew Genesis Ale - Shmaltz Brewing Company

metter98

New York

3.44/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

A: The beer is slightly hazy amber orange in color and has a moderate amount of carbonation along with some fine particles visible floating in suspension. It poured with a half finger high beige head that died down, consistently leaving a thin head covering the surface and some lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of caramel malts are present in the nose along with some hints of fruity yeast.
T: Similar to the smell, the taste has a mixture of caramel malts and fruity yeast flavors as well as some bits of earthy hops. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels a bit shy of medium-bodied, slightly thin and a little smooth on the palate with a low to moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is easy to drink—especially given its lighter body—but nothing really stands out in the taste except for the fruity yeast.

Serving type: bottle

03-28-2013 02:11:24 | More by metter98

BeerLover99

New Jersey

3.63/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: cloudy tan/dirty orange, finger off-white head, good lacing

S: sweet crystal malt, pine, grassy, mild ripe fruit

T: lemon peel, grassy, pine, big malt, sugar biscuit finish

M: med body, mild smooth/hint of dry mouth finish

O: Not usually huge fan of Amber ales, one of my
least favorite styles, but this is very flavorful
for being only 5.6%ABV! Well done,
give to your Fat Tire loving friends.

SOLID; TRY SOME!

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2012 19:55:52 | More by BeerLover99

Godslave

North Carolina

3.9/5  rDev +10.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

It's a bit weird to see sediment (yeast) floating around in the standard pint glass. The taste is very good; however, be careful with this beer, as it's not quite labeled correctly. "Session" brews are usually low enough in alcohol that one can drink several in a bar and not stagger out the door. This one packs a better-than-average punch at 5.6 ABV. But it's on the hoppy side, which to this fan of IPAs and ESBs is a good thing. It reminds me of my very first homebrew, which I call "Sucker Punch IPA" because the alcohol is cloaked behind the Cascade hops and sneaks up on you like a blindside. Dry-hopping really adds to the flavor of this beer, with Cascade, Centennial and Simcoe hops used in the process (although the company does not divulge when each strain is introduced, but the tart citrus flavor that is signature of Cascade really shines).

Serving type: bottle

10-25-2012 17:12:51 | More by Godslave

Murrhey

Montana

3.68/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass. Reviewed live.

A- Finger width off-white head. Bubbly and medium retention. Some lacing. Orange-brown color and nice carbonation.

S- Dark malts and darker fruits, some raisin smells and a slight hint of brown sugar.

T- Dark hops and some sugariness, crisp taste with a bitter linger.

M- Lighter body with a dry finish.

O- Strange little brew, but I liked it.

Serving type: bottle

08-20-2012 01:35:52 | More by Murrhey

socon67

New York

3.7/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

A - Amber pour with a soapy foam. Slight lacing.

S - Pleasant scent of light malt, bready yeast, and a dash of spice.

T - Easy drinking ale that is pretty straight forward. not exciting at all, but also just seems like a beer that works for any season or reason.

M - Great balance. Very smooth and feels light for a beer with some decent flavor. Good ale to sit back and watch sports with.

O - Just an overall solid ale. I actually like this over some of Shmaltz more extreme beers. Worth enjoying.

Serving type: bottle

08-18-2012 00:42:13 | More by socon67

LiquidAmber

Washington

3.33/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Review from 10/2010 notes. Poured into a Nostradamus flute glass. Pours a medium orange brown with a thin off-white head and slight lacing. Light malt and dark fruit aroma. flavor is malt and brown sugar with a slight hop finish. Understated. An pleasant, but unremarkable brown ale.

Serving type: bottle

07-31-2012 19:30:51 | More by LiquidAmber

beertunes

Washington

2.58/5  rDev -26.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Poured into straight pint glass. Poured a coppery amber color with about a half-inch of off-white head that had good retention and light lacing.

The aroma was a bland blend of sweet malts and subdued hops. That also describes the flavors, just an overall bland "beer" taste. Except for one thing, there was an odd flavor, one that I've encountered in Shmaltz' brews before, just a weird kind of funk. Perhaps it's from their house yeast? It just tasted "off', and I don't think I got a bad bottle.

The body was typically decent for the style, smooth and even, although there was a bit of an unpleasant bite on the finish. Drinkability suffered greatly from that odd flavor. Overall, not a terrible beer, but not a notable one either. Try it for a tick, otherwise, save the calories and alcohol for something you enjoy more.

Serving type: bottle

06-21-2012 18:03:28 | More by beertunes

Offa

California

3.65/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pale brown-reddish copper, small off-white creamy head slowly shrinks to foamy ring. No lace.

Aroma is toasted barley, bread, pepper, wood, metal, faintly soapy. It’s good, but not great, and seems a tad thin and rough.

Taste is dry toasted barley, woody pepper grassy bitterness. Feel is light but not watery, not engaging, but solid. It is solid and enjoyable, somewhat well-rounded, but simple and a bit basic.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2012 00:51:00 | More by Offa

B967ierhunter177

Pennsylvania

2.08/5  rDev -41.1%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Pours a clear rust color with a thin head and no lacing. It's aroma is of raisins and toffee. The flavor is mainly ice-tea followed by malt sweetness with dark cherries in the background. There's a mild hop bitterness in the finish that lessens as it warms. The mouthfeel is thin and light. Shmaltz He'Brew Genesis Ale is a decent beer, like spiked Icy Tea. Recommended.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2012 00:18:38 | More by B967ierhunter177

biggred1

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Honeyed amber with a creamy tan cap that fades to a filmy skim of foam and leaves fine lace on the glass. Toasted grain and sweet malty notes with an herbal hop note in the aroma. Sweet and malty with a touch of butterscotch and a touch of rye bread. Mild hop bitterness permeates the flavors adding a little twist of flavors that lift this brew above the average Amber (they call it a "Light Brown" actually). Light bodied and smooth the creamy carbonation. A good beer under 6% but not really worth the high price locally IMO.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2012 02:32:30 | More by biggred1

Adam5150

3.03/5  rDev -14.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Cloudy dark amber colour with a almost creamy head. The aroma included corn syrup, sugar and malt with a hit of metallic.The beer is a touch watery and thin and way too sweet. Other than that it’s a fairly standard and very average Pale Ale. There is a slight hint of a vegetable and cardboard in the finish. Mouthfeel is thin. Finish is clean.

Serving type: bottle

03-12-2012 17:35:14 | More by Adam5150

Giggy

Michigan

4.28/5  rDev +21.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A: Deep amber, clear, slightly red when held up to the light. 2 finger head

S: Malty, bready, orange peel

T: Sweet roasted malts, caramel, grape, some hop flavor

M: crisp & smoth

O: Full flavor, medium body, balanced carbonation, easy drinker

Sad to see that they are retiring this beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-02-2012 23:24:38 | More by Giggy

rodney45

New York

4.35/5  rDev +23.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Note: Found in bottle at peculier pub in Manhattan. Apparently the beer is now retired.

A: Hazy golden amber, with a big creamy head.

S: Malt up front, with a slightly hoppy and spicy aroma

T: Big malt flavor. Caramel and bitter dark chocolate flavors poke through as the first notes. Balance of hops that have a very noticable but very faint peach and plum flavor. Dry yet sweet aftertaste

M: Medium to Heavy body, with low carbonation.

O: I really liked this beer. The balance in this ale is something that should be noted by every brewery everywhere. A good flagship beer and is an accessible place to start for anyone trying craft beer. This is what im bringing to the next party someone throws.

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2012 03:39:37 | More by rodney45

Dodo2step

Pennsylvania

3.73/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

P- Barleys and Hops in Pittsburgh

A- a light hazy orange with red highlites with minimal head and poor lacing on the pint.

S- a sweet malty aroma with hints of fig or fig like qualities.

F- bready and malty characteristics. Also sour grape taste.

M- creamy and medium bodied. Simplistic, however, the maltiness overirdes down the throat and in the mouth.

D- not bad but i like some of the other brews better. This is too sweet and then sour for me.

Serving type: bottle

01-10-2012 22:55:03 | More by Dodo2step

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.73/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This poured out as a deep amber color with a nice looking light tan head on top. The lacing was pretty good on the glass on this one. The beer looked to me as more of a brown ale but maybe it was the lighting I was in. The smell of the beer was lightly floral with some decent hop aromas in there and some malt sweetness as well. The taste of the beer was pretty good, it tasted a little like a Belgian Ale to me than a APA. The mouthfeel was drinkable with a good carbonation. Overall Not a bad brew, I'm surprised to see that it's been retired.

Serving type: bottle

01-01-2012 00:36:40 | More by Knapp85

cindyjeffsmith

Georgia

3.4/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Penultimate beer from the holiday pack. In case Mrs. Malaprop is reading, I mean next to the last.
Appearance: Hazy red brown. No head to speak of.
Smell: Hmmm...like the Messiah, not much of a nose here.
Taste: A little more taste than the nose projects. Pleasant drinking light brown (or American amber).
Overall: a tasty enough if nothing special brew.

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2011 00:53:18 | More by cindyjeffsmith

chinchill

South Carolina

3.38/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

undated 12 oz bottle with a thin layer of sediment on the bottom.

Pours a lightly hazy reddish-amber with a moderate tan head. The head is near creamy and has decent retention.

Aroma: No off-odors, but nothing particularly appealing either.

Taste: a good mix of toasted malts and spicy-piney hops, but with a fruity note.

M: medium-light body; medium carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

12-27-2011 02:17:40 | More by chinchill

wordemupg

Alberta (Canada)

3.18/5  rDev -9.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

355ml bottle poured into pint glass 20/12/11

A clear amber with loads of big bubbles feeding a very long lasting two finger head that never really falls as there's still foam at the bottom of the glass and leaves partial rings of lace all the way down the glass

S very grainy like dry cereal with some leafy hops, toffee and purple grape candy

T much like the smell but the grape flavors faded but still lots of grainy cereal, a little too much cereal takes away from it, lacking complexity

M a little thin and not nearly as many bubbles as I could see in the glass

O an OK beer but I'd get board if I had a 6 pack

I'm hoping this is the worst beer in my stupid expensive mixed pack because although there's nothing offensive its pretty average

Serving type: bottle

12-21-2011 02:50:41 | More by wordemupg

flagmantho

Washington

4.1/5  rDev +16.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured from 12oz bottle into a pint glass.

Appearance: cloudy amber-orange hue with a thick finger of frothy ivory roam. I like it.

Smell: extremely rich, malty aroma with a big sweet character. It's got the aroma of a much bigger beer; reminds me of the big malt of a tripel without the yeast characteristics. Quite good.

Taste: big malt flavor with a strong and balanced bitterness. The hops aren't smooth, but somewhat bracing; the overall effect is quite tasty. Bitterness lingers on and on.

Mouthfeel: medium-thick body with a very good level of creaminess. I like it.

Overall: I'm not typically a fan of ambers, but I really like this beer. Great malt character and a strong bitterness make this among the most out-there American ambers I've had, and the lack of a crystal-malt biscuitiness is awesome. For the style, this beer is great.

Serving type: bottle

12-11-2011 19:03:58 | More by flagmantho

EricCioe

Montana

3.48/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

This gushed and then pours a plain golden amber with a fluffy two-finger head that dies out leaving some lace. On the nose there is a caramel malt base with fruity esters atop, with not a lot of hop presence on the nose. It smells like the Sam Adams house note, really, which works for certain beers and not for others. In the mouth, a bit of hop bitterness comes out behind the malt and fruit, mostly on the back of the tongue in the long finish. It's well carbonated, as evidenced by the gushing, which I also experienced with the Bittersweet Lenny's I had last night.

Overall, this is beer that doesn't do a whole lot for me. I can't really fault it on quality, but the fruity note I guess from the yeast seems out of place to me.

Serving type: bottle

12-05-2011 03:29:42 | More by EricCioe

AgentMunky

Alabama

3.4/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Served in a pint glass at Mellow Mushroom in Charlottesville. From notes. Reviewed 15 November 2011.

A: Thin head. Clear copper. Good lace.

S: Nice-ish. Floral and hoppy.

T: Not particularly good. A nice, lingering dryness at the end with a fruity-sweet maintaste.

M: No real complaints. Solid.

O: I wouldn't recommend it, nor would I have another. It's not bad, it's just plain.

Serving type: on-tap

11-28-2011 00:40:21 | More by AgentMunky

joemcgrath27

Alberta (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A - hazy copper, one thumb of off white head retained at a thin covering with some random lacing
S - malty aromas of sugar and fruity sweetness and a slight phenolic
T - caramel and biscuit malt, light fruits and brown sugar, light phenolic tartness and earthiness on the finish
M - creamy with mild carbonation, a light hop bitterness but generally a full feel
O - a pretty solid amber overall, nothing outstanding about it but nothing average either

Serving type: bottle

11-25-2011 02:50:46 | More by joemcgrath27

rangerred

Tennessee

2.33/5  rDev -34%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2

Poured a hazy copper with a solid 1 finger head and nice lacingl.

Smell is very sweet, almost sickly sweet. Reminds me of rotting fruit. Not very pleasant.

The taste border on being overly malty and cloying. There are flavors of orange, pine along with alcohol. There is a sharp bitterness on the finish that doesn't blend well with the maltiness.

I will give props for a solid, creamy mouthfeel.

Overall this beer just doesn't do it for me. It is not balanced and has a sickly sweet smell and taste.

Serving type: bottle

11-22-2011 23:51:21 | More by rangerred

grittybrews

Washington

4/5  rDev +13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured a hazy ruby-tangerine with a finger of off-white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, honey, and pine.

Moderate carbonation and a full, creamy mouthfeel. Lots of bread and caramel up front with some grapefruit, citrus, and mild but long-lingering pine bitterness on the tail end.

Solid brew. I thought it was a little too malt-heavy at first but the bitterness on the finish helps to balance things nicely.

Serving type: bottle

11-21-2011 05:21:31 | More by grittybrews

PhillyStyle

Georgia

3.55/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

The beer poured a dark amber, almost brown with hints of red. The beer produced a nice, foamy, off-white head, maybe a finger and a half, and had some decent retention but faded and left no cap to speak of. When the beer is held up to light, there are noticeable yeast particles floating in the beer.

The aroma of the beer is nice, malty with hint of biscuits and caramel.

The taste is a malt bomb...super malty with some hints of biscuit. It was so malty that I had a tough time distinguishing any of flavors. While I like and can appreciate malty beers (Reds and Marzens) but this was a little overpowering for my taste.

The beer had a medium body to it and good carbonation. Overall, the beer was good and defiantly worthy of another try, but I think that the beer could be better balanced.

Serving type: bottle

11-09-2011 16:40:40 | More by PhillyStyle