He'Brew Genesis Dry Hopped Session Ale
Shmaltz Brewing Company

He'Brew Genesis Dry Hopped Session AleHe'Brew Genesis Dry Hopped Session Ale
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From:
Shmaltz Brewing Company
 
New York, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
81
Avg:
3.59 | pDev: 13.09%
Reviews:
127
Ratings:
563
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 12, 2018
Added:
Dec 13, 2011
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  54
Balanced between a West Coast style pale and amber ale with just enough malt sweetness to highlight a flurry of hop aroma and flavor
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Ratings by BryanCarey:
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Reviewed by BryanCarey from Texas

3.53/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
He’Brew Genesis Session Ale is orange/tan in color with a slightly hazy body and a nose that combines pine, bread, and fruity hop elements. The beer produces a decent amount of foam at first, but it eventually settles down, still managing to leave a small amount of lace on the sides of the glass.

This ale is reasonably complex with flavors of caramel malt, toasted barley, pine, mixed fruits and even a touch of butterscotch, but not in the diacetyl sense- more in the candy sense. The finish of this beer has little or no hop bite, even though it is dry hopped.

Shmaltz Brewing is certainly a respectable brewery and I like every product I have sampled from it. What is nice is that most of its products are very middle of the road: Approachable and drinkable without going over the top in any direction. Genesis Dry Hopped Session Ale is certainly a product that fits this description. It is moderate in most every way and, like its name says, it is a very good session beer.

Some of the craft beer geeks among us may find this product a little too tame, but it is actually a good brew overall and I appreciated it more and more with each passing sip. It’s the type of beer you could serve at your next party and satisfy most every person in attendance and it is definitely worthy of a try.
Mar 08, 2013
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Reviewed by mothmanscott from Georgia

3.85/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From notes 2/5/13: Pours a slightly hazy deep amber with lots of particulates floating and bubbles clinging to the sides of the glass. Produces 1.5 fingers of off-white/light beige, mostly fine but variously bubbled, somewhat lasting head that recedes to a thin layer leaving on tiny motes of lace on the glass. Aroma is earthy, pine and floral hops with hints of citrus and pineapple, grassy and musty; loaded with malty notes of bread, toast, biscuit and caramel. Aroma is a good balance of hops and malt. Taste is fronted by moderately bitter hop notes of orange, grapefruit, grass and a little pin resin backed by malty flavors of biscuit, cracker, sweet caramel and toast. Again excellent balance between the bitter hop and sweet malt profiles. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, smooth, creamy, crisp and dry with moderate carbonation.
Nov 12, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by blissfulNemo from Michigan

Jan 28, 2018
 
Rated: 3.53 by mrfrancis from Kentucky

Apr 15, 2017
 
Rated: 3.48 by mattsucks from Ohio

Dec 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by freewill35 from Indiana

Nov 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4.04 by Jacob17 from Maine

Sep 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.87 by Hoagie1973 from New York

Sep 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.81 by GrimGuzzler from New Hampshire

Aug 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3.4 by Stanley23 from Pennsylvania

Jul 25, 2016
 
Rated: 3.59 by Gkruszewski from New York

Jul 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.12 by jcubz from Canada (SK)

Jul 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.15 by beertraveler08 from Louisiana

May 11, 2016
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Reviewed by HopBomb515 from New Jersey

3.05/5  rDev -15%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Copper body, clear, small white head and only a little lace on the glass. Notes of sweet bread, pepper, flowers and light citrus. Thin feel, lighter carbonation and clean yet uneventful feel. Session ale in abv but not something I want more than 1 of.
May 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.92 by JordanlikesAles from Georgia

May 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.23 by jeschaefer from Texas

Mar 14, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Mtn from Texas

Feb 25, 2016
 
Rated: 2.66 by ESPN_Woodsy from New York

Feb 17, 2016
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Reviewed by BigDaddyWarbuxx from Iowa

3.45/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Hoppy, with some malt touches and a bit of a bitterness to it that's hard to pin down. I'm not really a fan of it, as it just seems like it's trying too many things, none of which blend at all.
Dec 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Long813 from Canada (ON)

Dec 16, 2015
He'Brew Genesis Dry Hopped Session Ale from Shmaltz Brewing Company
Beer rating: 81 out of 100 with 563 ratings