Star Trek Captain's Holiday
Shmaltz Brewing Company

Amber color. Thin, white head. Malt, bread, citrus, and herbal hops. Decent hoppy bitterness in taste with a malty backbone. Nothing special, but not bad either.

a) Classic pale ale copper body, over fizzy overflowed the bottle
s) grass, straw, malt, cider.
t) follows smell.
f) Good mouth feel - a top APA.
o) Just try a fresher one.

 

 

L- Nice looking golden amber beer with a small glass hugging head.
S-Slight citrus, lots of wheat, slight sweetness, a little bit of biscuit. Not much else. Faint, but nice I'd say.
T- Lots of wheat, biscuit, slight citrus, slight bitter bite. This is a crisp beer obviously made for sessionable drinking. Not much to offer. Pleasant finish on the tongue.
F- Crisp, wheat-y. There's definitely something there.
O- A good party/poolside beer that I'd enjoy in the summertime. That's about it. I had this beer for free so it's all good, but if you find this beer for cheap and want to put down a ton then go for it. Otherwise, it's just another "blah" beer.

 

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 11/10/2017. Pours slightly hazy golden/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops, citrus/peels, and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops, citrus/peels, and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop/fruit astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.8%. Overall this is a nice fruited American pale ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops, citrus/peels, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Citra/Amarillo hops and orange peel/lime flavors. Not as vibrant as I hoped for on the hops/citrus; but it is well balanced between hops, fruit, malts. Some dank/earthy notes from the hops. A nicely enjoyable offering, and good style example.

 

 

 

 

Picked this up at the local beer store. It has a star-trek themed label. The beer itself is a hazy honey color with a slim white head. The aroma is a bit restrained, with some spicy hops and grass. The taste is dryish with some hop bitterness and slight malt flavor. A bit of earth. Full body.. Just okay.