Albino Python
Ladies and Gentlemen, beer drinkers of age, come closer and allow me to introduce you to a fine beer from Shmaltz Brewing: Coney Island Albino Python. Brother B and I selected this fine beer on the "what the heck is this going to taste like system?" Yes, curiosity killed the cat, but it makes a fine beer selection from time to time, and when it comes from Shmaltz, how can you go wrong?
It's a "white lager brewed with spices." I have no clue what that means. It's not a lager. It's not spicy. It's not white.
Sister Bunny says, "It looks like pale yellow sludge."
The beer has amazing amount of large particulates. Look at the photos. That's taste you see. Never trust a beer you can see through. This beer is a clear as sludge.
Sister Mars says, "Yummy." And she hates beer.
Brother B says, "The bottle reminds me of Blade Runner and the snake dance."
It's a fruit beer not crushed by fruit. It has hints of banana and clover honey.
Brother B says, "There's a sweetness to the character. It's unique!
Brother B didn't think I'd like it, but on a mild day in the dying days of summer, it was just right.
Labels: Coney Island, Pale Lager, Shmaltz Brewing
posted by Raindog | 4:20 PM
7 Comments:
I had this last year at the Bend Beer Fest, it's a tasty beer
I wish I could find more of their line locally. Maybe Market of Choice has more offerings.
Are you going to bring a bunch down next weekend? :D
Only if you submit another post..... ;)
Hey all. This is Zak from Shmaltz Brewing Company. I don't know how I missed this post, but I just came across your Coney Island review and saw that you'd already done this one. Aside from saying thank you for taking the time to write about us, I wanted to provide some clarification on the "white lager brewed with spices" thing. Like most white ales, we're brewing Albino Python with wheat malt (40% to be exact). While it's not 'white' it's the wheat that generally provides that white color. It actually IS a lager. In fact, it's the ONLY white lager in the country. Moving on to "with spices;" we're brewing Albino Python with sweet orange peel, crushed fennel seed, and ginger, which all provide the spice, albeit not spicyness. I saw that you had some sediment in the bottle, so you were most likely drinking an example of our original recipe. We've changed it a little bit so the new batches (which say "pasteurized" on the neck label) won't have those particulates. Anyhow, thanks again for buying the beer, thanks for writing about it, and thanks for enjoying it. L'Chaim!!
Zak,
again you honor us with notice. sediment is never a put off for a tasty beer. keep making good beer, keep reading.
Zak,
Now, I have to try a "pasteurized" edition of the beer as comparison.
Boy, I suffer.......:)
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