CBS Tasting feat. Zak Davis

From the lecturn of Brother B:

Brother D and I got to meet the Church of Beer's now infamous lurker from Shmaltz brewing, Zak Davis last night at Corvallis Brewing Supply (link: http://www.brewbeer.cc/ ) at a tasting held by CBS owner Joel Rea.

It was a pleasure to meet you in person, Zak, your enthusiasm for the craft is top notch and a credit to your position at Shmaltz. <- meant for a cut and paste into your online CV.

Enough blathering about Zak and onto beer...Zak brought with him the perinneal favorites from Shmaltz including an updated version of Coney Island Albino Python that surpassed the last bottle RD and I tried last year. Seems that they have been doing a little tweaking of the process to refine it. The hint of sour that was present (but not unpleasant) in the last tasting seemed to have been caused by unintended fermination issues. If you like Belgian Wheats, give this a try for some variety. I will not hesitate to pick it up again.

For the new offering of the day, Zak brought Coney Island Human Blockhead. It has all of the malt characters that I have come to expect from a Shmaltz offering with a wonderful rider of hops weaving in and out of the malt flavors underlying it. Red in color with a clean finish that kept me trying to figure out how something so malty and hoppy wouldn't end up building in your mouth.

Brilliant again guys, your ability to use Lager yeasts against heavy beers continues to amaze.

Amen,

Brother B