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Shmaltz Brewing Company - Brooklyn, New York

Hop Manna IPA

It's not often that we review a beer from a non-Midwest brewer, but when the opportunity
arose to try the newest offering from one of our favorite brewers from the East Coast, we couldn't
say no. This is the brewery that brought us some of our favorite beers of the past few years:
Lenny's Bittersweet RIPA, Genesis 15:15, and Jewbelation 15 just to name a few.  To that list of
excellent beers you can now add Hop Manna.

Pouring a gorgeous burnt orange with a full three-fingers of a creamy just-off-white head, aromas
erupt as soon the first ounce hits the bottom of the glass.  Scents of fresh grapefruit, pineapple,
tangerine and some pine emerge first, but give way to more delicate aromas of fresh-cut grass
and hops-on-the-vine.  This is one of the "freshest" beers we've ever had the pleasure to smell.  This
is due, in no small part, to the fact that they dry hopped this beer with some excellent hops. If
you've ever crushed fresh centennial, cascade and citra hops in your hand and buried your nose
in them, you know how this beer smells: fresh, clean, and mouthwatering.

The taste more than lives up to the big task given to it by the aroma profile.  The bitterness of the
hops are backed up but never overshadowed by a mildly-sweet, solid backbone of Specialty 2-Row,
Wheat , Munich, Vienna, and CaraMunich 40 malts.  The fresh hops always remain the star.  
Floral and piney, they compliment the medium-bodied mouthfeel, then finishes clean as a good
IPA should.

Available on draught and in 22-ounce bombers across most of the Midwest, Hop Manna is a welcome addition to the Shmaltz catalog.   
This is a perfectly crafted American IPA that'll have you saying, "L'Chaim!"
Schmaltz Brewing Company

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