Shmaltz Brewing Co. in Troy, New York is closing after 25 years, and is releasing its final beer, Exodus 2021, to say farewell. Full details are below.
Troy, NY -- The biggest, the smallest, most award-winning, and still the only Jewish beer company in America, Shmaltz Brewing Company announces its farewell season after 25 years in the beer business with the first and final release of Bittersweet Lenny's RIPA in 16oz cans, vintage gems from the Shmaltz beer vault, and a fitting tribute, Exodus 2021 Barleywine Ale (8.8% ABV) brewed with Date, Fig, Pomegranate, and Grape. Evolving from a quirky holiday experiment to an innovative advocate for the beer industry, Shmaltz has been known for its creative brand building, as a champion of contract brewing (both brewer and brewee), for completing multiple complex business deals, and as relentless punsters. Founder and owner, Jeremy Cowan quips, "Was it Mark Twain or Groucho Marx who said, 'You can't start a new chapter without putting a period on the last one. Otherwise it's just a typo.'"