Shmaltz Releasing 838 Series #DDHMAO

From Shmaltz:

Clifton Park, NY — Friday, June 29, 2018 — Shmaltz Brewing Company has built an international reputation for having an exuberant time releasing specialty beers overflowing with a love for handcrafted products and classic shtick. Summer 2018 is no different as the Upstate New York brewery releases today its latest seasonal in the 838 series, #DDHMAO. A hazy, juicy double dry hopped Double IPA, #DDHMAO is brewed with Cascade, Citra, Equinox, and Pacific Gem hops as well as 30% of the malts used are NYS 2-Row from 1886 Malt House. #DDHMAO is a new NE style DIPA that hop heads can enjoy while LMAO all summer long!

For the freshest NE style hop bomb in town, same-day packaged #DDHMAO will be available today, Friday, June 29 at Shmaltz Brewing Company’s Tasting Room (6 Fairchild Square, Clifton Park, NY) as well as at 518 Craft (200 Broadway, Troy, NY) in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans. Nosh Food Truck and Catering Company will serve up delicious eats today at the brewery, and Shmaltz participates in their first Troy Night Out at 518 Craft (5pm – 9pm). Enter to win a hopped up prize worth $50 with every #DDHMAO pint or beer to go purchase.
Draft and cans of #DDHMAO will soon be available at the following retail locations across the greater Albany, NY metro area: Turnpike Beverage, Troy Beverage, Latham Beverage, Minogue’s (all four locations), Southside Beverage, Beer Bones, The Local, Save More Beverage, Anna’s Wood for Pizza, Chops & Hops, Saratoga City Tavern, and Henry Street Taproom.

A hoppier sibling to Shmaltz’s winter release 518 Foggy Goggles, #DDHMAO is power-packed with a delectable hop aroma and flavor.

About Shmaltz Brewing Company
Founder and owner Jeremy Cowan established Shmaltz Brewing in San Francisco in 1996. The first 100 cases of He’brew Beer® were hand-bottled and delivered throughout the Bay Area from the back of his Grandmother’s Volvo. Shmaltz Brewing now sells He’brew Beer across 30 states, through 40 wholesalers and in nearly 5,000 retailers.

After 17 years of being an outspoken cheerleader for contract brewing, Cowan and staff opened their own New York State production brewery in 2013 in Clifton Park, 10 minutes north of Albany. Shmaltz’s home boasts a 50-barrel brewhouse with 30,000 barrels of annual capacity and packages a diverse and tasty variety of core and seasonal favorites in 12 and 22-ounce bottles and kegs. The Shmaltz Tasting Room is open six days a week (Tues-Sun) and offers tours, barrel-aged previews, beerto- go, and special releases.

RateBeer.com ranked Shmaltz as one of the "Top 100 Brewers in the World" in 2013, and the brewery recently brought home 1 platinum, 10 gold and 6 silver medals from the World Beer Championships.

In the past several years, Shmaltz Brewing introduced its line of upstate New York focused farm beers under the 518/838 Craft brand name, acquired and rebranded the Alphabet City Brewing beers, and signed an exclusive licensing agreement with CBS for a series of Star Trek beers distributed through its sales network. In 2018, Shmaltz also signed a national sales and marketing partnership with Artisanal brands, who represents renowned brewers such as Bosteels (Triple Karmeliet), La Trappe, and American craft brewers Fulton (MN) and Whiner (IL).