HeBrew Monumental Jewbelation Tenth Anniversary Ale

Shmaltz Brewing Company
Formerly brewed at Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)
Style: American Strong Ale
San Francisco, California USA

Pours dark with white bubbly head, and is lacey. Malty aroma. Smooth thick creamy mouthfeel. Some roast, some chocolate malt. Dark sipper. Big beer, well balanced.

Tap @ The He’Brew Bash at the Blind Tiger NYC. I was fricking wasted by the end so some of these rates might be a bit odd. Tap @ The He’Brew Bash at the Blind Tiger NYC. I was fricking wasted by the end so some of these rates might be a bit odd. Impenetrable darkness with a great, thick, beige head. Iron and sweet raisins on the nose. Sweet, perfect little malts in the mouth. Rich and deep with coffee, cream and chocolate.

Bottle. Pours rather dark mahogany, opaque and deep enough to look black in dim lighting. The head retention on this brew is excellent. The aroma is heavy and sappy with an ensemble of toffee, hickory, caramel, and light citrus. It’s fairly thick in the mouth, almost sticky at times. The flavor is assertive and boasts great strength with a heavy foundation of caramel, leather, rye bread, bacon, and many brighter notes of pine and smoky scotch. This brew’s finer points, though, I believe lie within the deep, malty richness. The flavors are huge and solid, the alcohol is nowhere to be sensed.

Name: Jewbelation Ten (Monumental)
Brewery: Shmaltz Brewing Co
Date: August 09, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: clear dark brown
Aroma: strong malt aroma, whispy tan head
Body: thick body
Flavor: strong malt flavor, light bitterness

Name: Jewbelation Ten (Monumental)
Brewery: Shmaltz Brewing Co
Date: October 15, 2009
Mode: draft
Words: the porter
Appearance: opaque dark brown, creamy beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet dark chocolate and caramel aroma, touch of fruityness, light tartness
Flavor: big chocolate flavor, touch of dry chocolate powder, caramel sweetness, hint of roasted adds a bitter edge

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4

Found it in a hole in the wall shop. Did not expect the balance of the 10 malts and 10 hops to be so good due to the age, which seemed to mellow out some of the hops. Had to go buy up the rest, want to cellar for a year or two.

Pours brown with a tan head. Smells of molasses, resiny, some cognac, boozy, sticky. Tastes resiny and peppery with some dark fruity hints and a molasses finish. Age is revealed in some oxidation setting in, but otherwise good.

Alcohol and sweetness. Nice and smooth, aged well. A bit thick with some creaminess. Taste has some hops balancing the sweet molasses, and a little spice. Pretty good.

Tap at Blind Tiger: Deep brown with a ruby hue in the light and a sticky tan head. Very sweet aroma- sticky malt notes of tobacco, butterscotch, light roast under a big vanilla character. Sticky cloying body with evident diacetyl and roast meshing with a gigantic sticky sweetness. Toffee, sticky sweet tobacco, vanilla, dark caramel and nurbt marshmallows. No finesse or subtlety here; difficult to drink.