HeBrew Jewbelation Twelve

Shmaltz Brewing Company
Brewed at Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)
Style: American Strong Ale
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle 65cl.
Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20090802]

Bottled. Deep ambery brown colour with small brown head. Aroma is coffee, some roasted malts as well as chocolate. Flavour is quite much the same with a rather coffeeish notes.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma with some hoppy hints. Roasted malty caramel flavor with some hints of chocolate. Has a roasted malty caramel finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

(22oz. bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a small tan head. Aroma of pine, caramel, maple, raisins, plum, prune, toffee, and chocolate. Flavor of roasted malt, vanilla, pine, toffee, caramel, raisins, brown sugar, and chocolate. Extremely complex and would be nice to see how it matures with some age.

On tap at The Rake, HogTownHarry visit May 2009. Very deep brown, almost black, thin tan head. Sweetish aroma Pretty good malt, nice bit of roasty toasty notes. I quite like it. It’s boozy, but fine, took me a bit of time to finish even a third of a pint.

UPDATED: DEC 31, 2012
Name: Jewbelation Twelve
Date: October 14, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2008
Appearance: clear dark brown with ruby red edges, fine tan head
Aroma: sweet brown sugar aroma with lots of ripe fruits, touch of sweet peppery alcohol
Flavor: sweet and fruity malt flavor, lots of brown sugar sweetness, light balancing earthyness, spicy pepper is the only sign of the 12% alcohol
Overall: should age very well for 2-4 years

Name: Jewbelation Twelve
Date: October 17, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: taco mac decatur
Vintage: 2008
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine tan head
Aroma: rich fruity malt aroma, dark caramel sweetness brings out more of the fruity sweetness
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of fruityness, peppery alcohol, hint of fusel alcohol, nice earthy bitterness for balances
Overall: age is needed to temper the alcolol and bring out the fruit and this will be a real winner

Name: Jewbelation Twelve
Date: October 15, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: the porter
Vintage: 2008
alcohol has settled down and the rich fruit has emerged,

Name: Jewbelation Twelve
Date: October 26, 2012
Mode: draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Vintage: 2008
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine tan head, lots of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet and fruity aroma, boozy but not in a bad way, lots of dark fruits
Flavor: rich fruity flavor, lots of ripe dqrk fruits, distracting earthyness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Name: Jewbelation Twelve
Date: May 16, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Vintage: 2010
rich chocolate with a nice fruityness, just a hint of peppery spicyness,

Name: Jewbelation Twelve
Date: October 26, 2012
Mode: draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Vintage: 2010
Appearance: opaque brown, fine tan head
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma, dark malts
Flavor: rich fruity flavor, raw sugar sweetness, roasty, fruity, boozy
Overall: not as well blended and mellow as the 2008 with a couple of extra of years on it

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

22oz bottle. Small brown head atop cola brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, chocolate, grapefruit, raisin, some plum, caramel, alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, chocolate, raisin, grapefruit, plum, some vinous. Alcohol noticeable but fairly tame given the ABV. Sticky medium-full body. I had the 13 a few days ago and found it a boozy mess, yet this one was delicious. I wonder if the aging is what results in such different experiences, or if it’s simply the differences in the recipes.

22oz bottle-pours a dissipating light brown head and black/dark brown color. Aroma is sweet dark fruit-cherry, dark malt-molasses, sugar cane. Taste is dark fruit-cherry, dark malt-molasses, sugar cane, earthy/metallic bitter. Some ashy comes in mid to late palate. Thanks jwc215 for sharing this one out.

9th October 2008. GABF. Opaque black beer. Rich, fruity and spicy - lovely, but not quite as good as Eleven.

Dark brown with a lasting off-whiyte head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, dried fruits and licorice. Sweet flavour of burnt caramel, with fruit and a little alcohol.