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HeBrew Rejewvenator 2008

HeBrew Rejewvenator 2008 - American Strong Ale

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81
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Shmaltz Brewing Company
Brewed at Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)
Style: American Strong Ale

San Francisco, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
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Broad Distribution
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2163.4/5.03.38/5.0Special7.8%36Snifter, Trappist glass
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Contract brewed for Schmaltz Brewing Company. Sacred Species No.1 YEAR OF THE FIG Jewish tradition celebrates 2 New years; The 1st calendar month in spring historically came after the barley harvest. The High Holidays in Fall mark the creation of the world. Harvest to harvest - the perfect bookends for deliciousness! Arise noble Rejewvenator, infused for ’08 with the sacred succulent Fig. O the history, O the shtick: Gen 3:7: "And their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked; they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons." Time to get cooking! "Professed Wrestlers and Champions were in times past fed with figs." -Pliny, Roman naturalist. Romulus, mythic founder of Rome, and his twin Remus were nursed by a wild she-wolf under a fig tree. In 1857, Queen Victoria commissioned an 18 inch plaster fig leaf to adorn her cast of Michelangelo’s David. "The statue that advertises its modesty with a fig leaf brings its modesty under suspicion." -Mark Twain. Buddha gained enlightenment meditating beneath a fig tree. Zechariah/Micah: "Nations shall beat their swords into plowshares...all will sit with his neighbor under his fig tree, with no one to be afraid." Fear not Shmaltzers - Grab your Newtons, rub your happy belly, strap on your fig leaf and your championship belt, abd prepare to blow your shofar... tis a new HE’BREW Beer season to rejoice. L’Chaim! Brewed for Schmalt Brewing Co.
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 rocbyter (902), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Sep 2, 2008  
Strong and lightly fruity malt aroma. Clear amber color with a medium tan head. Malty taste getting sweet towards the finish. Light amount of hops are noticeable but mostly masked by the malt. Creamy palate until the end were it starts to lighten up.


 Bockyhorsey (2487), Mesa, Arizona, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/511/20
Sep 1, 2008  
22oz bottle. Aroma of sweet fruits, fig. Red body with off white head. Fruit juice flavor that was too sweet and bitter for my palate.


 Aubrey (2773), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/58/104/515/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Murky burgundy; thin head. Full and rewarding on the tongue. Rich malt flavors filled with molasses and toffee, plus a cornucopia of fruit flavors (fig, apple, pear, raisin). Nice amount of earthy-grassy hops to boot. Another tasty He’Brew.


 jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 25, 2008  
22oz bottle-pours a light tan head and copper/red color. The aroma after the initial burst, is mild sweet medium/dark malt, dark fruit. Taste is sweet medium/dark malt-caramel/chocolate, roasty, dark fruit-fig/raisin, secondary hops bitterness. Semi dry finish. Medium body. Good carbonation. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for picking this out.


 Heathen (723), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Aug 23, 2008  
THOUGHTS: A nice beer. I usually love He’brew beers, but this isn’t nearly as good as most of their offerings. Reminds me of a watery or at least lighter Raison D’etre. Actually probably a great beer, but a sorta weak He’brew at the same time. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, dark red with a small tan head that fully diminished that left virtually no lacing. The aroma was raisin, apple, cherry and something else that must have been fig, along with some red wine, alcohol, moderate to heavy molasses and slight cereal malt. The initial flavor was light to moderately sweet and moderately acidic; while the finish was moderate to heavily sweet, lightly acidic and moderately bitter with an average duration. There was molasses, what must be fig, but also raisin, apple, cherry, alcohol and then some hops right at the end. The light to medium body was syrupy and sticky on the lips with fizzy carbonation and a metallic, light astringent and light to moderate alcoholic finish.


 NJBeerman013 (769), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Aug 23, 2008  
Bottle. A dark ruby brown in color with very little head. It has a slightly fruity aroma, but not of figs. Interesting. I think it is more of an alcoholic, candied oranges kind of aroma. The flavor has a strongly hopped APA quality with a medium heavy body and a tangy but fast finish.


 Oakes (8080), gone rambling, Vietnam
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Aug 23, 2008  
Golden-brown. Clear, but sufficiently dark so as not to see through it. No head. Figgy aroma with date syrup, tomato and a piloncillo like dark sugar note. Soft, somewhat chewy but the sugars tone it down. Understated bitterness and a warming finish. Fits in somewhere between a dubbel and an old ale. One of Hebrew’s better efforts.


 jgb9348 (2492), Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Aug 21, 2008  
Deep brown coloured body with a thick glow and a nice sized tan head. Very fragrant pit fruit, deep fruit flavours and a good heavy dose of malt and a touch of hops. Medium-bodied; Sharp pit fruit tastes with good sweetness and an overpowering maltiness coupled with some honey tones. Overall, a nice and thick beer - showing some pit fruit flavours and a ton o fmalt. Good to try, but not my favourite. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased on 09-May-2008 from K&E Discount Liquor in New Paltz, New York, sampled on 20-August-2008 home in Washington, D.C.



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