 GregClow (2470), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jul 2, 2009 Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, garthicus, blankboy & tupalev - HogTownHarry’s bottle. Ruby-brown with a small cream-coloured head. Aroma is quite sweet with burnt sugar and malt, and some nice green hops around the edges. Flavour is big and fairly well balanced, sweet and fruity, but nicely hopped in the finish. I bit less exciting that I hoped/expected, but still enjoyable.
Glouglouburp (2573), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jul 1, 2009 In short: A boring alcoholised bottle figs/raisins juice with bubbles
How: Bottle 22oz. Consumed relatively fresh about four months after purchase.
The look: Ruby body topped by a beige ring of foam
In long: Nose of hard candies, figs and raisins. Taste is pretty much what the label on the bottle implies. This is figs/raisins concentrate juice with bubbles and alcohol. Sweetness level is medium-high. The little hops I could notice (very little) provide a little tobacco component but that’s about it. This is not poorly executed but this is just too boring by nature to be enjoyable. Yet another ordinary jewish brew from this brewery that likes to make funny play on words with “jew”. I find that juvenile, very jewvenile.
WisconsinBeer (478), St Paul, Minnesota, USA
Jul 1, 2009 Bottle. Pours a deep brown, decent head. Flavor is earthy and a bit sweet, noticable fig presence along with some roasted malts and caramelized sugars. Belgian yeast type notes also present giving it a sort of funk. Medium bodied on the palate, somewhat viscous and smooth. Leaves a lingering syrup note on the palate. Not a bad brew at all.
ajbitt (37), , Indiana, USA
Jun 16, 2009 Aroma: Soft malts, plum, fig, caramel. Appearance; Dark Amber, initial thick caramel-colored head, light to medium carbonation. Flavor: Nice caramel, malty, citrus complexity, slight belgian-style like yeast lingers on finish. Palate: not too viscous, slight carbonation cuts any viscosity leaving clean finish. Overall: once again, bang for the buck with these guys. Only second behind the 11 in my preferred brews from this brewery.
fakepurseninja (705), Washington, USA
Jun 16, 2009 Wow! Another Hebrew beer with (gasp!) Figs! Holy Messiah, enough already. Heavy syrup sweetness dominated by fig and raisin with a chewy molasses sweetness and a spicy citrus component. A little medicinal quality highlighted by a strong alcohol presence at the finish.
AGAquino (62), San Juan, Puerto Rico
Jun 8, 2009 bottle at home in Puerto Rico from Consumer Beverages in Buffalo. Pours dark with medium foamy head. Nice dried fruit and malty aroma. Malty sweet flavour and aftertaste, nice strong alcohol content.
mrhoppy (128), Santa clara, California, USA
Jun 5, 2009 Updated: Jun 7, 2009Really awesome beautiful beer. The malt and fig flavor blend seamlessly together. Gourmet. Unique. Good hop presence. This a beer you will crave later. It just smells so damn good. I have an idea. Let’s barrel age this beer and amp up the alcohol just a bit. Oooh baby that would be nice.
Bukowski9 (77), Piqua, Ohio, USA
Jun 1, 2009 Bottle pour,dark red with a decent beige head.Aroma was malt and dark fruit with some sweetness hints.Taste was sweet caramel and dark fruit with malt and hops.Thick beer with a nice alcohol warming.Not bad.
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