Deschutes Jubel 2000

Amazing nose of mushrooms, fruit, grass, and bocky malts. So smooth as dark fruits lead you down a moldy trail littered with bread dough. It begins raining brown sugar as you begin to loose youe mind. <big>MUSHROOMS I TELL YOU!</big>

Pours out looking like swamp water and it definitely a turnoff till the complex molasses, liquorice, pruney, cassis, maple syrup bouquet hits your nose and then you know this is as good as an English Ale gets. The mouth if full bodied, mildly sticky and alcoholic with heavy flavours of liquorice, anisette, wood and Christmas cake drenched in rum dancing around your mouth. All ending long and lingering like a fine cigar. AWESOME!

Bottle Pours a deep redish amber that is slightly cloudy, with a modest lt. tan head and slight but even lacing. Aroma is heavenly. Unlike anything I have ever experienced. Kind of like a sweet porter. A little smoke, a little brown sugar, caramel, and something else. The flavor is consistant. Smokey and sweet, apple-butter maybe? Finish is smootth and only then does a hint of hops sneek through. Delicious. I found a good deal on this and bought several before I had even tasted it. Glad I did.

Another tremendous beer in a world class evening of beer drinking. I’m glad I no longer drink wine -- this would have cost me well over $2500 in wine. Bitter hoppy and fruit sour aromas, a flattened body which is perfect for appreciating the lightly textured body. Easy and non-competing contributions from hops, yeast and malt. Finishes long and complex. Thanks, Shadallion!

This is an awesome brew! Brownish red in color, bead of pearls of a tan head around the glass. The aroma is heavenly, very woody, malty and sherry like. The flavor accents the wood, but has the malt characteristic of an English Strong Ale. The flavor has some similarities to Fish Tales Barleywine, but maybe better. Balanced finish, fantastic beer.