Deschutes Jubelale

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: English Strong Ale
Bend, Oregon USA

Courtesy of ibrew2or3. ’07 bottle. Pours cloudy brown, with brownish/beige head. Aroma has this nice wintery feel to it. Cherry, malty caramel. Taste malty, hoppy, fruit notes and caramel. Very sweet, warm, medium carb, filled with some nice flavors.

Appearance: Pours a clearish, dark mahogany body with a small, bubbly, off-white head. Smell: Spicy-scented caramel malt nose with a slight note of pine. Taste: Sweet caramel maltiness sprinkled with spices. Drop of molasses. Floral overtones, along with a taste of pine needles, though only a mild balancing bitterness. Dry, lightly bitter finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Why, it’s downright tolerable! A decent, stand-up member of the winter warmer league.

Will totally have this again. Beautiful complex nose and flavor featuring cinnamon, mincemeat (heavily), apple and dark malt. I was very surprised and pleased. Re-rate 9/25/08: a 2005 bottle. Was wandering around in Beverage House in Thatcher, AZ (google it and be floored) and found a sixer of 2005. Thick black licorice, brownie and black currant in nose and flavor. Additional flavors include spice, prune, and burnt toffee. Totally exceptional.

Pours a lovely chocolate brown with white head and a glassfull of web-and-dot lacing. Aroma, initially very delightful, still malty and spicey as it airs out. Taste is chocolate, more thick initially and then middling. Dry taste, a bit of an old ale, but never drying. Rich and interesting. 2007 version. Thanks Dr. Jay.

A very impressive winter seasonal. Great taste. Only overshadowed in my mind by the Pyramid Snowcap in terms of west coast beers.

Dark amber, Chocolate, dark fruits, Caramel, malty, spicey, little hop, dry.

I think much stronger juices are in need for instant jubilation, but I immediately take a liking to the carefree package design on this Deschutes beer. The body is a rich, dark cherry body, clear but very dark. The head is diminutive, almost puny on such a dark beer body, but throttles the glass in a wicked strong lacing. Thus, when the lumpy, bubbly and balsa wood colored head slowly pops and recedes, you know very clearly where on the glass it started. The smell is, at first, dusty and dirty - memories of mountain-biking in Moab surface. But a little patience yields, cream, truffle, pear juice and orange rind. The taste is very different, taking a malty, slightly sweet milk chocolate stand. Add in a touch of grape soda sugar and a slightly overwhelming carbonation and there’s my Jubelale. Nice aroma, but the flavor is too generic to stand out from the hordes of other winter time beers micro breweries love to produce.

Pours dark amber from the bottle with a nice light beige head. Aroma is bread, chocolate, and fruit (grapefruit?). Flavor is rich with chocolate, dark fruitiness, caramel, and pine. Delicious sweetness and maltiness that just goes on and on. Cheers!