HeBrew Jewbelation 5766 Ninth Anniversary Ale

Shmaltz Brewing Company
Formerly brewed at Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)
Style: American Strong Ale
San Francisco, California USA

12 fl. oz. bottle. Dark brown colour, almost black, with some reddish notes. Small beige head. Huge caramel aroma. Lots of burnt malts with raisins and dark sugars. Surprisingly double bock-like. Gentle carbonation. Smooth texture. Complex malts and biscuity. Special B? Burnt caramel and dark chocolate. After a while it approaches an overload of impressions. Quite challenging towards the finish.

Medium light brown head. Deep dark red barely translucent body. Sweet firm deep roasty caramel aroma with bubblegum and raisin notes. Deep, intense burnt caramel, chocolate, and raisin taste. Notes of alcohol and medicine. Dry, medicinal afterstate. Excellent. (0.65l bottle.)

75 cl bottle. Rich, nutty, caramel, dried fruit, cheeries, chocolate. Fantastic complex beer, well balanced.

Bottle. Dark brown, almost black, with a tan creamy head. Caramel, nuts and raisins aroma. Rich caramel flavours, good balancing bitterness and dryness from nuttiness, big on alcohol. Full-bodied without being sirupy. A great complex beer with plenty of everything.

Dark Brown/Red Color with Espresso Head. Heavy Creamy Mouthfeel. Dry Rye and Sweet Malt Notes, Light Roasts.. Bitter Hops Balancing in the Background...Dry Aftertaste. Complex Brew but Perhaps Because The Flavors Overlap So Much It’s Hard To Discern The Flavor.,

Bottle. Dark brown colour with a tan head. Mostly malty aroma with some vague hops. Malty, slightly alcoholic flavour. Sticky mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

Looks like a stout, smells like a barleywine, and tastes like something in between. A dark dark brown or light light black? Thin tan head. The nose is sweet with rich malty backbone, fruit, alcohol, and some lingering hops. This reminds me slightly of year old Bigfoot. The isn’t half bad. Rich and creamy with reasonable carbonation and good viscosity. The flavor is a let down, admittedly. Big creamy malt abounds, as does the fruit, but the balance is lost. An acidity likely due to the carbony charcoal flavor through things off. If they only laid off the darkest grains! Still has a touch of that bubblegum element. The finish is big on the fruit, but quickly morphs into roast, inappropriately I might had. I could rate this a bit higher, but I expected such good things given the nose on this beer! As it warmed, it got a bit boozy and the roast came out more, not necessarily bad, but not to my liking 100%, down 1 on overall

When I poured my first glass I was thinking barley wine, but when I got through the rest of the bottle it was all imperial stout. This is a hugely complex brew. Pours a deep dark brown, this is so close to black... but not quite. Head is small, but makes a nice light tan. Aroma is all about the malt, very rich, dark roasted caramel. Tastes of chocolate and caramel, roasted, coffee, toffee, dark fruits, malted milk, well rounded dark flavors. Medium to full on the palate, just a little bit sticky, warms as it goes down. (consumed 11-10-2005)