HeBrew Jewbelation Twelve

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

MMmmm this was pretty good. Pours a very dark deep brown with creamy head. Sweet malt, caramel, molasses, licorice, rum, and dried plums. Thick and mouth coating. I will have to get more of this.

On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 01/20/2009. Very dark brown body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy brown head that persists. Sweet caramel and molassas aroma. Sweet caramel, molassas and rum-soaked fruit flavor with a mild hop bitterness lingering behind. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.

Bottle from Bev4Less. Creates a huge fat head on top a medium shade of black for the ales color. My nose is instantly delighted with a rich combination of slightly roasted black malt as well as a scent of cream and alcohol. The flavor is a blend of roast black malt with a black licorice sweetness and has a big alcohol finish. I was happy to have tracked down a bottle of this since i didn’t want to miss out on 12th anniversary.

(22oz. bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a small tan head. Aroma of pine, caramel, maple, raisins, plum, prune, toffee, and chocolate. Flavor of roasted malt, vanilla, pine, toffee, caramel, raisins, brown sugar, and chocolate. Extremely complex and would be nice to see how it matures with some age.

Deep mahogany with garnet highlights under a thin tan head. Dark dried fruit and molasses aroma. Sweet with some smooth roast bitterness. Full bodied sipper. Not quite a BarleyWine but it comes close. Very enjoyable.

Name: Jewbelation Twelve
Brewery: Shmaltz Brewing Co
Date: October 14, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: clear dark brown with ruby red edges, fine tan head
Aroma: sweet brown sugar aroma with lots of ripe fruits, touch of sweet peppery alcohol
Flavor: sweet and fruity malt flavor, lots of brown sugar sweetness, light balancing earthyness, spicy pepper is the only sign of the 12% alcohol
Overall: should age very well for 2-4 years

Name: Jewbelation Twelve
Brewery: Shmaltz Brewing Co
Date: October 17, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: taco mac decatur
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine tan head
Aroma: rich fruity malt aroma, dark caramel sweetness brings out more of the fruity sweetness
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of fruityness, peppery alcohol, hint of fusel alcohol, nice earthy bitterness for balances
Overall: age is needed to temper the alcolol and bring out the fruit and this will be a real winner

Name: Jewbelation Twelve
Brewery: Shmaltz Brewing Co
Date: October 15, 2009
Mode: draft
Words: the porter
alcohol has settled down and the rich fruit has emerged,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

bottle, thanks to bu11zeye, dark almond colored pour, no head, nice whiskey and oak aromas, flavors of vanilla, caramel and some smokey plum, good finish

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. black pour with a thin khaki head. malts and hops on the nose along with some molasses. nice thickness with a very smooth flavor of roasted malts and a very hoppy finish.