HeBrew Jewbelation Twelve

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

Winter spiced aroma of multiple dark grains and dark fruits. Dark toffee, clear with a small head. Sweet dense grain, syrupy weight, and malt forward. Some bitterness in the finish, though a touch more heat. Still I would never guess it to be 12%. Can’t wait until they have their 40 year anniversary!

Bottle. Pours deep ruby brown with a tan head. Malty sweet aroma with dark fruits and toffee. The palate is initially a bit harsh. The flavor has sweet malt, caramel, dark fruits and a lingering hoppy bitterness. Not bad.

22oz bottle-pours a dissipating light brown head and black/dark brown color. Aroma is sweet dark fruit-cherry, dark malt-molasses, sugar cane. Taste is dark fruit-cherry, dark malt-molasses, sugar cane, earthy/metallic bitter. Some ashy comes in mid to late palate. Thanks jwc215 for sharing this one out.

On tap at The Rake, London. A deep dark brown colour with light beige head. Very rich, sweet, aniseed taste. Certainly did not expect to find this in London. Overall an interesting experience but I probably won’t seek it out again.

Bottle (22oz). Shared with blankboy, garthicus, gregclow, jerc and tupalev. Deep clear ruby with an average off-white pour. Simple but appealing aroma - very sweet roast caramel with plenty of sugary fruit and booze - oddly, I really dug this one. The taste delivered exactly what I expected from the aroma - very sweet and boozy, a hint of burnt sugar, quite yeasty in behind. The main palate impression from this beer was: sticky; boozy; sweet.

Had at Cameron’s lets drink the cask night. dark color, decent foam. nose is sweet malt dried fruit like figs and raisins, boozy as well. Flavor is similar more boozy good sweet caremel malt flavor some hops in the finish. nice beer would like to age a few bottles

Bottle pours a dark espresso brown with a tan head that fades rather quickly to a thin outer ring. Aroma of black cherries, vanilla, roasted malts, raisins, and alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet initially, dark chocolate, roasted coffee, vanilla, and a slight oakiness. Lasting sweetness mixed with a nice bitterness in the finish. The 12 percent alcohol, although noticeable in the aroma, is quite hidden in the flavor.

Thanks to HogTownHarry for sharing this. Appearance: Pitch black, thick cream/brown head. Aroma: Malt, alcohol, cream and spices. Flavour: Smooth, coffee and toffee, sweetness certainly a prominent feature, long sweet finish.