HeBrew Monumental Jewbelation Tenth Anniversary Ale

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

22 oz Bottle. Pours dark brown in color with brown head. Taste of malt and thick beer with a lite bitter finish. Aroma of malt and hops

22oz bottle-A dark brown almost black body with a nice tan head and an aroma of hops, malt, and a little alcohol. Taste of hops, roasted malt, more hops on a dry finish. Another good beer from these guys.

Bottle: Dark mahogany, nice tan head, light lacing. Nose of bright alcohol, chewy raisin and lots of fruity melanoidins and ethanol. Bright hops that get wolluped by the malts in this Donny Brooke. Flavor is chewy and thick, lots of craziness but no cohesion. Nice tasting though.

Another good brew from, IMO, an underrated brewery in He’Brew. Lovely dark beer with lots of lacing. Sweet aromas packed with all kinds of smells. The taste is nice. It packs a punch at 10% ABV, but it doesn’t affect the flavor in a negative way. Some powerful stuff, very enjoyable, but not a sessioner at all.

2006 Vintage; Rating #700...

5/03/2007: He’Brew Monumental Jewbelation pours a clear brown color (pretty dark). The head is large, foamy, beige, has good retention, and leaves thick lacing. While tasting this beer, I was trying to figure out what style it was since I didn’t know before drinking it. The aroma seemed like that of an Old Ale. It is complex and intense with deep caramel and cream. The flavor is also quite intense with lots deep malt, chocolate caramel flavor, and mildly hoppy. It is very well balanced and only has a bit of bitterness that stands out just before leading into the finish. The finish is malty as well and lasts and lasts - probably until I took a drink of something else! This beer is thick and sticky. It coats nicely. It is pretty full (medium-full) as far as body goes, with a slightly oily texture. This is an unbelieveably drinkable beer for the amount of alcohol and heft that it has! Excellent in every way.

22 oz bottle shared by Tmoney99 at Mainstrasse Village Pub in Covington, Kentucky. Thank you very much Tom. I really appreciate it!

22 oz bomber purchased at the Holiday Wine Cellar. I wondered every time I saw this bottle because I had tasted the Genesis 10:10 but the Monumental just didn’t ring any bells. Well, now is my chance to see how monumental it really is. The pour is a dark nearly opaque brown. Has a thick creamy layer of film for a head and sits in the glass looking so picture perfect. The aroma is a sweet smell of roasted malt and a faint scent of molasses syrup. The drink is thick and heavy with a dark roasted malt flavor as well as a strong coffee make up. Very sweet with light background of black licorice or toffee, wonder how this will taste with 10 months or so of time.

Bottle: Dark brown color with ruby tones, a modest beige head. Nose is fruity, malty, and sweet. Some brown sugar? The taste is rich with citrus hops, dark fruits, a little more brown sugar, wine, and a heavy malt finish. I really enjoyed this brew. Thanks Jordan.

Bottle pours a dark amber with a small light tan head. Big full sweet dark malts with moderate hoppy bitterness. Lots of ballanced flavor of rich sweet malt and just enough offsetting hops. Full palatte and moderate carbonation. Wouldn’t have guessed 10%, hidden well. Nice. thanks Jordan.