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

Pours dark brown with cocoa-colored head. Aroma of caramel, chocolate, toffee, and some slight dark fruit intimations. Flavor contains a fair amount of chocolate and caramel, some buttery toffee notes, vanilla, and some mild citrus and pine notes at the back. Not bad, but the flavors were a little muttled.

Bomber. Poured a lovely shade of deeper brown with a creamy initial cap of chocolate head.. looked quite nice! The aroma picked up chocolate as its primary character with some soy and licorice back there too.. the hops were present as a bright herbal and lesser piney notes. The flavor had a whole lot of rich dark malt character with caramel, soy, and molasses present.. bitterness was lighter and seemingly muted with herbal and coffee notes.. finished with more soy and some spices, but the alcohol was very much held in check. Thicker viscosity on the palate with an OK contrast between the dark malts and residual bitterness.. this was a solid offering!

Bottle. Poured dark brown with a creamy tan head with some lasting and leaving good lacing. Nice malt aromas of milk chocolate, coffee, molasses, hints of roast and light alcohol. The flavor finds toffee with a hop background. Some roast comes out in the flavor as it warms. Medium body that starts sweet but ends bitter. Very nice.

500ml bottle....came out in late 2006 I believe, closet stored until July 22, 2008. Deep chestnut brown-black color, with a creamy head. This has mellowed exceptionally well, but I remember enjoying the beer when it was new on the shelf in 2006. Very deep malty flavors, very rich. Like a dark Barleywine in some ways, but with ten malts and ten hops it really captures a lot of the classic strong beer flavors. An excellent and fully respectable beer. Gains points for how well it aged.

Woah now...lots going on here. Notes that stuck out were definitely the chocolate roasty bit and how it blended with with the hammered in bittered hops and sweet malts. Definitely can taste the ABV. Mellows out nicely with age.

Wow. Big and complex. Huge chocolate/malt nose follows through in the mouth and is nicely complimented by notes of dark fruit. The hops deliver a nice tanginess at the end. Finish is slightly sweet, creamy, and very pleasant. This is a good beer.

Pours a dark amber-brown with a big foamy brown head. Lots of roasted and caramel malts in the aroma, as well as chocolate, spice and hops. Similar flavor. Lots going on in this one, but it is kept nicely balanced. Feels nice on the palate. A nice hoppiness on the finish as well as a touch of alcohol.. A very good brew.

Good sized brown head of fine bubbles. Settles nice and slowly. Rich and chocoalty aroma. Lots of sweet malts, toated grains, caramel and a bit of pepper??? Color is a very dark chocolaty brown. Sweet and malty flavor. The hops presence has certainly dwindled since it is not very prominent at all. Little bit too sweet. Lots of roasted grains and unfortunately a little bit flat on the tongue. Finishes oily and malts with a bit of lingering smoke. Another solid brew from HeBrew. This one may have been a little bit better fresher.