HeBrew Monumental Jewbelation Tenth Anniversary Ale

Name: Jewbelation Ten (Monumental)
Brewery: Shmaltz Brewing Co
Date: August 09, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: clear dark brown
Aroma: strong malt aroma, whispy tan head
Body: thick body
Flavor: strong malt flavor, light bitterness

Name: Jewbelation Ten (Monumental)
Brewery: Shmaltz Brewing Co
Date: October 15, 2009
Mode: draft
Words: the porter
Appearance: opaque dark brown, creamy beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet dark chocolate and caramel aroma, touch of fruityness, light tartness
Flavor: big chocolate flavor, touch of dry chocolate powder, caramel sweetness, hint of roasted adds a bitter edge

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Found it in a hole in the wall shop. Did not expect the balance of the 10 malts and 10 hops to be so good due to the age, which seemed to mellow out some of the hops. Had to go buy up the rest, want to cellar for a year or two.

Pours brown with a tan head. Smells of molasses, resiny, some cognac, boozy, sticky. Tastes resiny and peppery with some dark fruity hints and a molasses finish. Age is revealed in some oxidation setting in, but otherwise good.

Alcohol and sweetness. Nice and smooth, aged well. A bit thick with some creaminess. Taste has some hops balancing the sweet molasses, and a little spice. Pretty good.

Tap at Blind Tiger: Deep brown with a ruby hue in the light and a sticky tan head. Very sweet aroma- sticky malt notes of tobacco, butterscotch, light roast under a big vanilla character. Sticky cloying body with evident diacetyl and roast meshing with a gigantic sticky sweetness. Toffee, sticky sweet tobacco, vanilla, dark caramel and nurbt marshmallows. No finesse or subtlety here; difficult to drink.

Alcoholic nose, roasted malts, sweet. Carmally. Viscosity is lower than others (11 and 12), not as black. A little fruitier than those, raisins. This is not on the sweet-thick side, more bitey. Molasses, hops? tangy. Mellow overalll. Pretty tasty, I think.

Bottle. Opaque body with a dark beige very foamy head. Nose-coffee, cream, Whopper malt balls, Imperial Stout, grape juice. Taste-medium bitter, medium alcohol, grape juice, almost basic (OH-), tea, cranberry juice, lots of berry all the way through and especially on the backend, light sweet creamed coffee, aroma hops, Dr. Pepper syrup, cigar. Not bad considering how much is going on here.

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.