HeBrew Rejewvenator 2008

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

22oz bomber served in a shaker pint. Poured a deep reddish amber with a thin tan head. Some raisiny fruit in the aroma with toffee malty smells as well. Great depth of malt flavors. More toffee and molasses. Medium to full bodied with a little sweetness. Long complex malt flavors in the finish. Rich mouthfeel. Unique blend of dopplebock/old ale style maltiness. If you like malt, give this one a try.

22 oz. bomber bottle, a lengthy humorous blurb along the left side of the label, 2008 release, sampled in a tulip glass. Part doppelbock, part dubbel, infused with fig juice, this should be interesting. L: Yeast cloudy appearance, ruby hued brown in color with a tight creamy tan head that has good staying power, slowly recedes into thin sudsy ring. A light amount of splotchy lace dots ring the brim of the glass. Rejewvenator looks inviting enough with its tasty plush looking body. S: Delicious juicy fig aroma that is augmented by smells of raisins, yellow grapes and spicy dark malts. Further whiffs bring out grainy brown breads with a light trace of citrus. The alcohol has a pleasant dark sherry aroma, a desert sherry to be more precise. F: Creamy medium body with a hint of airiness, finishes dryly crisp. Rejewvenator has a lightly rich, malty feel in the mouth, smooth and rounded, the malts and yeasts stickily coat the tongue, giving the flavors a long finish. T: Interesting and complex tasting, mild hop bitterness at first, lemon and grapefruit zestiness mixed with a mild herbal spiciness, then come the malts and yeasts. Hints of cocoa, grainy breads, dark sugar crystals, raisins, grapes and candied figs, Rejewvenator is full of lush flavors. The alcohol has a dry spicy warmth that conceals its strength. The finish is a long lasting array of bittersweet flavors, roasted grains, fig juice, oily citrus peels and soft touches of spicy, minty herbs. D: Rejewvenator would make an excellent after dinner, desert beer, I think it would go great with any dark fruit or chocolate cake.

Poured dark brown/amber, quickly fading head. Not an overwhelming amount of aroma. Some faint dark fruit. Taste of burnt fig, dry roasted malts, some hops, some fruit mostly hidden beneath the burnt bitter taste. Somewhat thick and filling, but hard to get past the dry, burnt taste. Fairly easy to drink. I became somewhat bored with this beer after being so excited to try it. The fig concentrate is mostly hidden, not very forthcoming. Overall impression was bland and boring.

Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is dark amber. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel, malt syrup, roasted nuts), with notes of Bit-O-Honey candy and plum, hint of cardboard. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium to full body, watery/syrupy texture, lively carbonation, lightly to moderately alcoholic. Not exactly unpleasant, but rather muddled and aimless. A generic sweet, syrupy-malty brew...pretty much the definition of average.

Auburn red color iwth minimal head. Malty cola aroma and taste with citrus and crisp hopiness at the end

[1364-20080517] 1pt6floz bottle. Sweet figgy yeast aroma. Clear, golden amber body with quick off-white bubbles. Heavy grainy yeast flavour. Medium body. Beery, but a funny label.
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Bomber. Pours a murky red-copper with small beige head. The aroma is quite malty with the typical caramel and raisin notes, and there is a figgy fruitiness behind it. The flavor is burnt caramel, fig, a little bit of toast, and a somewhat earthy hoppiness. I was kind of expecting this to be cloyingly sweet, but to my relief it’s actually a little on the dry side, especially in the lingering bitter finish. A little bit of alcohol peeks through once in a while, but not enough to make it seem hot. Not a bad brew.

Sparse head that dissipates quickly. Sweet and malty aroma with some dark fruit and caramel apples. Kind of lifeless in the glass. Thick and syrupy. Color is a ruddy mahagony brown. Sweet flavor with lots of dark fruit and caramel. Some earthy notes. Some hops presence with a bit of lingering bitterness. Finishes pasty and malty. Not very inspiring. Nothing really wrong with this brew just that nothing stands out and says Oy Vey!