Beaver (471), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Jun 6, 2008 22 oz bottle. Pours a ruby amber with a very creamy off-white head that retains fairly well and laces the glass.
The aroma is sweet caramel malts, figs, molasses, brown sugar and a little alcohol.
The flavor is some sugary caramel malts and strong fig fruitiness with some slight alcohol and a touch of a bitter finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and slightly watery with sharp carbonation.
Overall, it’s very one dimensional with sugary figs. Kind of ehhh for me, but could be awesome for a big fig fan.
jgb9348 (1817), Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA Aug 21, 2008 Deep brown coloured body with a thick glow and a nice sized tan head. Very fragrant pit fruit, deep fruit flavours and a good heavy dose of malt and a touch of hops. Medium-bodied; Sharp pit fruit tastes with good sweetness and an overpowering maltiness coupled with some honey tones. Overall, a nice and thick beer - showing some pit fruit flavours and a ton o fmalt. Good to try, but not my favourite. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased on 09-May-2008 from K&E Discount Liquor in New Paltz, New York, sampled on 20-August-2008 home in Washington, D.C. Beershine (1207), Miami Beach, Florida, USA Aug 20, 2008 Opaque purplish brown like garnet or pomegranate seeds. Hardly any head but what’s there is fizzy and light brown. Nose is fruity and jammy with pomegranate and cherry. Prickly, fizzy mouthfeel. Bread crust flavors: much breadier than it smells. Body is also jammy though. Can really taste the figs. A bit intense with its dark bread and fig jam flavors. Interesting. ChainGangGuy (1511), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA Aug 17, 2008 Appearance: Pours a clear, reddish-hued body with an inch of beige head.
Smell: Strong maltiness that’s both grainy, bready, and surely sweet-smelling along with a hoppy scent smelling of flowers and spice, with a lesser hint of citrus fruit. Plenty of dark fruits in the nose.
Taste: Pale malts with a blend of toasted grains and dark caramel topping. More malt tastes of toffee and brown sugar as things progress. Fruitiness coming across a taste of raisins soaked in concentrated fig juice, with maybe a dash of red wine. Light touch of acidity. Continually grainy throughout. Spicy, citrusy hops with a medium bitterness, though it doesn’t quite cut through the sugar. Minor kick of booze near the warming finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium carbonation. Some stickiness to the mouthfeel.
Drinkability: It’s all good fun! Come on! An interesting twist of doppelbock and fruit beer. What’s not the like? HomeBrewHawk (121), De Soto, Kansas, USA Aug 17, 2008 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. jpm30 (1585), East Central, Georgia, USA Aug 16, 2008 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.
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