Funky Jewbelation
Shmaltz Brewing Company in Troy, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.21
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle as shown. Pours a dark amber with medium frothy beige head that last diminishes quickly. The aroma is toffee, caramel, and a faint funk. Medium mouthfeel with a dark fruit flavor and chocolate with nice light funk in the finish. Easy to drink, hiding the alcohol well, a very good American strong ale from Hebrew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2013
at 13:34
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Yay for Mendocino! Both coasts! Bomber from the Vacaville BevMo. From case No. 02! Yeah. Big whoops. Anyway... It pours like Guinness with a widget. Very dark brown with lots of little bubbles that collapse beneath a foamy dark tan head. The aroma is challenging. Like mustard? Plus a lot of dark malt, wood, dark fruit, whiskey. Full bodied. Flavor is very strange. Swear I get mustard, but that’s immediately followed by a cascade of different dark malt and woody/whisky flavors. You name it, it might be in here. Except for scotch. Not getting smoke. I even think there may be chocolate and coffee. This is really fantastically complicated. Super brilliant ale.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2013
at 17:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle - This one’s a dark amber brew with an aroma of dark fruit accented malt. The flavor is very sweet and it’s almost sticky. There’s some bourbon noticeable but the thick, rich malts are the dominant characteristic. It’s a good brew, but blending so many beers, some of which are already beers with a very high number of different malts and hops, makes this one maybe a bit on the messy side. Good, not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2013
at 12:39
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter; Batch 1, bottled on 3/6/2012. Pours nearly pitch black; hazy very dark brown color with a 1 finger dense khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big raisin, fig, date, caramel, molasses, toast, toffee, dark bread, chocolate, rye, bourbon, vanilla, oak, light pepper, and roasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity, malty, and barrel notes. Taste of raisin, fig, date, prune, molasses, toast, toffee, caramel, dark bread, chocolate, rye, bourbon, oak, vanilla, light herbal spiciness, and roasted earthiness. Lingering notes of dark fruits, molasses, toast, toffee, chocolate, rye, bourbon, oak, vanilla, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice flavor complexity and balance of fruity, malty, and barrel notes; barrel strength is just enough without being overpowering; with some slight cloying sweetness present after the finish, but not bad at all. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very slick, creamy, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an excellent barrel blended strong ale! Great balance and complexity of fruit, malt, and barrel flavors; and extremely smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2013
at 20:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a dark brown with a medium sized head. Aroma is of dark fruit, some vinegar and caramel. Flavor is again dark fruit to start, then comes some molasses and red wine aspects. FInish is some of the wood from the barrel aging. This is a nice slow sipper with a little something each sip.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2012
at 16:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared with and courtesy of Kermis. Poured almost black with a thin tan head. The aroma is rich ripe raisins and generally fruity. The flavour is sweet rich fruity Christmas pudding spicy and the alcohol give it some sharpness on the palate. A really awesome beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2012
at 13:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of sark fruits, vanilla, booze, sherry, raisins, chocolate and caramel. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light to medium bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2012
at 13:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
66.cl bottle courtesy of and shared with kermis . Thin creamy tan head. Clear black pour . Very interesting beer. The aftertaste is lovely
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2012
at 13:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Bery dark maroon color, brown head, decent retention. Aroma of vanilla, chocolate milk, coffee, rum. Taste has sweet candied figs, raisins, dates, blackcurrant jam. Very sweet stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2012
at 17:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Freshcraft Denver - 02/06/12. Dark mahogony brown with tan head. Dark fruis on the nose, prunes, figs, dates allied to molasses and malts. Taste follows nose allied to being quite sweet but balanced by sour notes. Fairly full bodied and thick, minimal carbonation, very drinkable with a boozey finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2012
at 13:48