Funky Jewbelation 2013
Shmaltz Brewing Company in Troy, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Olde Saratoga BrewingStrong Ale Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.33
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2013 bottle shared by Ryan at Your Old Droog Cellar Blast. Bottle shared 9 years or so after release. Pours a clear dark brown with a small bit of foam that dissipates. Notes of dark fruit, cherry and vanilla. Smooth, but a bit flat and oxidized. Well-past it's prime but drinkable and enjoyable. A fun night cap at a cellar clearing share.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
22 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 6/12/15, Batch #2, Bottled 2/18/13
Press a dark brown color with a slight orange hue and a small head. The aroma is sweet, dark malts, some bozzy notes, chocolate, and funk. Tastes rather funky and a little sweet. Medium-full body, average carbonation. Decent, but maybe a bit too much going on.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at fyne fest... Deep black.. Thin tan lacing... Big funky green raisins... Dark roast nose... Very sweet front... Big funk... Light roast soft berries.... Mellow malts
CLW (16859) reviewed Funky Jewbelation 2013 from Shmaltz Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22 oz. bottle Batch 2, bottled on 2/18/2013. Dark, muddy brown black color with a small layer of white head without retention in the snifter. Aroma is interesting. Light funky berries, dull whiskey with wood barrel. The flavor get even better.
Flavor starts with black berries and slightly tart through the center of the sip. The tart berry is smoothed out by subtle whiskey and oak wood. The body is leaning on the full with a soft creamy texture. This flavor is really interesting and I had to read the label and the pomegranate now makes a lot of sense in the flavor. It is extremely easy to drink and I have to remind myself not to chug this like "Pom" juice aged in whiskey barrels. Overall, the layer of depth and complexity took my completely off guard. Jeez, this is nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 2/18/2013. Pours pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big sour cherry, green apple, raisin, prune, caramel, toast, toffee, chocolate, oak, clove, red wine, vinegar, musty funk, leather, herbal, light vanilla, light bourbon, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/funky yeast, dark malt, and moderate bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of big sour cherry, green apple, raisin, prune, caramel, toast, toffee, chocolate, oak, clove, red wine, vinegar, musty funk, leather, herbal, light vanilla, light bourbon, and yeast/oak earthiness. Nice amount of fruity/earthy tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of sour cherry, green apple, raisin, prune, caramel, toast, toffee, chocolate, oak, clove, red wine, vinegar, musty funk, leather, herbal, light vanilla, light bourbon, and yeast/oak earthiness. Fantastic complexity and balance of fruity/funky yeast, dark malt, and bourbon barrel flavors; with an awesome sweetness/tartness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a smooth and moderately creamy/acidic mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is well hidden with only a small warming present after the finish. Overall this is an outstanding sour strong ale! All around fantastic complexity and balance of fruity/funky yeast, dark malt, and bourbon barrel flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours deep mahogany into a snifter. Mocha head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Sweet bourbon, vanilla, pomegranate and rye aromas. Thick with hot caramel and pit fruit upfront turning to a warming chocolate and pomegranate finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
(tap) clear dark brown colour with a small brown head; aromas of wet wood, dried fruit; rich, well balanced flavour with well hidden alcohol, very nice
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
22oz bottle picked up at Bevmo in Fairfield
Pours dark brown with a medium sized tan head and good lacing. Aroma is sour up front then bourbon, vanilla and chocolate. Flavors are roasted malts, whiskey, wood, vanilla, chocolate and molasses
Very nice and tasty. I sipped on this all night, I didn’t want it to end.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: Pours brown with a beige head. Aroma is bourbon, cherry, sour funk, and a bit of hops. Taste is straight strange. It seems like a Flemish red at first, but very quickly turns into something stranger once the whiskey and malt flavors start to kick in. Good balance, but still obviously a combination of a whole lot of different beers.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 3.5
Poured from a bottle it is a dark brown with a tan head with a funky wine aroma and tastes like very sour cherries