Jewbelation Fourteen
Shmaltz Brewing Company in Troy, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.42
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At age 14, is Shmaltz Brewing still in the throes of adolescence? After publishing Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah, a new small business saga, I’ll leave it up to you, Dear Reader. As with many 14 year olds, this years Jewbelation is all about Hands, Hearts and Farts. 14 is the numerical value of the Hebrew word for “hand.” The human hand contains 14 digital bones and 14 joints. 14 items to fill the Passover seder plate, narrating the Exodus of the Hebrews – “and with a mighty hand did the Revolution bring us out of Egypt.” Jacob labored 14 years to earn marriage to Leah and Rachel. Over a lifetime, the average American spends 14 days kissing. Valentine’s day, Feb. 14, dates to a pagan festival for the she-wolf who suckled mythical founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. 14 lines structure a sonnet. Romeo and Juliet unfolds 14 days before Juliet’s 14th birthday. Carbon 14 dating proves the age of organic materials. Woody Allen, now married to his once not-daughter and not a spokesman for American Apparel, received 14 Oscar nominations for best screenplay and directed 14 other actors in nominated performances. 14 Jews serve in the senate. The current Dalai Lama is the 14th leader of the Tibetan people. A hummingbird’s heart flutters about 1400 beats per minute. Dr. Oz reported on Oprah that humans fart on average of 14 times a day. At age 41 and in our 14th year of brewing, the numerical synchronicity will happen only once in my lifetime. Here’s to being here now… L’Chaim!
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Enjoyed from the \"Bargain Bucket\" at the Globe Pub in Chicago, IL with friends. Appearance very very dark brown (was a dim lit bar so I think it was black but also had a bit of color in it...) with a thin off white head. Aroma heavy on the malts and alcohol, not really getting much with hops. Taste of caramel, malts, a bit of hops, and a lot of alcohol. Also smooth considering the ABV. Really good stuff.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2011
at 19:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is a black with a large tan head. Aroma is of burnt and roasted malts with some sweet chocolate malts as well. Flavor is extremely malt heavy and thick with some anise and oak. Alcohol is there at the end to give a minor burn. Ok for a small sample but the perfect beer to have on snowmageaddon 2011.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2011
at 10:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bouteille, part du vertical pack 2010 et aussi achetée en bouteille 22oz. Couleur acajou/brune foncée, mousse est crémeuse et épaisse un peu café au lait. Arôme est similaire aux autres versions avec notamment note de houblon, malt et caramel, fruité. Palais, nettement plus d’alcool, malt grillé caramel, un peu de moka et café avec des éléments de fruits noirs. La fin est nettement plus grillée avec du malt chocolaté, reste sèche et effervescente en bouche. L’alcool est bien réchauffant et laisse une fine couche de caramel et aspect sirop qui est collant aux lèvres. La bière garde un fini frais, peut-être de houblonné ou mentholé.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2011
at 17:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from a BevMo. Pours pretty dark brown - but light gets through the edges. Head was a transient beige/tan smear. Aroma is dark fruit, maybe a bit prune. Full bodied with spritely carbonation. Starts smooth, silkly dark malt and fruit. Heat isn’t in the mouth, sort of starts down below. Maybe a suggestion of Cola, or perhaps Dr. Pepper. Dates? Much more of a sipper than a drinker. Unless you’re wanting to go down fast.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2011
at 17:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Dark mahogony beer with a dark cream/tan colored head. Caramel and dried fruit aroma with some alcohol. Rich malt and caramel flavor with dried fruit and some toffee. Medium-plus bodied. Dried fruit and caramel/toffee linger with a bit of red fruit. Would be great in a brandy barrel.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2011
at 18:42
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours deep mahogany/black into a trappist glass. Mocha head with good retention recedes leaving spot lacing to coat surface. Dark caramel, vanilla and pit fruit aromas. Full and sweet with licorice, dark fruit, caramel, chocolate and vanilla and a lasting spiked mocha finish.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2010
at 14:17
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Love love love the brew these guys make. This is yet another wonderful offering. The bomber pours deep mahogany with mocha head. The aroma is dried warm plum meat, ripe cherries, some boysenberries, chocolate, dark roasted malts, some burnt malt notes and a bit of boozy heat at the end. The taste is rich bold smooth and brings up a vast array of notes that sum up to be biased to the malty side. I get dark roasted malts quickly heading into slick sugary sweetness, dark chocolate candy, some molasses and then rich prunes, dates and figs. Behind those notes are mild hoppy offerings of citrus, pine and spiciness before a hint of booziness helps take this into the after taste.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Dec 2010
at 19:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz bomber, $5 on sale @ Binny’s. Missed a chance to pick up the vertical box, but let’s open this individual bottle while Hanukkah is still going on: Solid black stout body under a brown layer of foam. Smell has some alcohol to it, but is kind of light for a barley wine. But maybe it was my choice of a small snifter. Re-pouring after the first sip offers an entertaining display of small brown bubbles forming and trying to rise to the top against the thick body. And yes, it does taste kind of thick. Very malty, with a thread of hop bitterness trying to settle in against the nearly syrupy texture. But this is a really nice malty brew. Whatever those 14 malts used are, they seem to be in equal proportion, as the blackness does not come with any stout bitterness. Call this one a Black IPA that detoured into "black barley wine" territory. As a new barley wine, it still shows a bit of roughness that would smooth down in a few years. Even heartier than my beloved Bigfoot. Next time I’m at the store, I may have to get a few more of these to lay down and start looking up when Hanukkah ends each year. L’Chaim indeed!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2010
at 21:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 oz. bottle, pours black with a beige head. Very complex aroma of caramel malts, brown sugar, dried fruits and molasses. Flavour is extremely sweet; sweet dried fruits, caramel, brown sugar - too cloyingly sweet. Extremely enjoyable but the immense sweetness is a bit of a turnoff. Alcohol is extremely well-hidden - I can't believe this is 14%.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2010
at 21:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours dark brown color with tan head. Aromas of dark fruits, molasses, citrus and alcohol. Flavors of raisins and plums, sweet caramel and citrus fruits. Very boozy. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2010
at 19:15