Jewbelation Sweet Sixteen
Shmaltz Brewing Company in Troy, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Special Out of Production|
Score
7.23
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16th Anniversary Celebration Ale. Brewed with 16 Malts, 16 Hops, and Soaring to 16% Alc
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8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
bottle. I’m a little surprised by the ratings - I found this beer absolutely outstanding. Insanely complex - like drinking a top notch imperial stout. The drinkability is maybe the most impressive, could not believe it’s 16%. Maybe the most impressive beer I’ve tried in 2012. Big fan!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2012
at 18:16
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Churchkey, pours a translucent purpelish with some creamy off white head. Nose of raisin, sugar, some cake icing, burnt sugar. Flavor of raisins, figs, sweet, cheap rum, malt, chocolate, rum cake. Full, sticky finish. Heavy handed.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Dec 2012
at 05:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle @ home, picked up at Argonaut in Denver. Pours a deep black appearance with a decent, very dark brown head. Anise, dark chocolate, sickly sweet malty, incredibly boozy aroma. Incredibly cloying, syrupy black licorice, dark chocolate, very woody, fig/dark fruity, grape drank, overly boozy flavor. Hard to take more than a sip at a time. There seems to be a lot of flavor but it’s boozy as hell and burns like a mofo on the finish. Is it a drain pour? Nah, I wanna get loaded tonight.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2012
at 18:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Beer Run. Pours a dark brown color with a thin frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Big malty aroma with notes of chocolate, raisins, caramel and booze. The taste is chocolate, toffee, booze, a decent amount of smoke and a bitter hop finish. Full bodied and fairly hot. Nice, but these anniversary beers are getting kinda boring. What’s next, 17 MALTS! OHMIGOD!
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2012
at 17:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ Meadhall, Cambridge, MA. Anniversary glass shows a deep brown with ruby highlights when held to the light. Nose is so sweet, it’s kind of offensive. Rich malts, sugar, alcohol and dark fruit. Flavors of caramel, chocolate malts, dark fruits, citrus hops for bitterness. The finish is a more dark fruits, residual sugar, brown sugar, molasses, and a large amount of booze. Full bodied with average amount of carbonation. A sweet, malt bomb with ABV being overwhelming. I bet if you grabbed a bottle and sat on it for 4 years it would be a drinkable brew. Glad I got a short pour of this.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2012
at 13:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Big boozy prune and molasses aroma. Black with a small brown head. Prune, anise, molasses, and very hot booze flavor. Burnt coffee in the finish. Full body with a pretty intense alcohol burn. Alcohol was overwhelmingly harsh, and this one would definitely benefit from some aging.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2012
at 06:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours deep mahogany into a snifter. Mocha head with good retention recedes to coat surface. Sweet pit fruit, licorice and soy aromas. Thick with upfront dark pit fruit turning to soy before the hot lasting molasses finish.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2012
at 15:02
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Pour is a super thick black with a very small tan head. Aroma is super sweet with some chocolate, vanilla, anise and booze. Flavor is super hot with alcohol. Some of the chocolate malt shine past the booze but the alcohol takes over. This is a real heavy mouthfeel with a ton of alcohol presence. I’m glad I only got a 12 oz bottle b/c there is no way I am going to finish this. I’m done with this series.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2012
at 16:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours very dark brown/black with a temporary, nearly chocolate, tan head. Aroma runs toward treacle and dark fruits. Quite full bodied. It has carb. Flavor is chocolate, then dark fruit, then moving on to chocolate and dark malt. Heat sneaks in once in awhile, but it’s not obnoxious. Much less heat than expected. Certainly not dry, but the sweetness is much more restrained than many barleywines. I think there’s bitter in the finish, but whether from burnt malt or hop? It’s fairly refined, and pretty tasty.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2012
at 16:40