He'Brew Jewbelation Reborn (Seventeen)
How could we hope to top last year’s Jewbelation Sweet 16 with its cupcakes, unicorns, & Satan’s Ferrari birthday cake? massive challenge. So for Year 17, we threw in a whole new dimension to our shtick – we built our very own brewery! After 17 years of contract brewing, our first Shmaltz Clifton Park batch emerged 17 months after the first draft of the business plan. Coincidence? Renaissance means “Re-birth” in French & Italian. In Buddhism, the concept does not truly translate as “reincarnation” but instead as “becoming,” or a “stream of consciousness.” 11 syllables structure a haiku. Shakespeare penned 17 comedies. In The Simpsons episode “Duffness” Homer sings “When I was 17″ about buying his first beer with a fake I.D. “I drank some very good beer. I stayed up listening to Queen, When I was 17.” In The Office, Dwight recites Rule 17 that all Schrute boys must learn: “Don’t turn your back on bears, men you have wronged, or the dominant turkey during mating season.” Knowledge and growth come in many forms. It is taught that Nirvana is only attained when the soul transcends cycles of rebirth. Looks like Shmaftz just isn’t there yet. So with 17 malts, 17 hops, and 17% abv,JEWBEL4TIONREBORNserves as another mark of our death as a contract brewer and proof of our conversion to a new life as brewery owner…… L’Chaim!!!
3.6
165 reviews
Clifton Park, United States
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Black,tan head.Unpleasant alcoholic nose.Big chewy malt and alcohol palate.Nothing else
Deep plummy brown, and a very thin light tan head. Big nose of port and earthy berries and deep English toffee malt. Gigantic flavor with a load of earthy toffee, huge sweetness, some port tones, deep semisweet cocoa. Booze, stone fruit, a little plum and date, and warm fruity dark malt.
Dark brown/black color; Medium creamy body; Aroma of toasted sweet malt, molasses, caramel, dark fruit, & black licorice; Flavor of roasted sweet malt, molasses/syrup, caramel, dark chocolate, some rye, dark fruit, and licorice; Warm boozy finish; Fairly well balanced; What to say - interesting for sure!
Noticable exhale upon opening the brew. Thin head at best which dissipates quickly. Signature stong malty alcoholic aroma. Raisins and plums along with loads of sweet malts and molasses. Color is an oily black. Loaded with flavor, malts and alcohol like all of their anniversary brews. Licorice, cough syrup, burnt toast, roasted grains. This brew is actually much better and more balanced that some of their previous anniversary brews. Maybe because i let the one rest for about 2 years before opening. A pretty damn good and tasty brew from HeBrew.
Bottle... Pours tar-black with a tiny, creamy, beige head. Good retention. The aroma is a hearty and complex swirl of tawny port, singed toffee, dark raisins, toasted nuts, ethanol, cigar tobacco and black bread. Full-bodied and syrupy with prickly carbonation. The flavor features candy sugar, milk chocolate, caramel, dark raisins, dates and tawny port with loads of harsh, boozy heat. There is quite a bit of bitterness in the finish. The bitterness is a touch metallic, but not offensive. Charcoal, burnt caramel and ethanol heat linger quite a while after each sip.
Bottle share at the WWWW beer tasting at iphonephan’s. dark brown with small tan head. Loads of booze, with sweet caramel, brown sugar, dark fruit, molasses in a muddy boozy mess.
Shared a 22oz bottle with some friends. Poured a pitch black color with a small tan head - more carbonation and head than I expected on this one, but head doesn’t last very long. Wispy remains behind. Aroma is dark fruits, like a ton of dried fruits - lots of burnt malt notes too, brown sugar. Bitter earthy notes, brown sugar, booze. And I mean a lot of booze is in this one. Very warming, but a year or so has mellowed out the edges a bit on this one so it was actually pretty drinkable for what it was since only two of us were partaking in this one, but I don’t think I’d return - I hear they no longer try to match the anniversary year, which is probably a smart move.
22oz bottle pours out black topped with pretty much no head. Nose is roast some soy plenty booze and a bit of malty sweetness. Taste is more of the roast malts soy some burnt sugar.
Bomber, cellared about a year. Ruby hued deep dark brown, mocha foam settles and fades. Dark roasted chocolate malt aroma. Taste is mostly rich sweet dark roasted chocolate malt, molasses, dark fruits, quite boozy and intense, totally over the top. Softer carbonation, full bodied, lightly hopped. DNFL (Definitely Not For Lagerboys)
[ Bottle ][ 1oz ][ @tasting ][ $0 ][ Shot glass ][ 08.15.15 ]
tepid sepia. Light chocolate and oxidation, booze creeping in. Heavy chocolate syrup and booze all over a la southern tier, sugar stinging mid-late. Deplorable balance, no nuance, no grain, no hops, no yeast.. no water. Beer?
Bottle, deep black beer, a little cardboard colored head dissapeared, some lace.
Aroma raisin, malt. Molasses, toasted barley, brown sugar, toast.
Taste hot! Raisin, anise, molasses, coffee, burnt sugar, toasted barley
Palate rich but not thick, this is not under attenuated. Carbonation very subdued. Finish is sweet, but this stuff is hot enough to need that. More like brandy than beer.
Over all effective, but it just not that tastey
Bomber shared by DCLawyer at the WWWW Mid Atlantic Summer Beer Tasting. Clear copper, thin fizzy tan head. Aroma of toffee, chocolate, caramel, raisin, booze. The taste is roasted malt, chocolate, toffee, caramel, cranberry, booze, mild smoke.
650ml bottle pour a dark brown color with a finger and a half of light beige head that retains well and leaves some decent lacing on the glass. Aroma is chocolate and roasted grains with some pine and and dark fruits. Taste is a dark fruit and chocolate malty sweetness with a roasted grain and light pine hop bitterness. Alcohol is noticeable, but subdued. This is a well done brew that is nicely balanced and quite flavorful. Highly recommended.
Bottle at the RateBeer WWWW Tasting shared by DCLawyer, thanks! Dark brownish black with beige head. Aromas of booze, bourbon, dark fruit. Tastes of dark fruit, chocolate, booze, bourbon. Medium body with a dry finish. Booze for days.
Big roast and caramel. Pours Dark brown with mocha head. Syrupy some citrus. Barley wine kind of feel. Boiled down malt. Bottle thanks to Dclawyer.
Bottle courtesy of DCLawyer. Deep clear amber. Aroma of boozy caramel. Taste is just booze.
Shmaltz has been making anniversary ales for many years and they get bigger and bigger each year. Their 17th Anniversary Ale – “Jewbelation Reborn” – is made with 17 malts, 17 hops and is 17% ABV. With those statistics you’d think this would be a complex and massive robust. It’s actually a lot less insane than you’d think (then again the bottle I was drinking was 2 years old so it may have mellowed out some).
I poured a 22oz bottle into a Shmaltz snifter. Thanks to Alex and Marissa for this bottle!
Appearance: Dark blackish/brown hue, though not completely opaque. Pours to a small, brown, foamy head which quickly dissipates and leaves no lacing.
Smell: Strong black licorice notes; slight Belgian-like characters (candi syrup and fruity esters); chocolate syrup notes. Surprisingly, the alcohol is not present in the nose.
Taste: My first sip immediately conjures up memories of other very strong imperial stouts. Though not technically a stout, the beer has a similar flavor profile: chocolate syrup, black licorice and piney/dank hops. Slight Belgian-ish flavor lingers in the background, too: rum-soaked raisin, fig, dates, and a bit of perfume. The alcohol is certainly a major flavor component and imparts and drying sensation, but it’s not distracting – it blends with the palette quite well. Tasty and interesting to be sure.
Drinkability: At 17% ABV, He’Brew Jewbelation Reborn is not a beer to be taken lightly. Each sip is an intense sensation. Alcohol gives the mouthfeel a hot sensation with a lingering warming sensation in the throat – akin to capsaicin. The mouthfeel is thick, sticky, syrupy and cloying. To call this a sipping beer is understatement – it was rare I took more than a half sip at a time. Four ounces is a sufficient and satisfying serving size – don’t drink more than that unless you’re brave or a fool.
Score: 7/10
EBF 2015. Un monstre de fin de soirée à Boston. Un liquide visqueux aux saveurs de vieux vins mutés. De la mélasse, du sucre, du malt et encore du malt.
Aroma: caramel, alcohol, raisin,
Appearance: black, clear, brown foam,
Taste: medium sweetness, lightly bitter, boozy
Palate: full body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish,
Yow. Heavy but I like it!
22 oz. bottle. Deep dark brown. Aroma is chocolate, brown sugar, caramel and cherries.
Body is medium yet sticky, syrupy sweet. Holy Christ this is sweet. Flavor is booze soaked raisins, stupid crazy, sugar. 17 malts is maybe to much?? Cloying....
dark black, some brown edges. no head on the pour straight from the bomber. Aroma is boozy, chocolate, fudge, tobacco, maple syrup. Very dense bubbles, thick, syrupy. There’s a ton of flavor here. really hard to describe each flavor here. Syrup, sweet, chocolate, maple. intense
Rendu à cette étape de la soirée, je n’ai pas réalisé que ce monstre tirait un gros 17% d’alcool. Au nez et en bouche, beaucoup de malts épais et de fruits foncés. Ça sent le porto et ça goûte aussi la mélasse, le rôti et les fruits liquoreux. L’alcool arrive maintenant et me pince la langue. La finale assez chaude arrive à atténuer l’aspect lourd des malts. Pas mauvais. Quand même un drôle de choix de ma part.
Pours clear very dark brown color with tan head. Aromas of dark fruit, toffee, and booze. Raisin and fig flavors with toffee, molasses, and some booze. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation.
Bomber. Dark garnet with no head. Toffee, candi, and booze. Thick and strong. Hides the ABV well.
This beer is insane. Crazy strong with deep milk chocolate, coffee, and prune notes. Pours a rich dark brown with a short head.
A lot of marketing for this beer. I couldn’t find 17 hops or 17 malts or even 17 degrees alcohol. It is not a bad beer, but it is not something special. A lot of figs and dark fruit aroma and flavor, alcohol is well hidden. It has a medium body, and it it is very sweet. It was complex, not.
Poured from bomber into tulip. Pours black with little head. Heavy carbonation that needs to be toned down through aging. Flavor is complex and varied. The hops announce themselves, but never get out of hand. Same with the malts. there is a nice balance there. for being 17%, the alcohol masking is excellent. Easy drinking and smooth.
Appearance: Jet black with tan head
Aroma: Super malty with notes of port.
Taste: Mutliple layers of flavors. Tons of sweetness upfront with toffee, mocha and star anise. Oaky whisky on the finish. Incredibly well masked alcohol level. Ten percent but 17% now way
Overall: A must try treat I look forward to getting every year.
Bottle thanks to Matt. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is strong booze, wood, dark fruit. Thin mouthfeel with strong booze, dark fruits, vanilla, wood.
12oz. bottle. The 17% trainwreck beer that I’ve kept in the cellar for nearly a year and I come face to face... Aroma is comprised mainly of huge, dark, sweet malts, dried fruits and alcohol, with notes of molasses, black bread, slight roast, raisin, red grape, cherry, licorice, spicy, earthy hop, a faint hint of tartness as well as some light fusel -- yes, more alcohol just in case you somehow forgot it was a ridiculous 17%. Mostly black in color with some faint dark brown-red highlights, no head to speak of here, nor lacing, nor sediment, just clean and very dark. Flavor profile is every bit the trainwreck it was promised to be, with all kinds of things going on between sips, such as hugely sugary and dark malts, a slight tanginess throughout, earth, coffeeish roast, chocolate, black cherry, prune, tinges of red wine, hot, peppery alcohol, deep, lasting hop bitterness and some jammy fruit in the background, to name a few. Hot and lightly syrupy on the palate, thick and coating with a body that can only come from 17 different varieties of malt. Leaves the glass quite sticky. How far will they go, folks??