He'Brew Jewbelation Fourteen
He'Brew Jewbelation Fourteen
Rated 3.663 by BeerPalsBrewed by Shmaltz Brewing Company
Troy, NY, United StatesStyle: Strong Ale
14% Alcohol by Volume
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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 to you, Dear Reader. As with many fourteen year olds, this year's Jewbelation is all about Hands, Hearts, and Farts. 14 is the numerical value for the Hebrew word for "hand." The human hand contains 14 digital bones and 14 joints. 14 items 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 spokesmen 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 Tibeten people. A hummingbird's heart flutters 1400 beats per minute. Dr. Oz reported on Oprah that humans fart an average of 14 times a day. At age 41 in our 14th year of brewing, this numerical synchronicity will happen only once in a lifetime. Here's to being here now...L'Chaim! Malts: Specialty 2-row, Vienna, Munich, Wheat, Chocolate, Crystal Rye, Dark Crystal, Rye Ale, Caramunich 40, Carapilsner, Kiln Amber, Flaked Spelt, Flaked Oats, Flaked Quinoa Hops: Amarillo, Apollo, Cascade, Centennial, Crystal, Fuggles, German Spalt, Northern Brewer, Simcoe, Styrian Bobeck, Summit, Tettnang, Vanguard, Warrior
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Overall Rank | 1343 |
Overall Percentile | 97.6 |
Style Rank | 61 of 813 |
Style Percentile | 92.5 |
Lowest Score | 3.4 |
Highest Score | 5.0 |
Average Score | 4.060 |
Weighted Score | 3.663 |
Standard Deviation | 0.650 |
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5 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9
This is nop-notch big-boy beer! I would advise sipping. Has potential in aroma and mouthfeel to be better, but with this strength and all that's going on...hard to do. Out of all the jewbelations and Hebrew anniversary ales, this seems to have the best balance. The fruit doesn't overpower the malts as much here, and I think again it for over 2 years helped. Probably could have gone another year or two, but I just had to try this already. Looking forward to that barrel-aged Genesis 15:15 now, which I will hold out on as long as I can.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9
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When you make a Strong Ale, especially like He'Brew does with their anniversary beers, you throw all the rules of brewing out the window and just chuck in stuff and hope it all comes out okay. So far, their anniversary beers have been top-notch and this was no different, and defines what an American Strong Ale should be like.
The aroma on this beer was just full tilt on everything...like a beer on crank. Tons of alcohol, tons of pitted/dark fruits, chocolate, alcohol, toffee, more alcohol, floral hops, more alcohol, leaf tobacco...wow. Flavor is also just as intense as the aroma. Port wine, leaf tobacco, chocoalte covered raisins, wet dirt, leather, hand soap with a strong, strong alcohol presence. Phenomenal beer, priced incredibly well and well done for a anniversary beer. -
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8
THIS BEER IS EPICLY POTENT!!!!! Very dark brown but not quit completely black, small cap produced on pour and reduced to nothing quickly but at 14% what else do you expect? Heavy, solid, thick pungent aroma!!!! Just a heavy sweet strong aroma! WOW!!! Bubble gum, cinnamon, mild coffee, tar, salty hints of smoke, vanilla, perfume, tons of different stuff going on here in this smelliness. I have no idea how to score this aroma it jumps all over the place and is so potent it almost offensive but in a yummy way. Pg sgtweqtewt jjjsaf qweu!!!! HOLLY FUCK what the hell?? This is a punch to the face of intense flavor! This is beer concentrate I feel I should have to empty this into a jug and add three cans of water to it. Burnt bitter sugar, some coffee. My stomach feels so warm but I can hardly taste any of the massive 14% in here. HAHA funny right as I wrote that my nostrils just got burnt with a big cloud of rubbing alcohol. Taste seems so much simpler the aroma but has all the intensity. The bitter is lingering forever on my tung. Wish the beer had a fuller thicker feel. The more I drink the more ash/charcoal I taste. So happy this isn’t a big bottle or I’m sure I’d be dead in the morning. Tasting something seems odd but I feel is correct….Spicy cinnamon apple cider dumped into cold stale coffee?? Ya take that logic. The longer I sip on this the more I realize how diabeticly sweet it is. My god, this review is going on forever it’s just rambling on while saying almost nothing. Last sip of beer was insanely sweet with a tung crippling bitter that lingered forever. I have no idea how to score this beer Its tasty and yet scary to drink, I feel my taste buds will never be the same again. YAY BEER!!
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
Drank this past sunday, thanks Tom .. . Pours a dark brown black, medium foam .. . low chewiness, is this really 14% .. . tar, sweet chocolate molasses, and catherine duke .. . this stuff could really screw you over, by that i mean i could drink 2-3 bottles in an hour, fall down, and wonder what happened... could be fuller and more complex but still a stunner! .. . my chair does not have a gender..
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Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10
This is it. My first 5.0 rating. I can not imagine a beer that could be smoother, more complex, or in any way more delicious and enjoyable to drink. This is a beer that pours a solid, pitch/motor oil/tar resin black with a brown sudsy head which peters out rather quickly. For as strong as the aroma is on this beer, it doesn't need a long lasting head. The flavors that can be identified are: cherries, chocolate, burnt coffee, sherry, dark fruits (plums, figs, etc.) and then....the flavors combine in a way so as to create a whole new array of experiences that I lack the words for. what does it taste like? It tastes like it does. The mouthfeel is so thick and full, that in small sips, this is pretty damn close to heaven. Holycrapjesushchristzeusalmighty! This is a good beer. Made even better by the fact that I had some friends to share this with...I'd be passed out on the floor before I could have finished this bottle by myself.