Jewbelation predicts Jubilation for Ravens fans
Last night I cracked open a bottle of Jewbelation Twelve, the ale celebrating the 12th anniversary of the brewery that gives us HE-BREW, The Chosen Beer.
Jewbelation is a dark, rich beer, brewed with 12 malts and with 12 percent ABV. It was, the label said, conceived in San Franciso and brewed by Shmaltz Brewing Co. in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Jeremy Cowan, the witting proprietor who calls his company the "smallest, biggest and most award-winning Jewish beer company," moved his brewing operation in 2003 from California to New York state.
I cracked open Jewbelation about a week too late to celebrate Hanukkah. But it was just in time to spin the empty bottle and predict the winner of this Saturday's Ravens-Titans game. According to Jewbelation, a win for the Ravens is written in stone, on tablets.
As for the brew, it was exceeding dark and malty. It was so rich I had to down the bottle in two halves, just like football.
Anybody else experience Jewbelation?
Any opinions on the other beers in the HE-BREW line?
I had their Bittersweet Lenny's RIPA, a beer brewed in honor of Lenny Bruce. It was more bitter than sweet.
Comments
I had a whole bunch of the HE-BREW beers at one of the Max's Taphouse beer socials last year. It was around the Holidays, so they were doing some sort of a Christmas v Hanukkah theme. It was the HE-BREW beers v Belgian (Monk) beers.
All of them were very tasty.
Posted by: NR | January 8, 2009 3:41 PM
Hi Rob. This is Zak Davis from Shmaltz Brewing Company. Thank you so much for writing about Jewbelation 12. It's a huge beer, and we've had a blast with it this year. I hope you enjoyed it. L'Chaim!!
Posted by: Zak Davis | January 9, 2009 7:00 PM