UPDATED: MAR 25, 2021 Old rating from 2017 - 330ml bottle brought back from NYC. Pours brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of rye, hints of spice, caramel, bread & malt. Medium body. Sweet mildly bitter finish

UPDATED: AUG 22, 2020 Had this years ago, not sure why I never rated it. Rating it from old notes. Very clear dark reddish brown, creamy white head. Aroma is quite malty, bready, caramel sweetness. A bit of spicy note from rye. Malty notes continue into the flavor. Rye adds a layer of complexity. Hops have fallen off but still hold a good amount of bitterness.

UPDATED: APR 6, 2019 Cloudy dark amber pour, finger of tan head. Nose is carmel and rye. Middle is chewy carmel up front, spicy rye, woody hops, oily mouthfeel. Finish is sweet and thick. The ABV is lurking and starts to show as this warms up.

One fine DIPA! Very well balanced. Sometimes rye beers are overly sweet, but this works nicely. Not the hoppiest DIPA, but sometimes I like it that way. It's about the maltiness on this one....although there's a decent hop finish at the end. Appearance is on the gold/copper side with a bit of a red hue. Some pine and citrus in the aroma. Will probably buy a 4-pack of this since I only bought one 12 oz. to sample first.

12floz bottle, no date (I don't think this is the freshest), $1.75 unit cost, nonic glass. Appears a halfway opaque amber with a one finger head. Aroma is of rose, caramel, some fruitiness, and nail polish remover. This beer is fine, and as I recall it being more so when I know I had it fresh in the past. The hops are subdued here, which this DIPA has always been maltier than others in the style, but still. Tastes like jammy biscuits, full, rich, and sweet.

From Oct 2008 I got this bottle in a trade with nutbown. Thanks Alan! This pours a deep amber gold with a small head of foam. Again, there's lots of lacing like the others I've tried from them. The smell is both hoppy and malty. Good notes of caramel and light floral hops with a rather strong peppery presence. My nose is happy. The taste is stronger than the smell when it comes to the hops. Floral and piney hops dominate with a strong pepper spice flavour and a mild caramel malt backbone that I wish was more assertive. Dang, this is spicy and it makes me take long breaks between the sips. The alcohol is also more assertive than I care for and not nearly as well hidden as in their Jewbelation 11. The mouthfeel is medium and nice, the carbonation is medium, and it finishes very bitter with some sweet tones though, I can't say that it's anywhere near balanced. Bottom line: This one just doesn't do it for me and finishing the bomber will be a chore. Too much hop bitterness and pepper spice for the amount of malt that I can taste. Too extreme for me? I think so.

UPDATED: NOV 11, 2017 On tap and 12-oz bottle. My all-time personal favorite. No kidding about the 'obscene amount of malt and hops.' Big rich round full-bodied full-throttle delicious brew.

UPDATED: APR 27, 2020 Dégustée à l'automne 2016 (De mes notes). Merci MAM .

UPDATED: JUL 13, 2018 Deep copper amber, persistent off white head and lacing. Sweet, caramel camdy, bourbon with mild even bitterness throughout. The astringent, peppery rye notes I was looking for were barely there. $3.79/12oz bottle from Total Wine and More, Boca Raton, Florida

Tasted from the bottle, bought in Cincinnati at my local Jewish deli. Oy vey! This is a solid brew! I was happy to be a circumcised man of god when I put this rye IPA to my orthodox lips. Surely a goy couldn't handle this beer, it's as strong as Abraham, and as fertile as the lords good soil. The flavor on my tongue was hefty malts and fruity hops with just a hint of rye whisky. Let gods chosen people rejoice, Shmaltz has done it again! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone