Jubel Alt
Review Date 12/28/2003
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With Christmas
now past and a New Year fast approaching, it’s time to celebrate. For me,
there’s no better way to do just that than with a full-bodied, delicious
glass of beer. And how better to celebrate than with a beer whose very name
means a celebration? Jubel is a flavorful German alt bier brewed by
the Franz Joseph Sailer brewery of Marktoberdorf. It’s a true glass of
festivity, and although it’s a perfect beer with which to ring in the New
Year, you certainly don’t have to wait once a year to enjoy it.
Sailer describes Jubel as follows:
Das Bier Zum Feiern. Vollmundig, wurzig, suffig, jeder schluck ein fest.
All well and good, you say, but what the heck does that mean? As one of the many services we offer here at Epinions.com, allow me to translate:
The beer to celebrate. Full bodied, spicy, palatable, every sip a party.
Sure sounds good to me. According to the importer, Noble Union Trading, Jubel has been named best alt beer in America, out performing even Sam Adams.. I assume they’re referring to Samuel Adams Boston Ale, which while a very nice beer and a decent alt is not necessarily the altbier I would use as a yardstick to compare an imported German alt to.
Altbier is a German style of ale that is typically brown in color with a sturdy sweet malt character and usually a balancing to pronounced hop finish. Ales are less common in Germany than lagers are today, and the “alt” here (literally meaning old) refers to the old style of beer making when almost all beers were ales.
Even the bottle is something special here. Jubel is sold in half liter brown glass jugs with a convenient handle on the back. The top is capped off with a swing top ceramic stopper, which makes the package a great plus for homebrewers. After enjoying the beer, the bottle can be refilled with a festive brew of your own creation.
Jubel pours to a dark brown color with a thick creamy tan head and a sweet dark malt nose. The palate is packed with deep, rich, and sweet dark malt flavors and a light nutty character. There are notes of molasses, chocolate, and toasty melanoidins. Overall, the beer is clean of fruity esters. In the finish, a light bitterness emerges that leaves a balancing to very lightly bitter impression on the tongue.
This is a very delicious beer and an impressive German alt. It really is something to celebrate, or at least to celebrate with.
Sailer describes Jubel as follows:
Das Bier Zum Feiern. Vollmundig, wurzig, suffig, jeder schluck ein fest.
All well and good, you say, but what the heck does that mean? As one of the many services we offer here at Epinions.com, allow me to translate:
The beer to celebrate. Full bodied, spicy, palatable, every sip a party.
Sure sounds good to me. According to the importer, Noble Union Trading, Jubel has been named best alt beer in America, out performing even Sam Adams.. I assume they’re referring to Samuel Adams Boston Ale, which while a very nice beer and a decent alt is not necessarily the altbier I would use as a yardstick to compare an imported German alt to.
Altbier is a German style of ale that is typically brown in color with a sturdy sweet malt character and usually a balancing to pronounced hop finish. Ales are less common in Germany than lagers are today, and the “alt” here (literally meaning old) refers to the old style of beer making when almost all beers were ales.
Even the bottle is something special here. Jubel is sold in half liter brown glass jugs with a convenient handle on the back. The top is capped off with a swing top ceramic stopper, which makes the package a great plus for homebrewers. After enjoying the beer, the bottle can be refilled with a festive brew of your own creation.
Jubel pours to a dark brown color with a thick creamy tan head and a sweet dark malt nose. The palate is packed with deep, rich, and sweet dark malt flavors and a light nutty character. There are notes of molasses, chocolate, and toasty melanoidins. Overall, the beer is clean of fruity esters. In the finish, a light bitterness emerges that leaves a balancing to very lightly bitter impression on the tongue.
This is a very delicious beer and an impressive German alt. It really is something to celebrate, or at least to celebrate with.
And remember, try a new beer today, and drink outside the box.
*Pricing data accurate at time of review or latest update. For reference only, based on actual price paid by reviewer.
(B)=Bottled
(D)=Draft
