EKU 28

Brewed by Kulmbacher Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Eisbock
Kulmbach, Germany

Pours amber with a medium tan head. Aroma is sweet rich caramel malt. Flavor is big, sweet caramel malt, slightly roasty and nutty, and with a bit of alcohol in there as well. Really good.

Clear amber body with a small, creamy, off-white head, mostly diminishing with a fair lacing. Malty aroma (toffee) with hitns of plum. Strong alcoholic character. Moderate sweet flavour. Medium body with an oily texture; soft carbonation; strong alcoholic feeling in the finish. Not very satisfactory; alcoholic character too dominant.

Pours a very clear amber with little head. Aroma strong with molasses, plum, and malt. Flavor is excellent, with the molasses combining with malt, honey, and caramel to create a really nice sweet but drinkable brew. Palate is nice- not too thick like many beers of this sweetness, but still sticks to the tongue quite nicely. Very nice beer.

Ahh - EKU 28 - my first foray into anything not Anheuser Busch related years and years ago on my first trip to Germany in the Air Force. Recently had another at the Flying Saucer in Raleigh NC. Nice orange/amber color when brought to the table. Lots of fruity aromas and could also detect the hops quite well. The taste actually delivered what appeared to be toffee and toasted malt. Could certainly pick up the alcohol in the beer but it goes down well. A good beer that reminds me of some good times.

Bottle. Pours amber brown with creamy thick, off white head. Smells like regurgitated fruit, very sour discustingly sweet. Tastes very unpleasant, overly fermented fruity, dark, sticky, hard to drink. Strong presence of alcohol. Not for me, though. I paid alot for a 6 pack, but ended up giving the rest of it away.

’’Brown 11.2 oz bottle into a large long stemmed sniffer. Appears a bit viscous in the pour. Smells of volatile vanilla extract and it reminds me of some helles beers, with their slender candy background olfactory. Color is a combination of clear red, orange and yellow. No perceivable carbonation. First taste is strong alky, like burning, man. Penetrating alky effect almost like hard liquor was added to the brew. Afraid to take another hit. Immense seat kicking back of throat punch. Rather massive in its own way. Way too much for this session brew lover. Exactly what I thought I’d get. Saw it on the shelf and passed it by for the last two years. Probably should have left it there. Causes the hair on the back of my neck to stand up and at times nearly triggers the gag reflex. No doubt this is one of the strongest tasting beers I’ve had. Yea, sherry or port fer sure. Don’t make this yer first beer if you are a recent pale lager convert. Date code 1872, heheh. Rude crude and at times, just plain unenjoyable for a beer. Hot as brandy without the fruity sweetness. S5L3F1T2O5 EKU28 11% Eisbock ’’

ar:whiskey or cognac, alc, caramel, quite strong and ’’raw’’ app: amber, small yellow head that quickly goes away. fl:sweet, malty, carmel, syrup, honey, alc. pal:nice mouthfeel. overall:too much alc. with not that much to show from it, except sweetness and maltiness.

tawny colored with a tall flully white head. wood and red fruit aroma in good balance and intensity. Light in body and doesn’t remind me of a concentrated doppelbock at all. the body is very thin and the fruity sweetness reminds me more of a barleywine that goes down much too easy. Milk caramel, oak, and cherry.