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Kulmbacher Eisbock

Kulmbacher Eisbock - Eisbock

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Kulmbacher Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Eisbock

Kulmbach, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
7603.84/5.03.83/5.09.2%93.3Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein
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Commercial Description:
The ice bock, also known as "Bayrisch Gefrorns", owes its discovery to a coincidence. According to the chronicles of the Kulmbacher brewery, some time around 1900 an apprentice forgot on a cold winter day to carry two barrels of bock beer into the brewery cellar. The barrels stayed outside, were covered by ice and snow and weren’t discovered until the following spring. The barrels had burst and the apprentice was reprimanded. But the carelessness was a stroke of luck because under the thick ice coat, a bock beer extract remained, strong tasting and high in alcoholic content.
Even if the dark, tasty speciality is not produced in this spectacular way anymore, the chance that gave birth to this beer became a tradition. Today this beer rarity is brewed in a modern brewing and freezing process, but the incomparable taste is still the same and can always be enjoyed in winter months.
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 rustychiles (1007), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20
Aug 2, 2008  
Pours a hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma of rasins, molasses and alcohol. Flavor is sweet, molasses, rasins. NIce eisbock.


 fredandboboflo (1395), East Setauket, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 26, 2008  
Bottle at Peculier Pub. Raisins, alcohol, maybe some molasses. Smooth, but still weighty in the mouth. Just not my thing?


 LilBeerDoctor (1480), East Setauket, New York, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/54/102/57/20
Jul 26, 2008  
Cool bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of raisins and alcohol. Flavor pretty much dominated by raisins and sweetness. Heavy palate and rather undrinkable. Not a fan.


 hellbilly (1502), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 22, 2008  
pours a dark woody reddish brown with a medium sized off white head. smells like golden raisins that have been sitting around a bit too long and have started to spontaneously ferment. oh yeah, there’s some wood, malty grain and vanilla in there too. the palate is not as sweet as the aroma led me to believe... flavors of golden raisins without their sugar, grain, a bit of yeast and banana-like fruitiness from it, caramel, tiny bits of tannic leather and cocoa. a bit dry and woody on the finish. the yeasty fruit is present in the aftertaste. medium body with low carbonation. rather rich mouth feel but luckily not sticky. warm and boozy in the guts...


 oteyj (716), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Pours reddish brown with one finger white head that dissapates into a thin film. Nose of cider, fermented fruits and sugary malt. Flavor is intensely sweet malt, but not cloying at all. Residual sugars are ever present, but not overwhelming. Palate is full but not viscous. Smooth and warming, with some alcohol near the finish. Somewhat dry finish. Not overly complex in terms of the malt character, but supremely tastey and quaffable.


 Jblauvs (531), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Dark mahogany pour with dissipating head. Heavy malty flavor with alcohol presence. non too complex. A mouthful of yummy malt with a finish of alcohol and tad bit of date.


 daknole (2805), Plantation, Florida, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Jul 22, 2008  
thank you belgianbeergal! This is delicious. My first eisbock!!! Pours a black color with a fluffy mostly white head that disappeared pretty quickly. forget the hops here, this is all syrup, malt, dried fruit, raisins, molasses. And that goes for the aroma and flavor. Sweet and smooth. What a sipper. Better as is warmed...man oh man I want more...more I say!!


 zappafan99 (462), South Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Taste 7/8 bottle( Date?) Looks: Dark black cherry. Nice full bodied foam that clings. Aroma: Roast, dried fruit, caramel. Taste: Nice fruit and roast with a chocolate tinge. Medium bodied and a little sticky. Alcohol comes more warming than in the aroma. I imagine the cold process achieves this.



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