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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.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
idbowman82 (62), Painesville, Ohio, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/52/103/57/20
May 9, 2008  
No good. Looked promising with a very deep red and an off white head. Eisbocks should be strong, yes, but they shouldn’t necessarily taste like rubbing alcohol. I see lots of other notes about fruits, caramel, molasses, etc...frankly, I couldn’t get past the apparent alcohol.


 KimJohansen (6645), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
May 8, 2008  
Dark brown with large beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, prunes and plums. Sweet flavor with notes of roasted malt, overripe fruits and caramel. Ends sweet.


 MIBRomeo (1962), Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
May 1, 2008  
Deep brown color lt red hughes nice rocky off white head good lac. Sweet sugary aroma some light syrups touch of grains. Full well coated pal. Flavor is sweet brown sugar & syrup w/ a grain cut touch a little rough edge & a warm swallow. Good not great


 Skinnyviking (4142), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/104/513/20
Apr 30, 2008  
Bottle. High and long lasting off-white creamy head. Very dark red brown body. Weak and metallich barley malt aroma. Low carbonated caramel cocoa roasted malt flavor. Pretty sweet but with a long aftertaste. Alcohol well hidden.


toddkrem (78), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 25, 2008  
Smells and looks like a stout. Tastes sweet with a wine aftertaste. taste of plums and raisons. Good beer. Thin compared to a stout and no hops compared to an IPA. First Eisbach rated. Bottle from artusory.


 scraff (1920), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 24, 2008  
Dense brown, creamy off white head. Rich caramel coated plum and warm musty fig notes are well layered over softer aromas of cherry molasses and brown sugared grapes. Well balanced deep dark fruit flavors ride waves of warm toasted caramel from start to finish. Just a faint hint of hops shows up late, but this is all about the malt. Medium bodied with pillow soft carbonation. A great after dinner sipper in my opinion…


 JCB (1713), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Apr 16, 2008  
Best eisbock I’ve had (though I certainly haven’t had many). A nicely dark pour, with a gem-like glow in the middle, and a substantive head. Smells very much like a port, and even has some of the consistency thereof - figs, raisins, a touch of anise. But the sweet malts are balanced by that slight alkie burn that’s distinctive to this style, giving it a real sipper’s quality. Good stuff.


 gringo332 (236), Richardson, Texas, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/105/519/20
Mar 26, 2008    Updated: Mar 1, 2009
Wonderful beer. Very sweet and dark. lear, deep ruby-amber coloured, mid-sized, slowly diminishing tanned head; distinctive fruitiness dried fruits, raisins) in the caramelly and toasted-malty nose, accompanied by illusions of molasses and shy hops; solid sweet flavour, full bodied, a bit sticky;



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