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Kulmbacher Eisbock

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

Kulmbach, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
7703.84/5.03.83/5.09.2%93.3Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein
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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 MartiniFiend (104), Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/57/104/517/20
Feb 9, 2008  
a nice dark malty dopplbock with a bit of a alc taste but not too strong. A nice sub for all those angry ex- paulaner salvator fans out there


 DrBayern (1135), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Feb 8, 2008  
Bottle on 2/08/2008. Ours out a clear, deep ruby with a slowly receding tan head, bu little lace. Molasses, chocolate, vanilla, roasted nuts in an enticing aroma. Full body, rich and velvety mouthfeel with some stickiness and low carbonation. Full, round flavor with caramel dominating, and a touch of spicy bitterness, but not enough to hold back the sweet finish. A slow sipping brew, like a port after dinner.


Braufan (1), Spokane, Washington, USA
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4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 8, 2008  
Nice full,rich malty aroma, amber coloring, medium head with adequate lacing. Slightly sweet taste that mellows well with the high alcohol content for a smooth, warm aftertaste...a winter favorite .


 AmEricanbrew (1808), Doing Rogue, Louisiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Feb 7, 2008  
Dark brown with a fleeting tan head. Malty sweet smell of grapes and black licorice. Medium body with a slick mouthfeel. A very tasty taste mirrors the smell with black currants and molasses. Very easy drinking i could have pounded this beer. 6106


 Beerlando (2307), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 6, 2008  
Pours a dark but transparent, inky purple-brown. A fizzy, foamy, off-white head settles quickly to a splotchy film with a prominent edge. Minimal, jagged lines of lacing scar the glass. The aroma is deeply malty and fruity, with alcohol soaked figs, plums, and raisons showing over sweet, darkly roasted caramel. Its quite fumy from the alcohol note, with traces of candied sugar coming through as well. The flavor follows suit, as sweet caramel, nougat, and dark fruits combine for a heavy, malty punch. A strange, almost vegetal component enters the fold on the finish, which is a bit unsettling. A medium-full, syrupy body plants that sour vegetable taste at the far rear of the tongue. Surprisingly, its not overly cloying, but the aftertaste brings this one down. Weird brew. Its not horrible, but I won’t be rushing back to this one either.


 MattShizzle (385), Bernville, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 6, 2008  
Bottle. Very dark copper color. Excellent - very rich, somewhat roasty flavor. Not overly sweet. Tastes strong, but not as strong as it actually is.


 RollinHard (754), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 5, 2008  
Pours a clear brown with tan-orange highlights, Quickly dissipating head. Aroma is a little whisky, grape juice, brown sugar, and sawdust (woody, but in a grassy way). Taste seems a bit absent at first, and it’s rather light flavored up front. A bit of tangy wood, grapejuice a brown sugar, toast, butterscotch malt, but it’s somehow watered down. Prickly carbonation that stings while adding no creaminess to this slick, somewhat airy beer. Finally some "strong beer" flavors appear in the finish, where all the sweet/bitter flavors reside. Finishes with a bit of brown sugar, nuts, butterscotch, toast/pumperknickel, grapes. Bitter at first, fades to nuttiness. Quite a letdown, as the Schloss Eggenberg (sp?) was better than this, and the Aventinus Eisbock way beyond both of them.


 shendrix (478), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/516/20
Feb 4, 2008  
A tad sweet for a daily drinker, but a damned fine beer. The aroma is a smoky brown-sugar malt. Thick on the tongue, tasting of smoke, malt, and molasses all mingled together with smoke and a beautiful alcohol warmth. An excellent and complex brew.



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