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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
7733.84/5.03.83/5.09.2%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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 Fin (3408), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 5, 2007  
Bottle, Beers of Europe Poured dark brown pretty good clarity, white head. Toffee like aroma, along with some molasses. Tastes quite rich as one would expect but sweetness a little overwhelming at times a bit barley wineish in that sense, still very nice beer that has dark fruits and is quite sticky on occasion.


 BuckeyeBoy (1654), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 4, 2007  
12oz bottle pours out nice brown topped with a off white head. Nice sweet aroma. Very nice mouth full of malt, toffee and caramel. Very good.


 DougShoemaker (2856), Toronto, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 3, 2007  
Aroma is full candied malt, pitfruit, treacle and spice, deep auburn, trace of red at the sides, pours a short lived toffee head. Tastes of pitfruit, treacle, candied malt, caramel, walnuts and as it warms, some toffee. Very full bodied, complex, very well balanced, bitter with a completely dry finish. Fantastic!


 Hansen (2266), Randers, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/512/20
Sep 2, 2007  
Dark brown and clear. Has an off-white head, mostly lasting. Strong aroma, heavy sweetness, something sharp too, pepper? Flavor is heavy sweet. Syrup texture. Soft carbonation. Warming alcohol.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 05/04/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

clear dark amber, headless, sweet dark carmel malt aroma, sweet carmel malt flavor, light bitterness
-------- /> Date: 07/08/2006
Score: ii to iii
Words: Bottle
Words: Green’s
Words: Atlanta

disco bottle, clear very dark red, thin frothy beige head, touch of lace, huge sweet dark carmel malt aroma with a bit of ripe fruits, earthy hops, and a touch of smokey peat, smooth body, rich malt flavor with well balanced sweetness, light fruity character

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **4


 WeeHeavySD (2960), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
Aug 30, 2007    Updated: Mar 2, 2008
1st Rating from 3rd Annual Woodshop tasting in Temple City, CA. 3/1/08. One hell of a day put on by Cquiroga, thanks for a killer day Chris. Also spent the day there with bikesanbeer, my girlfriend Cyn, wetherel, JohnC, DenverLogan, dirty_martini, jasparg, DrBil, IPAFiend, awaisanen and many others, this was one crazy day. Same Bottle DenverLogan Had below. Jully 11, 1996 24% Plato. Pours Brown with no head. Nose is sweet and crazy gnarly. Taste is sweet and strong and not so super sweet and hides however big the alc actual is.


 Jukkabro (3005), Tampere, Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 28, 2007  
Dark brown colored with red hints. Little light brown head. Rich nutty and chocolaty aroma, mild alcohol and this caramelly sweetness here. As served ice-cold,this already has excellently rich aroma. Medium to full bodied. Flavor starts also with this rich mix of chocolate-nuts-toffee-caramel, this is one fine flavor! Crispy palate. Ending is still sweet with this vanishing alcohol and nuts. Slight bitter hops in aftertaste, very complex beer. Rather strong start for hot day in Bamberg.


 sersdf (1000), chicago, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/517/20
Aug 24, 2007  
strange reward for getting a good grade at school. very deep maroon cherry red, doesn’t let light through. almost no head except at the rim. smells of syrup and chocolate. actually kinda reminds me of the kuhnhenn raspberry in smell. pretty good unless you take a deep whiff and get the artificial hard candy aroma. otherwise it’s got a lot of fruit. taste is, of course, very very malty. not much alcohol, but it’s at fridge temp and it’s a very weak eisbock abv-wise. i honestly love it. alcohol is starting show on the back as it warms. i find myself drinking lots of small sips of it, not even paying attention. definitely a beer worth more than the alcohol content.



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