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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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 saxo (3513), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 28, 2006  
Bottle. Beautiful big tan head with medium duration. Color is dark ruby. Aroma is sweet and fruity with lots of spices. Taste is sweet and complex.


 Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Jun 23, 2006  
2004: Pour is dark dark opaque brown with a thin tan head...smell is sweet, molasses, hints of oxidation, taste is sweet and rather flavorless...maybe some molasses, wood, vanilla, dark fruits, but some relatively up front oxidation....it plays well with the flavors though...


 EithCubes (2140), Indiana, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Jun 22, 2006  
Bottle. Opaque dark brown, ruby under light, with a brown head. Sweet and mildly alcoholic nose with some candy sugar and brown sugar, mostly malty. Sweet taste is sludge-thick, great body; woody, dark malts, molasses, brown sugar, and warming alcohol. Dry with juust enough hops. Slightly sticky with a lasting aftertaste. Strong and bursting with flavor, had to forcibly slow myself down. I strongly agree with Papsoe - this has a lot in common with a trappist.


 acertain (249), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Jun 22, 2006  
Pours dark ruby red with a small off-white head. Aroma is of raisins, mollassas. Very thick in the mouth. Flavor is mildly sweet and echoes the aroma. Definite alcohol warming at the end.


 rebelbrewer (125), Lithonia, Georgia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/517/20
Jun 17, 2006  
11.2 ounce bottle poured into an Aventinus Eisbock glass. Very dark brown brew with a minimal tan head that disappeared quickly. Molasses and spice aroma with the same taste. There is no hint of the alcohol in this Eisbock and it is very drinkable.


 rederic (1787), montréal, Quebec, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jun 13, 2006  
Bottle best before 31/12/03, dark mahogany color, with a tan head, sweet caramelized malt nose, with toasted malt, fruit cake note, candied dark fruits, hint of chocolate in the aroma follows through on a full-bodied malty palate, with a nice malted character, beautiful fruity chocolatey accent, toasted malt, hint of raisin, plum fruitiness, molasses, leading towards a sweet malty fruity finish, with the alcoholic content well hidden.


 shrubber85 (2836), Wallhalben, Germany
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/510/105/518/20
Jun 12, 2006  
Bottle. Light raspberry swirl / strawberry ice cream and alcohol aroma. Opaque cola brown color - no head. Very complex flavor - light strawberry malt with hints of wood smoke up front - the maltiness crescendos with a masterfully blended hops, alcohol and astringent flavor coming out towards the end. A chewy hops flavor lasts long after swallowing and a nice tingle on the lips. This beer is truly a work of art.


 pantani (1894), Salinas, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Jun 9, 2006  
berries, caramel, butterscotch, looks like pepsi. Tastes of oak, toffee and caramel.



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