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Kulmbacher Eisbock 3.83 792

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
7923.84/5.03.83/5.09.2%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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 faroeviking (6128), BjórtjóðveldiðBjórheimBjórsins, Faroe Islands
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Jan 19, 2007  
Bottle thick dark borwn colour with a bubbly short head. Aroma of caramel and sirup, malt and some alcohol. Flavour is strong though still smooth, quite caramellic, malty, fruity and warming. Bitter-sweet finish. A good strong and filling Eisbock.


 bierkoning (6103), La Tropica, Netherlands
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 11, 2007  
Bottle. Deep dark brown color. Caramelly, sugary aroma with molasses. Sugary sweet flavor with tobacco, molasses and licorice. Some caramally bitterness in the aftertaste. Burning alcohol.


 Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 30, 2005  
Bottle at Plan B CPH. DK. Dark brown color with a small white head. Sweet malty, dark fruits light alcoholic aroma and taste. Medium to full body and a sweet light alcoholic finish.


 MesandSim (5958), London, Greater London, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
May 16, 2007  
A Mes rate: Bottle at Ølfestival 2007. My first beer of the festival (seeing as Sim managed to pinch my Ølfabrikken Ekstra!) One of those I have just never got round to trying. Glad I did eventually. Barley wine looks with a good tan head. Very wheaty and more barley in the nose. Typical strong German bock in the mouth. Strong dark and powerful. Chunky and fruity with plenty of hops showing. Strong, dark and powerful with a great creamy palate. Great start.


 thewolf (5836), Kolding, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/515/20
Aug 27, 2006  
Dark mahogany with no apparent head. Sweet aroma with lots of fruitiness. Full and vinious. Sweet with maltiness and kinda powerful.


 bu11zeye (5675), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/513/20
Dec 20, 2003    Updated: Apr 15, 2004
(Bottle) Pours a amber color with a medium-sized beige head. This was an interesting brew, maybe my first Eisbosk. Has a strong alcohol flavor and hints of caramel, prunes, and chocolate.


 jcwattsrugger (5581), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 11, 2007  
12oz bottle-pours a foamy tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is medium/dark malt-caramel/molasses, dark fruit. Taste is medium/dark malt-caramel/molasses, dark fruit, hops bite. OK carbonation.


 Rastacouere (5565), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
May 9, 2004    Updated: Mar 4, 2006
6 months bottle. Big props to TAR Finely laced thin off-white head over a dark molasses brown hue. Deeply rich aroma, sweet as expected, but bearing woody and lots of smoked undertones. The great chocolatey malt is intertwined with the candyish toffee. Subdued hop profile complements the malt fest with dignity. In one word, the aroma is effective. A first sip reveals its awe-inspiring complexity. This is rich and decadent, smoky with superb chocolate flavors. Understated fruitiness, maple and mildly bitter tobacco finish. Medium to full bodied with appropriate carbonation, rather restrained not to disturb and to let the malt expands as it deserves to. Wonderful and extremely contemplative lager, not unlike celebrator.



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