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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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 Skyview (4097), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 9, 2007  
Oh yeah! My first Eisbock. Straight from a bottle pours a dark brown with a large tan head. Aroma is sweet with hints of caramel, black cherry, brown sugar. Taste is very fruity and chocolate. Finish is a smooth creamy with nutty after taste. Very decent!


 Ughsmash (4091), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/104/517/20
May 16, 2005  
Poured a deep iced-tea like brown with a 1/4" head that slowly receded to form a thin ring around the top. Beer was lightly carbonated, and had an aroma consisting of raisins, dates, cocoa, and some alcohol. Roasted malts were very pleasant in the taste, and were well-blended with some dark fruit, vanilla, and alcohol. Smooth, non-cloying mouthfeel. Alcohol comes through as the beer warms. The beer is warm all the way down, with roasted malts in the aftertaste. This is a big and well-crafted beer!


 goldtwins (4085), Nesconset, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 26, 2004  
Dark brown with a medium tan head. Sweet aroma of brown sugar and dark fruit. Flavor is sweet and with alcohol cutting in. Neither flavor is overpowering though. Medium body, syrupy and sticky. Nice throat warming from the alcohol.


 Sammy (4065), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/513/20
Apr 9, 2005  
This beer kind of misfired for me. It was freshly delivered from Boston, thank you Clarkvv. A nice brown colour, but kind of sourish, some malts and toffee and stuff to sweeten some toastedness, lacking complexity to go with dinner. The Niagara Eisbock versions are sure a whole lot better.


 HogTownHarry (4026), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 18, 2005  
Bottle (330ml). Poured deep clear mahogany with a large foamy-creamy light brown head. Initially a little sour, but the roast caramel malt and moss come out, lots of spice, brown sugar and a hint of evergreen hops and sour cream. Taste of burnt caramel malt, with mossy winter forest notes. Mouthfeel is thick and syrupy - I really like this style, this isn’t the best I’ve had, but very solid.


 Radek Kliber (4000), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/518/20
Feb 7, 2006  
Dark brown with dark ruby light thru, large rocky head on top .Its appearance would be pleasure to any beer lover. Sweet, solid cake dough aroma. Caramel with gentle bark of birch aroma wrapped with soft hoppy scent. Velvety nose, gentle with light alcoholic finish. More of dried fruit, maybe plum? Medium full bodied, with more exposed alcohol inside. Beautiful sipper for winter nights I must admit. Thick fruity malt with controlled sweetness to it like true fruity comfiture. Finish end with woody warm feel. Gem, a must try beer.


 beerguy101 (3971), Newark, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jun 16, 2005  
330ml bottle brewed 10/22/04. Deep brown color. Large sized white foamy head, with long lasting lacing. Aroma is brown sugar, molasses, fruit and malt. A medium bodied Eisbock. Malts are sweet with lots of brown sugar and molasses flavors, some breadyness. Soft flavors, little to no carbonation presence. Hints of chocolate and vanilla. Perhaps a little thin in the mouth, but that may be due to the lack of carbonation. Nice beer. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.


 jerc (3954), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 18, 2004  
Pours a very dark brown almost black with a nice had that doesn't stay very long. Sweet malty aroma with hints of alcohol and metallics. Flavour is very very sweet with lots of dark maltiness, and chocolatey brown sugar. Warming alcoholic finish is pleasant, nice syrupy body is not exactly thick but has noticable weight across the tongue. I like it. Thanks to IPfreely for bringing this one up for me.



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