Kulmbacher Eisbock

Brewed by Kulmbacher Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Eisbock
Kulmbach, Germany

Amazing. The sweetest, succulentest beer man has produced. I would drink this beer before I went on a date with Carmen Electra. Unless she had a bottle of this. The nose is beautiful like a cherry pie covered in caramel, the mouthfeel is medium bodied with perfect carbonation and presence. Alcohol never presents itself even in warming times, and the finish leaves still images of dried overripe dark fruits all over the tongue. Amazing.

Hell yeah bottle thanks to beerman6686 and a darklord day trade pours black and clear with a reddish hue around the edges and a tan whippy head the color reminds me a lot of a swarz , the aromas are of malts, caramel,licorice,and dark fruits taste is roasted caramel malts,vanilla and picking up wood like oak and a little chocolate and licorice this might be the best lager I have ever had smooth and sweet and the alcohol is well hidden a masterpiece truely amazing brew

thank you belgianbeergal! This is delicious. My first eisbock!!! Pours a black color with a fluffy mostly white head that disappeared pretty quickly. forget the hops here, this is all syrup, malt, dried fruit, raisins, molasses. And that goes for the aroma and flavor. Sweet and smooth. What a sipper. Better as is warmed...man oh man I want more...more I say!!

Wonderful beer. Very sweet and dark. lear, deep ruby-amber coloured, mid-sized, slowly diminishing tanned head; distinctive fruitiness dried fruits, raisins) in the caramelly and toasted-malty nose, accompanied by illusions of molasses and shy hops; solid sweet flavour, full bodied, a bit sticky;

An absolutely magnificent beer, it should be in the top 50! Attractjve dark garnet color, very dark, hold it to the light. Smallish head. Big warming pleasing toffeeish dark malty nose. It takes all thats good about the bock style and magnifies it without distorting it like some big beers do to their base styles. So smooth, big rounded sweet full mouthfeel. Drinks easily, as easily as any strong beer I’ve had. Almost gulpable, but the potency and fullness catch up quickly enough to slow you down. Perfectly balanced in the finish. A truly excellent beer for all occasions.

2/7/04. Poured out of 33 cL bottle, bought at Stuffed Sandwich in San Gabriel, CA a long-ass time ago. 1996 Vintage. Holy shit, yo. Extremely dark brown-red color, capped with a very slight, tan head of large bubbles. The head can be forgiven, especially because the beer does something I’ve never seen before-- it leaves very little lacing at first (maybe because of the temperature?), then begins to leave the most elegant glitter and sparkle, like a thin, light tan metallic foil. Aroma is lovely-- some grape (like the fruit and also like the artificial fruit flavoring of grape candy), cola, and faint chocolate. Very delicious nose, sweet and luscious, a bit fruity. Flavor is just killer. Caramel malt and bright alcohol, worty. Syrupy with grape flavors, but not very vinous. Dried fruit-- prune and plum. Definite alcohol but not off-putting to me. Also some chocolate. Body is medium-full, velvety smooth beneath but pretty sharply biting and sort of humming with a carbonation feel that I somehow don’t see. I would guess it’s from the alcohol, but I actually prefer to think that it’s coming from the gentle pur of pixie dust sprinkled on this magic fruit. Finish is a lot of dried fruit and caramel malt, now resinous and always resonant, quite long and unique. Excellent stuff. Sticky on the lips. I can tell this bottle is a bit oxidized, but it could still age a bit I think. It’s certainly mellowed some over the years, but it’s still damn awesome.

As usual, I am wowed by an Eisbock. I was impressed by the color and initial tan head on the pour - it disappated very quickly. The color is a very dark murky brown with very faint red/orange highlights. This has a highly alcoholic smell. Dark dried fruit, brown sugar, dough are also present in the aroma. The palate is super sweet yet balanced a bit by the alcohol. But the alcohol isn’t a negative or out of place. In the middle of the palate is a nice graham cracker taste that is in between the layers of sweetness. I love this, but then this is my favorite style of beer.

Thanks to ilinismitty for this one. Pretty pretty, beautiful dark purple body with a fantastically huge light tan head. The aroma made me shiver in anticipation. Plums, cherries, alcoholic bliss all wafted up to me. A bit of caramel and chocolate lay down underneath the other aromas with some granola. Wow, this is sweet. Chocolate, plums, and cherries all combine for a chewy beverage. The alcohol is there but does not dominate, it works with what little hop presence in this to keep this from getting too cloying. Marshmallow granola flavor in the finish with sorghum molasses. A fantastic experience. Ap-5 ar-10 tas-8 pal-4 ov-18