 Dorwart (1814), Robbinsville, New Jersey, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 19, 2004 (Vintage 11-July-1996, bottle # 38,646) Wow, decent head for an 8 year old beer. Reduces quickly but has decent carbonation keep the head regenerating. I love to watch eisbocks. Fun to sit and watch the little eddies of carbonation on the surface. Rich aroma of licorice, soy sauce, alcohol and peat. Color is a deep red mahagony. Flavor is thick and malty. Bit more soy sauce. Huge smoke presence after the swallow. Was not prepared for that. SOmething strange in there. Almost like a dry sweet potato skin. Finish is slightly bitter and warming with a lingering burnt/smokey/salty soy sauce aftertaste. Not bad but different. I dig eisbocks!
Sham (1846), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 25, 2004 Dark brown with a tannish head and spotty lacing. Crystal malts come out with caramel and roast. Dough and figs. Some brown sugar. Flavors of sour malts with some bitter notes. More sugar and some notes of sour dough. More of the same malts. Sticky and bitter finish with traces of alcohol.
Boutip (2364), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 5, 2006 Bottle courtesy of Hogtownharry: Poured a nice brown color beer with a medium foamy head with above average retention and lacing. Aroma of sweet cookie dough with dry figs and raisins. Taste is quite sweet without being disgustingly sweet with some dry gigs, cookie dough and plums. Body is about average and alcohol is well hidden. Very good beer and I’m sure it would be interesting to cellar a few of those.
FlacoAlto (2473), Tucson, Arizona, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 31, 2004 Updated: Apr 1, 2004Bottle Date 22.10.04. Sampled March 2004
Pours a clear deep dark amber color that is topped by a light brown head. Intense aromas of malt waft from my glass; meaty, dark malts, and alcohol. The taste is smooth, thick, and creamy. Lightly sweet and very well integrated. The alcohol is well hidden as well. Damn this beer is a malty wonderland, only a hint of hop bitterness. The malt certainly plays center stage here, as it should in a bock. This is so smooth, no harsh notes to take away from the thick malt flavors, this beer is ripe with melanoids, and notes of raisins too. Just a great beer that demonstrates the characteristic bock flavors wonderfully.
unclebleen (620), California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 14, 2004 POurs a dark brown, almost black color woth a small off-white head that has minimial lacing. Aroma is very malty. Flavor is very malty with lots of caramel and burnt toffee flavors as well. Body is very nice and silky. A really good brew.
jimhilt (1679), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 10, 2006 Pours a three finger cream head that fades quickly leaving no lace. Nearly black color. Light carbonation and heavy bodied. Rich malty nose. Starts sweet almost cloying, raisin/molasses flavor, clean finish. You don’t notice the high ABV. $1.35 for a 330ml bottle from John’s Market Place Tigard, Or.
steview (901), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 12, 2004 duvel tulip glass: deep dark brick red body with tiny ruby highlight. a big and tight tan head grows then diminishes into a slightly rocky head. before it quickly leaves itself as a thick ring around the glass there are too many sparkles. that’s neat, i didn’t take a drink and already there’s lace! what a great appearance! too bad the head doesn’t stay as the mountain it first was. anyway... flavor... aroma... palate... this is a dark, sugary, malty, and fruity brew. it tastes like roasted fruits. it needs more. perhaps some hops or a better malt backbone. what alcohol? that’s right, after a few drinks i don’t care anyway. it has a nice and dry liquor-like aftertaste. on the lips is where i want to keep the brew; this sweet and simple thing is tasty. (i think i like Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock better!)
PeterA (339), Virginia, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 24, 2004 Alcohol, malts, and sugars in the aroma, very warm. Deep brown color with a short lived beige head. The alcohol is definitely present in the taste, but there is some nuttiness and fruitiness there as well, it seems very well balanced. There is a touch of bitterness in the aftertaste, and it seems a little bit sticky, but that stickiness feels like it melts away into water.
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