New Glarus Symposium Eisbock

Formerly brewed at New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Eisbock
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

Big thanks to MrFacto for sharing this rare bottle. Aroma is amazing: chewy caramel, dried fruit, major dried figs, lots of aged oxidation flavors but no cardboard. Dark amber-orange in color with a thin light brown head. Sweet and bready flavor, like rye bread with caraway seeds, dried figs, some smokey caramel and a touch of chocolate in the finish. Thinner body, with a slightly oily texture.

Thanks Matt for this rarity! Fairy thick, light caramel colored head. Nice deep copper body. Aroma is sort of a slightly oxidized sweet caramelly and brown sugary malt, stale rye, and cherry fruit. Flavor is very nicely melded rye, woody raisins, some dark fruit, light german hops. Again, some oxidation and reminiscent of an aged (6-yr) Bigfoot. Overall, very nice. Curious to see how the Unplugged Eisbock works out compared to this.

Thanks to Matt dark brown pour thick tan head w/ some nice lacing. Giant malty aroma huge brown sugar & molasses plums mmm. Palate is full and well coated, lightly creamy. Flavor reminds me of an old ale hugly malty brown sugar touches of carmel touches of plum and molasses. Very very sweet. Quite good.

12 oz bottle from 2000 <P> Huge malty, brown sugar, molasses, fresh pumpernickel and dark fruit aroma. Body is a deep brown color with a quickly fading wispy white head. Fore is very bready..pumpernickel notes galore. Quite malty, some caramel notes, slight oxidation gives it an almost barley wine finish. Finish also holds mild dark fruit notes, but the pumpernickel flavors are what linger in the far aftertaste. Alcohol is more felt (via flushed cheeks and a hot throat) than tasted. <P> It has held up pretty dang well and having recently had many NG beers for the first time I am quite impressed with this brewery. It is definitely at the top of my "favorite" breweries list now.

Brewed for the 2000 National Craft Brewer’s Conference and Brew Expo America. Clear garnet mohagany with a small bubbled tan head. Sweet dark fruit and malt aroma. Suprisingly light in body, but a nice smooth glide across the tongue. Malt dominated as style appropriate. Sweetness hits hard at first but rapidly fades to a dry warming mild spicy alcohol finish. Lingering pieces of dark caramel, chocolate and mild coffee in the finish. Very nice - even after 2-1/2 years.