Niagara Falls Eisbock

Formerly brewed at Niagara Falls Brewing (Moosehead)
Style: Eisbock
Brampton, Canada

Bottled. An amber beer with an orange head. The aroma is sweet mlaty with strong notes of alcohol as well as medium notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, alcohol, and over ripe fruits.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of Sammy. Clear, amber golden with a small, off-white head. Sweetish, lightly caramelish nose. Full body, soft mouthfeel with sweetish notes of caramel and a little alcohol. Sweetish finish. Clean and decent and I don’t get any of the vegetable notes of former raters, it’s just a bit bland and doesn’t really kick ass. 160607

Bottled. 2000 version sampled in March 2000.
Red-brown. Softly malty, dry, yeasty but well balanced.

Bottle. Clear orange coloured with an off white head. Sweet aroma of malts and caramel with notes of rye bread and alcohol. Sweet flavour of fruits and caramel with notes of rye bread and alcohol.

Date: 04/05/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear dark amber, whispy scant head, thick sweet malt aroma, oxidized dry carmel malt flavor, light tartness, nice veggies
-------- /> Date: 11/08/2006
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2003
Score: i to ii

sweet malt aroma with a sight candy caramel, thin body, dry caramel malt flavor, light tartness, no veggies

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

I’ve previously written how the recent vintages of this beer have not lived up to past greats...and that’s still true. After all, the batches from the early to mid 90’s rank alongside the first Tall Ship No.1 and 96-97 Quelque Chose as the best beers every produced in this country. Every year, Upper Canadian beer geeks wait for this beer, hoping that it will regain its former glory. The 2001-02 Eisbock shows some of that promise. It has a rich amber colour, complex aroma of fresh bread, dried oranges, light hoppiness and amber malts. Vibrant body - still far too light and the finish is kind of watery, but showing signs of life not seen since ’97. It is vinous, slightly chewy, with touches of smoke and fruit. The numbers here reflect the 2001-02 vintage, and you can see that I think they are getting back to what they used to do. Not there yet, they’ll need to ratchet up the malt for that, but I’m hoping this means they are on the right path.

Clear chestnut body topped by big beige head. Aroma is malty sweet, caramel, cherry. Taste lacks sweetness, some sour, light cherry. Medium full body, but somewhat watery. Very underwhelming.

Bottle. A amber beer with a off-white head. The aroma and taste is caramel malt, spicy and rye bread, some alcohol to. Medium body with a sweet finish.