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Schloss Eggenberg Urbock Dunkel Eisbock

Schloss Eggenberg Urbock Dunkel Eisbock

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An Eisbock brewed by
Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg

Vorchdorf, Austria

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2153.75/5.03.74/5.09.8%50 Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein P  Stats

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Tradition reborn - Eisbock Kraftbier, a beer with patina, over 100 years old, once prescribed as a medicine for weak recovering patients - is currently celebrating its renaissance as URBOCK DUNKEL EISBOCK. Brewed with special dark malt and fermented with traditional Eggenberg yeast, this beer has a maturation period of up to nine months. Dark brown in color with an alcohol content of almost 10% by volume, URBOCK DUNKEL EISBOCK has a pleasant, full, and creamy body, with the aroma of coffe, surprisingly light on the tongue despite the alcohol content. Warming with toffee-like malty sweetness, balanced by a hoppy-bitterness in the finish, it is a power beer, as its traditional Austrian name says, best enjoyed after dinner or as an evening drink.

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 unclemattie (1492), Georgia, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/104/517/20
Apr 9, 2008  
my 1st rating with my new PDA (nokia 810). 330ml bottle. pours a dark, reddish-brown. creamy eggshell colored head. Aroma of fresh pressed cider, figs, rich malt, dried fruit, & cherries. flavor is big malt and lots of heat. Tastes of dried fruit, cherries, chewy wort. Big alcohol and a perfect bitterness. Heavy bodied, chewy texture. Rich, full, and nicely balanced. This is an excellent dunkel and a textbook eisbock.


 ogivlado (2107), Zagreb, Croatia
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 5, 2008  
Had this one two years ago from limited edition 2 l bottle.
Sweet alcoholic malt and roasted coffee aroma with notes of caramel, nuts and chocolate. Bitterish and pleasant warming alcoholic finish.


 janubio (121), Spain
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Jan 17, 2008  
Pours a clean deep brown colour, almost no head but with some brownish bubbles. It has some artificial sugary smell, with caramel, plums, cinnamon and dark fruits. Body is lighter than I expected. Taste of apple, dark fruits, plums, sherry wine or brandy. Good one, have to give it another try.


 EithCubes (1722), Indiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/105/514/20
Jan 12, 2008  
Bottle. Malty nose, loads of light roast earthy caramel with red berry, grain, and a hint of smoke, though a not strong one. Am expecting big stickiness out of this one. Amber-brown body with no head as of this pour. Full body but not syrupy, taste is dark and malty with a bit more grain than expected, woody with perhaps a bit of oat, and without the usual Eisbock grape-twinge. This has a hard, masculine chomp to it; dries out and allows the caramel to become more prominent, though on the whole, not very complex. I much prefer its cousins and brothers, though this may have suffered to fatigued palate and long shipping distances. Aftertaste is dry and tobacco-inflected. Deceivingly alcoholic, and smooth and warming, with much the effect a fine cigar might be expected to have – filling and deeply satisfying. I can’t decide if this is stale or the hoppiness is deliciously dark – and that indecision is keeping this from a 4.0+.


 jcwattsrugger (3733), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 1, 2008  
11.2oz bottle-pours a disappearing light tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is very sweet medium malt-caramel, dark fruit-cherry/plum/prune/raisin, slight woody spice. Taste is very sweet medium malt-caramel, dark fruit-cherry/plum/prune/raisin, slight woody spice, some alcohol. Syrupy-medium body, winter sipping.




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