Schloss Eggenberg Urbock Dunkel Eisbock

Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Eisbock
Vorchdorf, Austria

Bottle, maybe 2 years old. The cola brown body is tinted with a crimson hue and crowned by a small, frothy, off-white head. Minimal, spotty lacing. The aroma is very sweet and dessert-like, with notes of candy sugar, caramel, and dried figs and cherries. Some doughy yeast lends a softness, while lightly spicy, floral hops lend just a touch of bitterness. Flavors are again quite sweet and sugary up front, the candy sugar and dark, concentrated fruits serving their purpose. The earthy, peppery, floral hops come through in the end, combined with some alcoholic heat, to lend just the right amount of balancing edge. Medium-full bodied, moderately carbonated, and slightly syrupy, the body is textbook eisbock. Really, so is the whole package. Very good beer.

Pours brown with a ruby red hue and a thin sparse ring of off white bubbles. Smells boozy with some sweetness underneath. Tastes of dark fruit, some cherries, sugar, some bananas, lots of spice. Very enjoyable.

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.

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.

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.

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+.

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.

Pours clear brown with a slightly rusty red tint to it. Lots of bubbles on the head, but it doesn’t hold itself together for long. Aroma is pretty sweet, some brown sugar, caramel, raisins, brandy and grapes. maybe some pumperknickel too, cause there’s a tart bread element to it. Tastes quite sweet, lots of caramel flavor, grape juice, more tart toast, grass. Finishes grassier and toastier, but the brown sugar grape flavors tries to be cloying at the same time. A bit hot in taste, and even moreso in the finish. The initial aftertaste is nice, but eventually gets on my nerves in way that can only be described as similar to "eating too many graham crackers and not drinking anything." Somewhat medium bodied, I think the flavor out-powers the mouthfeel, as the texture doesn’t seem like it should have that strong a taste to it. Pretty slick, well carbonated. Lots of pleasing flavors in this, but a couple flaws too.