Schloss Eggenberg Urbock Dunkel Eisbock

Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Eisbock
Vorchdorf, Austria

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.

Tap, arrived with a reddish brown palour about its countenance, Aroma was distinctive and somewhat grape-y, not quite wine-ish, but a little grape juicy-ish, not grape juicy-ish like staining your teeth from drinking too much grape juice, just a little like eating grapes through a straw. Flavor was not even close to that. slightly sweet, with heavy malts and. Overall a good beer.

(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of Degarth. Clear, warm, orangey brown with a small, off-white head. Fat aroma of roasted malt and overripe fruit. Very solid body with plenty of roasted malt and overripe fruit. Also a distinctly warming alcohol. Subdued bitterness. A nice one indeed. 311007

33 cL bottle. Pours hazzlenut brown, clear, with an amber hue and a lacing light brown head. Dried fruity and wineous aroma. Full bodied mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet and deep malty with notes of dried fruit, not overly sweet but with a slight acidity. Ends with a mild bitterness and a warming alcohol feeling.

Bottle: Deep brown pour with a thin tan head. Rich malty aroma, giving off dark fruits like figs and raisins with maple notes. Flavor has a great malt depth. The flavor has sweet/fruity/earthy and roasted all packed into one. Starts off chocolatey, with some maple soaked dried fruits like figs/raisins/dates and an almost plummy warmth as well. The sweet presence is ideal, and has an earthy character of sweet tobacco and roast in the finish to balance. Nice stuff.

Draught, 10% at de Wildeman. Very dark brown colour, seems clear. Small lacy frothy head. The flavour is quite sweet with some fresh fruits. Nice caramelly pepper notes along with sweet dark malts. OK complexity. Not alcoholic-tasting.

11.2 oz bottle from discount liqour in milwaukee. Dark black/brown color with med sized offwhite head. Aroma is strong fruity malt, some cookie, dark fruit, very much a come drink me aroma. Very nice dark malt, dough, plum, slight alc, actually surprisingly little alc taste for such a high alc beer. Big bodied and creamy and no alc burn. Very interesting, and well done. I could have several of these, but then I would probably be very drunk.

Date: 04/16/2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC

dark clear brown, thin beige head, lots of lace, sweet alcoholic malt aroma, big rich malt flauor, huge body, too sweet and cloying, what were they thinking?
-------- /> Date: 05/05/2005

still sweet but does not appear out of place in a 20 bock lineup
-------- /> Date: 04/13/2006
Source: ww
Score: i to ii+

still the big rich sweetness but still not over the top in a dopple bock and eisbock lineup, nice dark fruit character,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4