Vancouver Island Hermannator Ice Bock

Brewed by Vancouver Island Brewery
Style: Eisbock
Victoria, Canada

Date: 05/03/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

clear dark brown, headless, sweet chocolate and dark caramel aroma, thick and sweet body, lots of sweet dark caramel and chocolate flavor,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Bottle: Pours a deep chestnut brown beer in thre glass with a 1 finger cap that vanishes instantly. Nose is primarily demerara sugar/molasses..some fig and raisin notes..wisps of fusil alcohol. Decent mouth feel.big malts, bulky body, smokey sugars, .toasty-molasses character. Front side is dominated by molasses/fig/toasted bread tastes, some light smoke and nutty undertones...mid palate it is still a fairly 3 dimensional lager where some light herbal Hersbrucker hops show up ( finally) with all the main tastes remaining relatively distinct...finish is long and wet with big bread and dried fruit in the after taste. One of Canada’s better eisbocks...do something the heading on this brew ( like pump up the unmalted protiens and you’ll be there VBC.

Pours a deep dark brown with no head. Aroma is malty, with a hint of roastiness. Flavor is malty, roasty, and spicy.

341 mL bottle received via trade with CapFlu. Pours dark mahagony with spare to non-existent head, no lacing, totally diminishing head. Aroma is heavy malt (caramel, cookie, molasses), light hops (grass), average yeast (dough) with notes of prune, date and cola. Full bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation and a creamy finish. Moderate sweetness and acidity, light bitterness; roasted caramel malt flavor.

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry & biegaman -- my bottle courtesy of CapFlu. Pours an almost clear dark ruby with little to no head. Very mild aroma of sweet malt, sweet fruit, alcohol and yeast. Flavour of sweet malt, dark fruit (esp. raisins), chocolate, toffee and alcohol. Light to medium bodied. Tastes pretty good and it’s better then I expected.

Bottle (341ml). Shared with blankboy and biegaman, blankboy’s bottle via trade with CapFlu. Pours clear slightly pale ruby, small head. Pretty mild sweet grainy malt and light booze aroma, some dry yeast and light sweet spice (6+). Mild fruity taste - raisin, bit of cherry, chocolate toffee malt, alcohol and some hop bitterness. Thin, slick body, flat, alcoholic and mildly astringent. Pretty thin for an eisbock, but okay.

Bottle: Pours a dark ruby with little head. Aroma just smells dark and mysterious to me. Toasty, deeper sharper smell. (I see tobacco mentioned in earlier ratings. I can identify with that.) Mouthfeel is slightly effervescent at first, cloying alc. sweetness that finishes slightly sour. As it warms fruitier tones come out and the alc. gets stickier.

(Bottle) Purchased at the BC Liquor Store at Fort Street. Very exciting... the chance to try Vancouver Island’s seasonal. I have really been looking forward to this. Pours a thin, dissipating tan head with a deep ruby body. Nose of strong malt, bourbon, burnt brown sugar, wet tobacco, prunes and iodine. The tongue is tingly with mild carbonation, roasted caramel, oily texture and a good cover of the high ABV. I really appreciate this beer...