3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a clear dark amber with a thin beige head. Aroma is lots of caramel, toasted grain, spicy hops, bread crust, cereal grain and earthy notes that are hard to explain, sort of like a dry prairie in the fall, vaguely sweet and floral, but dusty and earthy. Flavor is sweet caramel, salted roasted nuts, sweet white bread crust, light boozy notes, cereal grain, straw, a touch of vanilla and pine, floral, spicy and panty hops. Palate is medium to heavy bodied and a little syrupy throughout with a light carbonation, suits the beer nicely. This is a pretty delicious beer, would be even better when it gets a little cooler out.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle (I think this is an older bottle, labeled 9.8%). Pours with a murky amber body with a small khaki head that fades to a ring after a minute or so. Aromas are deeply malty, vinous, raisins, dark fruits, dates, figs and caramelization. Lots of melanoidins, rich malt, toasty and bready. Great. Noticeable alcohol, and even a touch of fusel, but otherwise good and clean. Flavors are big, malty, bready, melanoidins, alcohol, dark fruits, raisins, pumpernickel, and warming. Light lingering bitterness, very rich with a kettle caramelization feel. Alcohol is there but in no way oppressive. Finishes a bit crisp and not sticky sweet in anyway. Lightly warming, but restrained. Fuller body, light bubbles. Good!
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Wonderful! If you like Autumnal Fire, you need to try this beer! A delicious take on its cousin.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 ounce bottle courtesy of TheGuy. Thanks! Pours a clear amber color with a thin fizzy head that fades quickly. Aroma of dark malts, toffee, raisin, cola, nutty notes. The taste is toffee, bourbon, raisin, dates, faint cherries, faint hop in the finish. Medium-full bodied. Nice beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle from Discount Liquor in Milwaukee. Pours a deep dark reddish brown color with a medium sized lasting light beige head. The aroma is excellent, with great sweet caramel and toffee malt notes, toast, date and fig, and a hint of booze. The flavor is nice with a good sweetness level and a great malt character of caramel, toffee, and malted milk balls, as well as dark fruit and some mild roast. Fairly dry. The body is medium and carbonation is somewhat lively. Booziness is restrained. An excellent eisbock overall. I’m happy to have ticked it.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle thanks to FlandersNed. Pours reddish brown. Off white head. Nose/taste of candi sugar, plum, dates and caramel. Medium body.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ home, courtesy of arminjewell. Cool choice, thanks! Red maroon appearance with a tiny, cream colored head. Very sweet caramel malty, light booze, light toffee, and some red fruits in the nose. Really a smooth, caramel malty bock lager flavor with a bit of booze but the beer is quite smooth overall. Really an awesome Eisbock. Now I want to try Autumnal Fire!
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle courtesy of markwise. Very cool, a new Eisbock to play with. It pours deep clear ruby amber with white head. The aroma is full of prunes, raisins, cherry cough syrup and really not much else. The taste is thick bright prune pancake syrup, cherries and raisins. It levels off a bit to midway and into the finish with an echo of malts off in the background. Did the ice-ing of the beer concentrate the dark fruity esters and little else somehow?
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