EKU 28

Brewed by Kulmbacher Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Eisbock
Kulmbach, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

08.20.05 11.2oz bottle. Brilliant copper-golden, no sediment; medium-sized light tan head fades quickly leaving a slight ring. Aroma of plums, raisin, booze, grape juice, grenadine. Full, round, fruity, and chewy. Sweet bread with honey and apple butter, but never too sweet. Alcohol lends a finishing driness but not spicy; are there not hops in this? Alcohol is hidden wonderfully, but it’s unclear what it’s hidden behind as the stuff is rather simple and almost bland.

Bottle: Orange hued golden, quite clear, small sudsy off-white head, falls quickly, sparce lacing, soft carbonation.   Thick chewy nose, raisiny, fig, all in a dark and heavy sense.   However, seems somewhat only bready on the tongue, with a slight alcohol trailer.   Moderately sweet, nearing the cloying factor, but is rather palatable.   Not as flavorful as I’d hoped.   Moderate body, medium to full mouthfeel.   Fairly clean finish, just not complex or flavorful enough.

(bottle) Clear amber colour with a small creamy white head. Sweet malty and fruity nose with hints of alcohol. Intense sweet flavour. Toastmalty taste with dried fruits and caramel and an alcoholic slightly hopbitter finish. Definitely not bad but it probably tastes better on a cold winter evening.

Decent sized off-white head. Settles slowly to a nice dense creamy foam. Soft caramel aroma with a good shot of alcohol. Nice legs up the size of the glass. Plenty of malts and a hint of squash. Color is a a bright copper. Thick and rich flavor with loads of caramel and malts. Delicious. Very soft mouthfeel and a big alcohol kick. So smooth going down. Finish is creamy and very warming from the alcohol. Damn I like these Eisbocks. A great sipping brew.

pours amber with a medium sized tan head, aromas of sweet malt, fruit, & alcohol, taste is sweet, fruity, and loaded with alcohol, not bad, but it is every bit an 11% beer.

Bottled. Pours a medium amber color. Aroma is malty and sweet with a little bit of fruitiness. Malty sweet flavor. Some dark fruitiness as well. Some roasted maltiness in the finish. Alcohol is not too noticable. Enjoyable brew.

UPDATED: MAY 19, 2007 May 19, 2007 Re-rate <P> Musy, stewed fruit and malt aroma has an edge of cherry liquer to it. The body is a transparent orange/amber and the thumb thick white, diminishes rapidly. Dry fore is malt laden with fruit notes on the edges and a sort of toasty, spent grainy flavor. Alcohol and very faint maple and caramel notes make up the finish. I really hated this the first time I had it a year or so ago, but I find it much more palatable. I’ve also learned that it isn’t really an Eisbock just a very strong lager. <P> Original Rating: 2.4 <P> I have only had a few eisbocks, but this is the first I did not like. Way too present alcohol made it undrinkable. And what flavors there are a kinda malt/caramel sweetness are buried in that alcohol. If there was an Avery label on this I’d totally believe it was an Avery beer.

Copper-red-gold in color with good beige head. Aroma mostly of cider-apple and alcohol. A lot of these two in the flavor as well, and the alcohol presence is not disguised as well as others of this magnitude. Not too crazy about this one.