EKU 28

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

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UPDATED: JAN 17, 2005 2003 bottle. Wow what an aroma. Aroma very strong and permeating. Lots of bittersweet fruit, tart tart cherries, some prunes and dark dark concord grapes. Good thick dry molasses sweet aroma on the backend to balance it. Pours with relatively little off white head, clear but very wavy and glucose-like, as is typical of the style. Bright orange to a soft hazy peach. Copper colors in there as well. Unlike the kulmbacher eis in color and no dark, rich fruit and roast, but every bit as much flavor. Different but quite elegant, lots of lighter fruit, very sweet, but I will agree, it somehow isnt cloying, good bitterness, maybe a touch of acidity/alcohol but nowhere near what I would expect from from 11 abv. Flavors of sweet yellow grapes, golden delicious apples, syrupy in a good way, very viscous. Some light sweet citrus tones, like sweet orange curacao. Full body. Not actually concentrated by the ice and removal process?

UPDATED: SEP 16, 2007 Rerate (16/09/2007), 33cl bottle, Leffe goblet, bbe 01-01-09. Pours a clear brassy hue with orange highlights, covered by a thin, foamy off-white head, which dissipates into nothingness. Initial aroma is of treacle, cherry confiture and alcohol. Some sherry (veering to cardboard at times) oxidation and raw sugar then come into play. Noting “pain aux raisins” could sum up much of the aroma. The flavour is massively sweet as was expected, like cake covered with an inch of cream cheese icing. Yes, indeed there is a little cream cheese type tang going on, which actually isn’t so bad because it offsets the sweetness a little. But only a little. The finish lets out a gasp of cherry acidity, but finishes overly sweet and lacking any noticeable hops in the grand scheme of things. The alcohol doesn’t burn, but there’s no mistaking it’s presence at the same time. Heavy body, with a sticky texture and carbonation struggling to keep up. Aside from the transparent alcohol, and the light cardboard element, there’s nothing bad about this beer; but for an 11% dessert sipper, I expect a lot more complexity and nuance. I’ve had fine sherry and port, this misses the mark by a mile, almost to the point of being useless outside of “bang for your buck”. And it gets slightly metallic as it warms, so that doesn’t help either. Though it does pick a rather nice tupelo honey note. Okay, a little better than average, all told. Original score: 8/4/8/4/16 = 4.0

33 cL bottle, snifter. Chocolate, molasses, cookie malt (M); prunes, tangerine, sherry, ruby port, anise aromas. Nose is dark, sweet and fruity. Tall, off-white, head is creamy and slowly diminishing and sits on a gorgeous amber body. Monstrously sweet flavor thins to a heavily sweet flavor. I, in fact, did not find it cloying. Comes off more drinkable than the Eggenberg beers. Heavy body, oily/creamy texture, soft carbonation. The bottom line is: um...get crunked?

[Expired 1½ years ago] The aroma is strong and sweet with notes of sirup, caramel, wood, and yeast. The color is nut brown and it has a fine bubbly orange head, though quite fast disappearing. The flavor is strong too. It is rather malt sweet with notes of caramel, sirup, wood, yeast, and nuts while the alcohol makes the background. It ends on a slight bitterness - not quite enough to balance the sweetness. In the aftertaste it is alcohol and sirup that lingers. An OK beer but just a bit cloying with the sweet sirupy flavors. Thanks to Alex (fiulijn) for trading this one with me.

Wow! I had about three more beers I wanted to review tonight, but after this one, that ain't gonna happen. And one of these days I'm gonna find an obscure beer that everyone here *hasn't* tried. Sophisticated looking bottle. The only hints of what lies inside are the "11% Alc" coment on the front and the self-proclaimed comparisons to sherry and port on the back. No date stamp, but I'm sure this beer could last for decades without going bad. Pours a clear amber with a decent head that doesn't last long, but the carbonation does keep a nice ring going along the side of the glass. Smells *really* strong. Very malty smelling with some spice lingering. Tastes of carmel and fruit hanging around with a hint of raisins. The alcohol is quite aparent without being overbaring. It's sweet but not too sweet. Mouthfeel is thick and full leaving an alcohol feel in your mouth. Drinkability suffers a bit in that there is no way a human could have more than one of these a night. This is quite tasty, but *definately* more of a nightcap than I was expecting. I guess I was thinking I would be enjoying a barleywine, but this isn't even close.

Nutty maltiness in aroma and sweet stickiness in texture; over powering alcohol sensation saves it for those who like scotch!

Orange color, clear, no head at all. Aroma has orange citrus notes, slightly sweet. Flavor is very very sweet, though not as syrupy of a mouthfeel as other extremely sweet beers. Overall it's just alright.

Pours a clear brilliant red, with a medium tan head that quickly diminishes to a small ring, lace is non-existent. Aroma is mainly alcohol, somewhat whiskey-like, some maple syrup, slightly buttery. Flavor is cloying sweetness colbbered by over the top alcohol. This basically reminded me of alcoholic syrup or something, not all that enjoyable.

Color the brilliant amber of glowing embers. Fast beige head. Enticing sweet aromas of raisin, chewy toffee candies, tawny port, citrus. Conflicting flavors clash with the nose. Odd mix of nutty caramel, orange, marshmellow, peppery hop, gingery spice, and a weird flash of mint. Not overly sweet. Rather clean finish, hot, bittersweet, and piney.

Light brown to almost red body. No head and no lacing.
Simple aroma of malt with some hint of the alcohol.
Slightly sweet flavor with some malt. Alcohol is well hidden but beer is slightly oxidized.
Full bodied and smooth.

The label no longer translates "the strongest beer in the world," now it's just "one of the world's strongest beers." Ok, so maybe it's supposed to be a bit of a novelty beer. It's high alcohol, with flavours of nothing but malt and alcohol. Fun, if that's what you want. Good? Not very.