EKU 28

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

The bottle looks good, also the beername is not really the best. Starts very malty, very strong, quite alcoholic. The alcoholic note remains till the finish. Bit earty, fiery-warming finish. Not bad!

Bottle @ home. Fairly small orange/tan head with a red/orange body. Incredibly sweet malty nose that’s somewhat wine-like due to the concentration. Very sweet amber malty and fairly intense flavor. Very rich body and a sweet finish.

This beer pours a clear pretty deep gold color. The head is almost non-existant but shows a tan color when roused from the glass. The aroma is dominated by strong malt, the thick malt overwhelms everything. Feels quite thick on the tongue. Surprisingly, given the body, it is not really all that sweet. This is a thick chewy malty brew. The malt character is the show here though. Having said that, this beer is lacking a bit; it is missing some of the malt complexity of a good strong lager. This is a nice clean lager. It is almost syrupy in consistency. In the end a bit dissapointing, needs a bit more character to be really worth drinking.

Smells like peach pie. Orange brew, little head, decent label. It is indeed like sherry. Vanilla, alcohol bitter, almost salty on the front of the tongue, very warming, lots of bock/barleywine sort of character. Very smooth for a beer that has the kick that it has, the finish is very quick and a bit nutty.

Smells like apple juice. Nothing else, just apple juice. Develops zero head, and looks like dark, rotten apple juice. The taste is slighty redeeming, with a decent malt profile and a controlled sweetness. Palate is nice too, but you can really feel and taste the alcohol in this beer. Carbonation, though slight, stings a little. Not too thrilled with this one at all. EDIT: This beer really sucks. I just poured it down the drain.

Heavy alcohol aroma, sharply burning in my nose. Nevertheless I can sense apple cider, canteloupe, grape, and overall sweetness in the aroma. There is a fruit lollipop or Jolly Ranchers flavor, sharply sweet, with a late warmth on the middle of my tongue, just hanging there. There are attractive qualities that make this fun, even though some of those qualities might be thought of as flaws. Golden, clear color with little head on the syrupy body.

Bottle. Sweet malty aroma, lots of red berry and fruitiness, molasses, raisin, brown sugar, grape, very ripe. Clear orange body with a creamy beige-tanned head. Taste is overly full (syrupy) and sweet, loads of ripe fruit and malt with a noticeable but not overpowering degree of alcohol. Sweet with no bitter. Aftertaste is a bit sugary (under-attenuated?) and boozy, but but only lightly. Caramel joins the fruit party first hinted at in the nose. Really creamy with a few swishes. Something of an intense Maibock. Reminds me of a tripel recently had, though this seems a bit flawed. A raw dessert beer that, unlike most of the raters here, I’d happily have again.

Sweet aroma! Malt, brown sugar, Twizzlers, molasses. Dark amber clear with slight off-white head - looks thick as bubbles move in slow motion. Thick watery body with medium carb. Sweet taste up front, malt & molasses, too sweet followed by light hops & alcohol. Finish is vapory sweet & uncomfortable bitterness. After of bread dough & raisins.