EKU 28

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

I’ll remember this one because I really needed a strong beer today. I worked the night and while trying to sleep in the morning, my wife fell while trying to paint the bathroom and I had to help paint it. Then soon as I get back to bed, my daughter in college calls saying she needs my money.(this 3 weeks after her telling me that she has plenty of money and can spend it any way she wants) Oh, the beer had a very alcoholic flavor and I did not like it very much, but it did the job and got me back to sleep.

500ml can viz a trade with boutip. pours clear amber with a short white head. aroma of caramel malt and booze. huge malt bomb flavour but its not overly sweet. not very drinkable but i can finish it. interesting stuff.

Bottle Poured pale red orange with a medium white head. Aroma of raisins, malt and alcohol. Full body, with a malty note and a raisiny tinge, . Then comes in an unpleasant alcohol burn and an oily note to the finish.

UPDATED: MAY 17, 2011 EKU 28, dessen Farbe schön satt ins Kupferne geht. Richtig eingeschenkt, macht auch der Schaum nicht so schnell die Biege. Malzige Geruchspartikel. Daneben noch eine gewisse Fruchtigkeit nach Grapefruit oder Pampelmuse. Schwer definierbar. Das Geschmacksempfinden ist vorerst schwer und ölig auf der Zunge. Danach breitet sich eine weiche Fruchtigkeit nach Pflaumen aus. Lang anhaltender, fast scharfer alkoholischer Abgang. Das EKU 28 ist in der Tat ein schwerer Brocken, der mit dem normalen Bier nicht verglichen werden kann. Deshalb, und aus persönlicher Vorliebe von mir eine recht gute Bewertung.

EKU 28 poured golden & fizzy with thick foam. First sip is a BOOM! of yeasty bready, sweet acohol, and bitterness. EKU 28 is an Eisbock, tastes like a blend of 2XIPA, baryleywine, doppelbock and malt liquor. Too Hi-Test for my palate, but a beer that is important in beer-geek culture.

330ml bottle pours a reddish brown color with a small beige head that quickly disappeared leaving little lacing behind. Aromas of roasted malts and light hops and alcohol. Taste is malty sweet with some underlying hops and traces of alcohol. Heavy bodied and lightly carbonated. A decent beer.

33cl bottle: This one pours a fairly clear amber color, with a fair amount of off-white head. That drops off quickly to leave a glass with no lacing. The aroma is a bit sweet. Mainly notes of caramel and raisins to the nose. Possibly some other fruits and a bit brown-sugary also. There is a flatness to the taste: the carbonation is already gone. The taste is a bit of caramel malts and some dark fruits. Maybe a hint of oakiness in there also. Not bad.

Terrible, flavor sweetest, of swit. Without fizzy, extinguished. It seems syrup. To avoid.