EKU 28

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

Pours a copper body with a lasting ring of off-white head. Aromas of oats, dark wheat bread, honey, and butter. Flavor can be described the same way but with alcohol. Hot, buttery, sweet finish.

THOUGHTS: Had been waiting to try this beer for years, but couldn’t see paying over $20 for a 6 pack , but I finally found a single bottle for sale. It’s mostly just a bunch of alcohol, but it’s also full of flavors, so it’s not that bad, but not great either. A lot like Samichlaus, just not as good. Very liquor-like. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, dark amber with small to medium body particles of a thin density and an average-sized, off white head that mostly lasted and left good lacing. The aroma was heavy caramel, lost of alcohol, citrus, some fruitiness and whiskey notes. The initial flavor was moderately sweet; while the finish was heavily sweet and light to moderately bitter with an average duration. There was whiskey, caramel malt, citrus and then a little metallic hops with slight smoke too. The medium to full body was oily and a little syrupy with fizzy carbonation and a moderate to heavy alcoholic finish.

Poured a light amber pink clear color with lots and lots of bubbles and a small amount of white head. Looks to me like a glass of raspberry 7up. Aroma is very fruity, kinda a mix of raspberry and pears and some burbony alcohol undertones. Flavor is very acidicy and fruity with a whole bunch of alcohol punch. Almost tastes like cough medicine in a weird way. Brings back bad childhood nyquil memories. Overall, started decent, but couldnt get past nyquil stuff.

11.2 oz bottle ($2.49) from Holiday Wine Cellar: Orange-amber color with a medium off white head that fades to nothing fast. Aroma is rich ripe fruit with a metallic background. Flavor is rich with over ripe peach/apricot, some honey and a light spicy bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied and smooth with moderate carbonation. Metallic aorma dissapaited and alcohol became more proment as it warmed.

Pours a clear amber color with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet with caramel, plums, raisons, and alcohol. Flavor starts off pretty light, not what i was expecting at all. Starts off sweet with caramel, raisons, and plums. Pretty strong finish with plenty of alcohol warming. Has a somewhat lingering flavor. Somewhat decent beer.

This was the first Eisbock I’ve ever tried and it certainly won’t be my last. This beer looked just great in the snifter, very clear amber that looks smooth like it has no carbonation. Reminds me of drinking a fine liquor or a port. Aroma has lots of alcohol, honey, apricot, grape, almost a wine like aroma. The taste is incredible and very sweet & syrupy, alcoholic, quite warming with even some hops here. I think this is the kind of beer you would either love or hate. I love it.

Bottle. Light amber, small fully diminishing head. Moderate malty and caramel sweet aroma, dark berries and lots of alcohol. Body is medium to full, malty and sweet flavor, caramel and fruitiness, alcohol. Finish is short to average, malty and sweet, fruity with faint hoppyness, lots of alcohol. Sugary sweet bock…that’s it.

Bottle. Pours clear copper with no head. The thick liquid leavs legs. Thick syrup mouthfeel and taste, sweet malt and alcohol. Better than a malt liqour but lacks in complexity.