EKU 28

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

Amber pour with plenty of Head. Sweet caramel and malt flavor that isn’t too overpowering. Better tasting when consumed directly out of the bottle.

High in alcohol, earns extra points. Brewing process, earns extra points. Taste, loses points.

11.2 ounce returnable bottle. Bottle says its a replacement for sherry or port. I think I’d rather have beer than those, hopefully this one isn’t too boozy. Pours into my Duvel glass with a caramel/white colored head that rises to the brim. It recedes within a few minutes and leaves no lacing behind. Has a orange/copper color with a few bubbles to be seen. Has a distinctly alhocholic scent. Some ripe fruits (raisin, banana, apple) are there with some major dark caramel sugar. It smells decent but provides a warning of the alcohol stored up in this one. It has a thick creamy almost chewy mouth feel, that was not expected. Its also suprisingly not as strong as suspected. The carbonation is just enough, the sweetness is a bit cloying but not overly sweet or offensive. Alcohol barrages the mouth and throat each sip. Overall it’s a heavy duty potent brew that has to be respected in order to enjoy it properly. The other brew of this caliber that I tried was Samichlaus and this blows it out of the water although this is something i would only drink on say Christmas or Thanksgiving. For strong German brews I think the Eisbocks are the best bet.

12 Oz. Pours a red burgundy color with big solid head that hangs around. Aroma of sweet malts, slight vanilla and licorice, alcohol, sweet bready hay aroma. Taste follows the nose with a nice intricate sweetness balanced beautifully by darker malt character. Finish is very warming.

Bottle. Pours clear, deep copper, with a small light tan head. Aromas of brandy, buttery toffee and caramel, cherry, raspberry, and alcohol. Flavor is sweet cherry and berry, caramel, rock candy, sugar cane, and alcohol. A little bitter pine and grass join with a warm alcohol finish. Warming and creamy. Very nice. Rich, sweet malts that aren’t overwhelming.

Alcohol very present, strong malt and sweetness, rather good, just not really an everyday beer to say the least due to the alcohol.

Versa un bel colore ambrato, appena velato, e una bella schiuma.Aroma forte di malto, caramello, caramella mou,noci e alcool. Ha un medio corpo, forte sapore di malto, dolce, frutta a guscio troppo dolce,molto alcolico forse anche troppo,riscalda parecchio. In pratica molto dolce e molto alcoolica.Ma tutt’altro che una birra da supermercato,anzi discretamente complessa.

Pours amber from bottle with a thin head. Aroma has a sweetness to it without being cloying. You can definitely taste the alcohol with this one. Nice after dinner drink.