3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Powerful, sturdy brew. I wasn’t expecting a whole lot from this one, but it really surprised me. Enjoyable sipper to end the evening, I took my time sampling this. Aroma of candied sugar and rum, exceptionally sweet to the nose. Golden-amber pour with a surprisingly generous, thick head that provided ample lacing. Harsh mouth feel, overpowering alcoholic sweetness. Aggressive, warming, and pleasing. Smaller sips yield a more enjoyable experience. Flavor is thick with heavy malts, gritty sugar, syrup, and aftertastes of fibrous vegetables. Fermented dough, with a flowery perfume taste. Fairly complex and deep, it overpowers the senses. This would be a good beer to have on hand tucked away in the cellar for when the mood seems fit to enjoy.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours out dark gold with a small white head that disapates quickly. Aroma is creamy like a good sherry and carmelly. Smooth taste of an eisbock, slightly thick with some alcohol. A bit of sweetness, but very balanced.I like to treat this as an after dinner drink and sip it slow.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle thanks to my brother. Amber with no head. Nose is fruity with notes of sherry and raisins. Thick like syrup and the sherry flavor really shines with a very smooth balance between the malts.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours deep amber with beige head. Aroma of spicy malt, caramel and deep fruit notes. Flavor is much the same with a nice spicy kick and is sweet. Heavy body with medium high carbonation but oddly has hints of being watery. Overall, a solid brew.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Holy shit Talk about malt and sweetness. I felt my heart stop. But it was beautiful drinking a few of these on a cold ass Christmas Eve in the back yard before the Eve fun kickerd of.. .UMM big ass malt aromas. complex , challenging flavours but are still kinda approcable . shitloads of raw hot boozinees-that become streams with chocolate raisin esters : Burnt sugars burn your tounge in the finish. Good fun.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
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.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
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.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Last one from a sixer purchased in May. This beer seems to not compare favorably with its corporate cousin Kulmbacher, which I will rate next for perspective. (Clearly a bad idea.) 28 is a beautiful cherry wood color and very effervescent for its strength, which prevents it from holding its tan head for more than a minute. Massive wafts of fruit, malt, and alcohol fill out the nose. Very sweet candy flavor, but the high proof gives it a slightly medicinal feel. Yeasty and acidic as well. In spite of the description notes, this beer is cloying - down right slimy in fact. Recommends serving at wine cellar temperature, but I feel that since this beer was born from freezing, it is best served near there as well. Very impressive dessert beer
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