EKU 28

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

Bottle. Pours a redish brown color with a nice big white head (which fades quickly) that leaves nice glass lacing. Aroma is malty, watery, some notes of raisins and dried rapberries. Flavor is very sweet like candied fruits and whiskey. Mouthfeel is very sticky and has just the right amount of tingle. Alcohol is very well hidden. A tasty beer. I really liked this one. I wonder how why it’s rated so low.

From a 12oz Bottle. Pours a transparent, copper tinged amber color with a thick finger of fizzy ivory foam. Rich, malty melanoidin aromas - mainly golden raisin, but some grapey qualities as well. Sherry-like in the sweet white grape kind of way, but clean and free from any of the oxidative qualities. Full bodied, moderately carbonated mouthfeel with a smooth, malty texture. Carbonation is a bit high, but it helps break up the richness of the body appropriately. Malty sweet, but seems to be well attenuated and lacking of any sticky qualities. Noid bomb! Tons of raisin and prune malty flavors with a hint of toasted bread. That’s some mad munich malt. Not much else going on, which is great, as it means this is an incredibly clean malt showcase. Moderate to strong alcohol warmth in the finish, but it helps enhance the perception of dryness and highlights the spirit-like intensity of the malt. Excellent example of the style - the elegant complexities of a simple, high quality malt bill are concentrated without becoming excessively cloying or alcoholic.

Bottled@EBF 2008. Brilliant deep amber color, virtually no head. The aroma has a soft, delicate sweet and nutty malt profile, lots of ripe fruits and a noticeable, but inoffensive alcohol scent. Taste is vinous, gently sweet, full malty with a plummy fruitiness. Notes of mild bittering hops, molasses and port. Chewy mouthfeel. Full-bodied. A pleasant alcohol heat in the finish. Powerful and balanced. A treat.

Pours amber with a medium tan head. Aroma is sweet rich caramel malt. Flavor is big, sweet caramel malt, slightly roasty and nutty, and with a bit of alcohol in there as well. Really good.

Appearance: Deep coppery, ambery gold or orange tinted exterior. Diminishing and fizzy, muddy-yellow head on it. More heavily carbonated than expected.
Aroma: Instant dried fruity malt kick at the first sniff. It reminds me dried dates or figs soaked in brandy.
Flavor: Amazing, thick and syrupy, dried fruity malt-profile leads the flavor. I few malt attributes that i can detect: dried figs, almonds and thick caramel syrup. Not heavily cloying or solventy-burning at all. Some faint spicy, noble hops shows up at the end and provides an extreme balance to the sipping experience.
Mouthfeel/Palate: Full body with a slightly watery texture, but not flat at all. Syrupy, sweet almondy, malty backbone. The carbonation a bit more fizzy than i prefer, but i gives some lively, vivid texture to to beer though.
Overall Impression: Amazing, sipping dessert beer. A perfect choice to pair with some truffles or caramelized fruit instead of any port or other dessert wine. Wow ...

A strong beer, smells like caramel and malt, sweet malty flavour with lots of caramel with a strong alcohol finish.

The taste of this beer is very strong and very sweet. It has a full body and great aroma.

Pours brilliant copper with a nearly-to-the-top-of-my-tulip head. Recedes rather fast though. Aroma is sticky sweet fruit, grapey, some citrus. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Quite sweet up front, a bit bready with those ripe fruit notes in the middle, with some resiny, earthy hops on the finish. Alcohol warming from the 11% is present and the finish has some heat, about on par with the ABV. Pretty decent stuff. Definitely unique enough to warrant the occasional quaff when something different is called for.