Hofstettner Granitbock Ice

Brewed by Brauerei Hofstetten - Krammer
Style: Eisbock
St. Martin, Austria

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

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Straight up pour gives a one finger light brown head that vanishes instantly, leaving no lace. Murky brown color. Light carbonation and medium bodied. Bourbon nose, flavor is alcohol flavored molasses, some dark fruit with a dry finish. $8.99 for a 330ml bottle from Julio’s Liquors Westborough, MA.

Bottle shared at beers of the world. Aroma is sweet and great with dates, prunes and brown sugar. Pours brown and viscus with absolutely no head. Taste is sweet with nice blends of dark fruits and tobacco. Overall is was sticky sweet and intense. I liked this. It should be noted that this is my first successful eisbock.

Bottle @ home picked up at Wine and Cheese STL. Thanks for forwarding it on to me, jcnielsen! Pours a hazy reddish brown appearance with a tiny head that doesn’t stick around long. Really thick caramel, rich malty, big dark fruity, fairly herbal, somewhat boozy nose. Kind of hard to stomach while being somewhat tasty. The flavor and booze are in your face from first taste and just linger and burn. Lots of fruity notes and a massive amount of brown sugar and toasted malts in the taste. Not all that bad but it’s a bit tough to drink.

Dark brown color; Medium creamy body; Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, dark fruit, & some alcohol; Flavor of toasted sweet malt, caramel/toffee, molasses/syrup, dark fruit (notably plums), and some spice; Warm finish; Not too bad actually.

The aroma is nice, dark ripe fruit, cooked vegetables, vineous, and a little bit of smoke. The appearance is DARK, deep brown, slightest red tinge when held up to the light, tan head. The flavor is agian dark ripe fruit, b read, cooked vegetables. The finish is very sweet, fruity, maybe the lightest bitterness. Medium/thick in body. Everything an Eisbock should be.

Bottle shared by b3shine. Pours dark copper/opaque brown color with a small off white head. The aroma and flavor have dark fruits, caramel, raisin, wood, with some herbal notes and moderate sweetness. Mouth feel is syrupy, medium plus body with some alcohol in the flavor. Interesting enough and it’s another big beer to the total.

Bottle @ Monk’s Sveavägen. Dark brown colour with a small head. Aroma of dark fruit, malt, sugar. Flavour is sweet, fruit, alcohol.

Bottle shared by b3shine. Poured clear brown color with an average head that mostly lasted with fair lacing. Moderate caramel and dark fruit aroma with a small alcohol tone. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy dark honey sweet flavor with a medium to heavy sweet finish of moderate to long duration. Eisbock’s are always interesting to sample.

Bottled@Monks Café Sveavägen, Stockholm. Deep rubyish copper colour with not too much head. Aroma is strong alcohol, some ripe fruits, liquorice, mild toffee and overly sweet. Flavour is totally sweet, syrup, liquorice, ripe fruits, plum and alcohol. I can see traces of the Granitbock here, but this one is even more sweet than the Granitbock...

This is a crazy beer. Smells like nothing I’ve ever had before. Smells like rum or wine mixed with beer and some black currant. Has almost no carbonation. Tastes fruity, sour, suddy - a whole bunch of different taste. Pours thick like syrup, a red colour. Very viscous. Tap at the Blue Monk.