Josef Hoffbauer Ice

Brewed by Cold Spring Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Cold Spring, Minnesota USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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The .8% alcohol you gain by picking this over the regular hoffbauer pays its dividends in splitting headaches about two minutes after consuming one of these hellish brews. Hands down the best thing about Hoffbauer beers is the "medals" displayed on the packaging that on closer inspection appear to be ancient roman coins.

clear golden yellow, small head of fine white bubbles. nose is metallic and sweet. Taste is nothing, but aftertaste is a odd mix of malt, hops and adjucts. bad.

if you plan on drinking this beer for taste, you’d be better off chewing on the can.

This was just about one of the most repulsive beers I have ever had the displeasure of trying. Chalky metaalic tinges with corn and other rotting vegetables. Very light and watery with some vinous fruit flavors and alcohol

12 oz can, courtesy of da Iceman. Very thin yellow hue, even for swill, with alka-seltzer like carbonation. Smells like sucking on pennies. The initial flavor is a barage of old pocket change which segues seamlessly into a backend comprised of a fresh cabbage bouquet. Warming, notes of stale corn pops become evident. Thin, watery, fizzy body has no flaws other than being thin, watery and fizzy. This...is...not good.

This wasnt too bad. A pale yelllow appearance. The flavor had some sort of weird apple juice quality to it. It hides the booze well and its chuggable so I guess its ok? For swillathons only

My friend gave this to a girl in an Easter basket a few years ago. Surprisingly, she was not impressed. Don’t spend too much time on this one. Skunky aroma, corn in both the flavor and the nose, and a horrible hangover as reward.

When I was in school and could not afford good beer, I was would drink this stuff. For a cheap ass beer it is not bad at all. It grows on you. Its smoother than other ice beers in the same cheap arena and has a better taste. Thumbs up!

pretty hideous on the flavor basically its like someone threw some alcohol on some canned corn and lit it on fire. and then threw that on ice.

Pours golden in color. Aroma is sweet and grainy. Taste is of really sweet corn and alcohol. Funky cereal type after taste. Sweet finish as well. Not a very good brew. At least it’s cheap.