Kulmbacher Eisbock

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

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On tap - Lake Flying Saucer Spring Beer Fest 2011. Clear amber with some beige head. Alcohol is appearent in the aroma and flavor but isn’t overpowering. Aromas of fruit and some vanilla - very thick and almost syrupy mouthfeel. Flavors continues to creep out as the beer warms. Great boozy fruit flavor with some chocolate and caramel. Very tasty!

Poured quickly but the head disappeared in a minute. Chocolate color. Aroma is velvety nutty malt and some spice. Maybe some old fashioned candy. Slightly oily medium mouthfeel leaning toward heavy. Awesome job hiding the 9.5% alcohol rating. This is really a wonderful beer, glad I stumbled across it.

330 mL bottle. (2009 vintage). Dark, clear, cola brown with a small head. Bread and berries in the aroma, along with the expected dark fruit and booze. Nice flavour, with bruised apple, caramel, prunes, dates, and booze being my first impressions. Body is solid without being heavy. Medium-light carbonation. A lovely sipper.

Picked this bottle up in Chicago when we were back for Christmas. Served in a wine glass. Pours a moderate amber-copper color with a pretty good off-white head. A bit of spotty lacing on the way down and a nice, thin collar around the edges of the beer. The nose is pretty sweet with some dark fruits and a touch of oxidation. Not all that much alcohol. The taste is a bit of caramelized malt with some fruit and quite a bit of sweetness. Not much booze comes through in the feel, though that might be because it’s quite sweet, bordering on cloying. Not a bad beer but half of this bottle was more than enough for me. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 01-24-2011

Presentation: It was poured from a brown 11.2oz bottle into a large snifter. Appearance: In the glass it looks dark brown with reddish highlights. It is topped by a small tan head that quickly fades to a light ring of foam. Lacing is minimal and very slick. Smell: The aroma is the star of the show and offers deep inviting layers of malty goodness. I get lots of sweet roasted malt, caramel and dark fruits like plum, figs and raisin with drop of molasses and rum like alcohol. Taste/Palate: Its flavor matches the aroma to a tee but comes off a little lighter than I had expected yet still full bodied. It brings all the wonderful layers of maltiness with a mellow warming abv. It finishes sweet but not in a heavy or cloying way and the palate is smooth and full yet still very drinkable for such a big beer. Notes: This is a very enjoyable beer with nice complexity and excellent drinkability.

Sweet and robust malt aroma. Clear amber color with a small white head. Light sweet beginning that builds in the finish and gets slightly bitter in the end.

Bottle. Dark brown,small and fully diminisshing light brown head. Moderate, malty and sweet aroma, caramel and some raisins. Body is medium to full, malty and sweet flavor, some caramel and raisins. Finish is average, malty and sweet, some alcohol. Sweet bock, some alcohol in the finish, nothing special.

12oz bottle, courtesy of drowland, pours with a light tan head. Sweet, boozy aroma, alcohol front and present. Interesting. This isn’t that bad for a drunk beer.

4/2/11. Bottle thanks to emacgee! Clearish dark red brown pour with a small brown head. Extreme malty aroma with sweet caramel. Sweet malty flavor with a hint of smoke. Eh.

A: poured into a snifter. rich mahogany in color with a nice tan head. light lacing. S: smells beautiful. great bouquet, warm apples with tons of spices. slight aroma of cloves. T: rich malts with a hint of apples and bananas. the high alcohol is present but not overwhelming. M: warms the mouth and makes the palate tingle with its complex flavors. D: i may have found my Aventinus substitute. two of these and I am ready to party. Pick this up and you won’t be disappointed.