Kulmbacher Eisbock

A red-brown beer with a small brown head. The aroma is roasted malty with notes of oil for cooking as well as marcipan. The flavor is sweet with lots of caramel as well as hints of chocolate on a dry background.

Bottled. Clear dark brown, thick, no head. Sweet and richly malty. Really full bodied. No hops shines through the solid wall of malt and warming alcohol.

(Bottle 33 cl) 7,5% ABV in my version. Deep reddish brown with a smallish off-white head. Very malty, full body. Smooth and sweetish but never cloying - there’s enough hops to add balance. Notes of dried fruit - and plenty of it. This almost reminds me of dark Belgian trappists. Yummy. 120101

1996 Vintage, bottle # 9924, rated 2003
Like a few others here, I am rating a vintage bottle of the old, Reichelbrau version of this beer, which was more famous, and much stronger (10%) than the version they make today. Dark brown colour, still with good carbonation. Beautiful dark malt aroma - so well defined it's like chewing on Munich malt. Sweet, thick body. Sweet malt flavours mixed with nuts, brown bread crust. This beer was cloying when fresh, but it's perfectly fine now. Long, tasty finish. A lip-smacking dessert beer.

Fresh vintage, 9.2% version: Bright demerara brown. Aroma of brown sugar aroma w/ slight gasoline, biscuits (surprising for such a dark beer), molasses. Thick body, oily with very low carbonation. Flavours are refined but muted molasses. This is quite sweet. Straightforward, but beautiful and lingering.

Bottled. Brown coloured with a beige head. Sweet aroma with lots of dried fruits especially prunes. Sweet flavour with lots of dried fruits and notes of alcohol.