Kulmbacher Eisbock

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Pours nice head which fails pretty rapidly. EXTREMELY malty nose. Hazy dark chocolate brown color. (No sediment in bottle so not sure where the haze is coming from). Thick chewy moutfeel. Carmelization in flavor (or do I taste some oxidation?). Warming aftertaste in the back of the throat. If the legend is half true about how this came about, it’d be awesome. Doesn’t have the syrupy texture and aftertaste of EKU28! But then again, it doesn’t have the alcohol level and specific gravity either!! Sorry to keep comparing it, but I wonder if this is EKU28, jr.? Malty flavor opens up after warming for about five minutes out of my fridge. Don’t drink this "eis-cold" but only slightly chilled.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

33cl bottle from Ambrosetti, Berlin. Pours deep mahogany with a tan head. Malty and slightly fruity aroma with dark, dried fruits, caramel and hints of banana, roasted malt and vanilla. Sweet and caramelly with notes of dried fruits. Some resemblance to fortified wine. Full body with slightly soft carbonation. Surprisingly smooth and well balanced. Warming alcohol, but well integrated. Surprisingly easy to drink and quite delicious.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Poured mahogany with a finger tall off white head. Aroma is sweet dark malts. Taste is smooth but sweet malts with a metallic edge of alcohol.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Rated Dec. 2006. Poured a dark stained oak with thin tan head. The aroma was of sweet malts, cherry fruitiness, a bit of alcohol and a hint of caramel sweetness. The flavor is very similar to the aroma. Starts with a thick dark fruity sweetness and sweet caramel. Then the malts fade and the fruitiness takes on a complexity with apple and date notes. The beer taste ends sweet, fruity, caramel, a tad nutty and some alcohol warmth.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

C: clear dark brown, loose creamy off-white cap A: alcohol, dark fruit, molasses P: medium F: sweet with caramel and molasses notes, alcohol not as present as in the aroma O: Quite good for a winter's evening

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Thanks to my brother in law for this beer and thanks to my neighbor for sharing. This was a big heavy beer. Has the mouthfeel of a barleywine and the flavor was sweet with notes of caramel. A nice treat.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Clear dark ruby, thick lacing light brown foam head. Heavy caramel aroma with barley and nutty tones. Strong alcohol presence, light caramel taste, a good bock. (Houston 201501)

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Lots of malt here....sort of like an imperial marzen. You can taste the alcohol, so not hidden quite well. Flavor is heavy caramel, bread, maybe some burnt sugar. Mild hops, but just enough to take the edge off the sweetness. Good value for what you get. Would sample again.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Beer share from my brother-in-law. Dark brown pour, short light tan head, little lacing. Ripe plums, chocolate, big burnt caramel, earthy hops all in the nose and flavors. Rich and the ABV is fairly well-hidden. Very good dessert beer. Thanks Jim.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Malty aroma has a strong overtone of caramel, rather sweet. Pours a barely translucent chestnut with a fairly thick tan head. Mouth-filling flavor has a malty core with notes of caramel and cloves, a hint of fruit, a fairly strong alcohol bite, rather sweet. Somewhat syrupy texture has a fair amount of fizz and leaves a sweet, edgy, malty finish. Prosit!