Freeze Ray

Strangeways Brewing in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

Eisbock / Freeze Distilled Regular

Score

6.93

ABV: 10.24%

IBU: 29

Ticks: 11

Why do supervillains love Freeze Rays? Easy…to trap their arch-nemesis in a solid block of ice and monologue away for hours, while their foe slowly dies of hypothermia and/or boredom. Sure, freezing things with a laser may sound weirdly impractical, but that is before you knew it could be used on Strangeways’ newest concoction, Freeze Ray Eisbock. After benumbing a thick and malty doppelbock for days, we mined the resulting colossal chunks of ice from the vat to extract the pesky water obstructing the full potential of this deliciously decadent libation. Its thick and creamy mouthfeel is interlaced with a prevalent chocolaty richness that seductively satiates. Nevermind where we hide the 10.24% abv, as the Freeze Ray disintegrates any booziness with a mere controlled pull of the trigger.

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djd07 (28882) reviewed Freeze Ray from Strangeways Brewing 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Sample at Gabf. Pours a cloudy copper with small off white head. The aroma is caramel, dark fruit, booze. Medium body, raisin, licorice, caramel, toasted malt, boozy finish, very good.

Tried on 31 Dec 2016 at 14:33

4.5

SHIG (13882) reviewed Freeze Ray from Strangeways Brewing 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle: Poured a dark brown with orange edges, head is tan head. Super malty with tobacco. Taste is a bit oxidized. Bad bottle for sure.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2016 at 21:55

7.2

jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Freeze Ray from Strangeways Brewing 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared in NH with Matt and an RB guy :-). Thin offwhite-red/brown. A-dk fruit-raisin/plum. T-follows with a bit of spice hop.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2016 at 15:36

7.4

CLW (16859) reviewed Freeze Ray from Strangeways Brewing 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared by jcwattsrugger, much thanks John!! Deep ruby color with a bottle conditioning yeast at the bottom. Aroma is large amounts of dark fruits, rasins, prune, earthy malt. Also has a slight old ale (stale malt) flavor.

Body is medium plus, with slight sticky texture. Overall still pretty good. Thanks for this rare stule tick John, much appreciated!

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2016 at 15:03

7.8

Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Freeze Ray from Strangeways Brewing 9 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Tap. Pours deep reddish chestnut, large creamy tan head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is roasty, cocoa, error beer, tobacco, dark bread. Flavor is medium sweet, light bitter, really roasty and bocky, pimpernickel. Full body, creamy. Hah! Eisbock tick!

Tried from Draft on 23 May 2016 at 20:38

6.8

Travlr (30173) reviewed Freeze Ray from Strangeways Brewing 10 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from the source. Slightly hazy amber brown color, large bubble tan head. Aroma of burnt caramel. Taste is lightly burnt toast, burnt butterscotch. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2015 at 22:45

Drake (22934) reviewed Freeze Ray from Strangeways Brewing 10 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

375 mL bottle from the brewery, 5/23/15. Clear dark brown, thin foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee and dark fruits. The taste is dark fruits, toffee, earth, caramel, piney hops. Thin-medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2015 at 06:49

jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Freeze Ray from Strangeways Brewing 10 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle - Pours reddish amber. Nose/taste of toffee, light cocoa, malt. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2015 at 12:39

Ferris (26026) reviewed Freeze Ray from Strangeways Brewing 11 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draft - Plum and some odd malts. Maroon with a decent beige head. Grains and some plum with a dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 14 Feb 2015 at 23:11

7.8

ben4321 (11522) reviewed Freeze Ray from Strangeways Brewing 11 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Location: Draft at the brewery, 1/17/15

Aroma: The aroma is sweet and malty, lots of dark fruit, not a whole lot else
Appearance: Pours a dark orange-brown color, with a small beige head, and drippy lace
Flavor: It has a lot of dark fruit and malt to the flavor, pretty much the nose, but slightly better
Palate: The body is light than you might expect, but still fairly full, with a smooth mouthfeel
Overall Impression: I was really excited to try an American EIsbock, as I have not seen too many breweries making these. I quite enjoyed this. Heavy malty. Well done.

Tried from Draft on 09 Feb 2015 at 17:29