G'froren's Mandarina Bavaria (DH) Iced IPA
Brauerei Hofstetten-Krammer (Hofstettner) in St. Martin im Mühlkreis, Upper Austria, Austria 🇦🇹
Eisbock / Freeze Distilled Special Out of Production|
Score
7.48
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By freezing an upper-fermented bock beer, a mighty, bright ice bock develops. This is then stuffed with hop and our legendary Iced IPA is created. This years version is made with Hallertauer Mandarina Bavaria cone hops (Doldenhopfen).
Dry-hopping
After five weeks of lagering, this beer undergoes a freeze distillation process where the water is extracted. From there, the newly created ice bock is dry hopped, meaning it is combined with fresh hops in a lager tank and left for weeks to develop and absorb the wonderful hop aromas.
Dry-hopping
After five weeks of lagering, this beer undergoes a freeze distillation process where the water is extracted. From there, the newly created ice bock is dry hopped, meaning it is combined with fresh hops in a lager tank and left for weeks to develop and absorb the wonderful hop aromas.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle. Deep amber, thin white head. Sweet fruity aroma, bready notes. Fruity, berry notes, alcohol, fudge. Long finish. Quite pleasant. Abv ok hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2015
at 13:56
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle kindly shared by Werckmeister, many thanks. Hazy orange color with medium white head. Nice hoppy aroma with tangerines, pines. Sweet malt, citrus hops, orange zest. Long hoppy bitter finish with sweet notes. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2015
at 14:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle from trade with Sebilinz. fruity smell, orange, alcohlic, citric, malty backbone. full body, quite a lot of sweetness, very soft carbonation, very nice mouthfeel, some fruity taste, mango, sweet grapefruit, honey, molasses, alcoholic, but alcohlic hidden very well within all the sweetness, alcoholic warming. quite strong, smooth drinking for the ABV. quite good ice bock with some dry hopping, a bit too sweet, would be interesting to see this after a couple years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2015
at 14:43
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle. Aroma tangerine, citrusy, resiny. Tempting. Intense. Almost clear orange colour. Taste is initially nicely sweet honeyish caramelly malty. The bitterness actually barely makes it on scene. The flavours are here though, citrusy, zesty, tangerine. Very good. Alcohol completely hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2015
at 14:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330 ml bottle from Biertempel Online Shop.
Dark golden to amber, hazy body, with a small, creamy, white head, that dissipates quickly.
Aroma of dried fruits, citrus, peach, honey, some alcohol.
Taste is smooth honey, citrus, mandarin, peach, dried fruits, some spices, alcohol booze.
Full, creamy mouthfeel, with a soft carbonation.
Finishes alcoholic, astringent, bitter, a bit dry, zesty, sweet malty, a bit spicy.
Very nice! As mentioned before, feels more like a hoppy Eisbock, not that much IPA character. The taste is really good though, with a nice mix of smooth malts, hops and alcohol strength. Overall an interesting attempt.
Dark golden to amber, hazy body, with a small, creamy, white head, that dissipates quickly.
Aroma of dried fruits, citrus, peach, honey, some alcohol.
Taste is smooth honey, citrus, mandarin, peach, dried fruits, some spices, alcohol booze.
Full, creamy mouthfeel, with a soft carbonation.
Finishes alcoholic, astringent, bitter, a bit dry, zesty, sweet malty, a bit spicy.
Very nice! As mentioned before, feels more like a hoppy Eisbock, not that much IPA character. The taste is really good though, with a nice mix of smooth malts, hops and alcohol strength. Overall an interesting attempt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2015
at 13:50
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
4 oz pour on cask at ChurchKey. Clear golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of stone fruit, tropical fruit, floral hops, light alcohol. Tastes of tropical fruit, stone fruit, citrus, hop oils, light alcohol and malt. Medium body with a dry finish. Probably my favorite of the three with the Aurora close behind.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2015
at 22:35
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
This one is the most like a double IPA out of the three, has the most balance. Pours orange without much head or lacing. A little syrupy. Bittersweet finish. Citrus, mandarin indeed. Low carbonation. Cask at Churchkey.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jan 2015
at 13:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Churchkey. Slightly hazy golden color. Nice floral stone fruit aroma. Taste is very fruity bitter but balanced pineapple and grapefruit. My favorite of the three.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jan 2015
at 15:37