Vancouver Island Brewing Hermannator Ice Bock

Hermannator Ice Bock

 

Vancouver Island Brewing in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  Eisbock / Freeze Distilled Regular
Score
7.12
ABV: 9.5% IBU: 25 Ticks: 32
Hermannator Ice Bock is a special seasonal release made for friends & family of our original brewmaster, Hermann. This beer takes over three months to produce, spending significant time at subzero temperatures to create a rich malt body, with notes of chocolate, coffee & brandied plums. It is the perfect beer to enjoy over the holiday season.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

473 ml can. Pours a dark brown with moderate bubbly head. Aromas of roasted malts, nutty chocolate, a bit of minerals and a bit of coffee. Flavors follow same with less minerals and additional lactose like sweetness.

Tried from Can on 28 Nov 2025 at 00:21


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Dark color with a small head. Aroma is dried fruit, raisins and hints of coffee. Taste is fruit cake, raisins and hints of coffee. TNT.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 06:53


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

very dark brown.
wonderful aroma od dark malts, caramel, and a touch of alcohol. Flavour is very malty, nice notes of caramel, and slight dark fruits. Finish is a touch wattery, and it losses the nice maltiness. Overall a very nice effort.

Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 12:10


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

473mL can. Pours very dark brown with beige head. Aroma has sticky dark sugar malts, molasses, dark fruit; roast provides a really nice background. Flavour has a good roasty base, caramel malts, raisins and other dried fruit. Fairly high carbonation with a sharp bitter finish. Very nice.

Tried from Can on 26 Oct 2024 at 03:33


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

473ml can. Pours a clear dark brown with red hue and a small, creamy, long lasting, tan head that laces nicely. Sweet aroma of bready caramel malt, plum, raisin, prune and dark chocolate. Sweet flavour of bready caramel malt, raisin, prune, date and brown sugar in a dry, mild bitter, warming booze finish. Full body with a sticky, oily texture and soft carbonation. More like an Imperial Porter, but still pretty tasty.

Tried from Can on 23 Jan 2022 at 06:45

gave a cheers!

6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Citrus and lots of boiled down malt. Pours dark brown with mocha head. Tangy finish. Bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2018 at 01:19


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tall can (courtesy of Alex). Packaged in October. Pours a very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, some fruity notes. Similar taste with low to moderate sweetness. Good one.

Tried from Can on 27 Oct 2018 at 07:33


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

Bottle at the bow bar. Pours deep brown, nose is raisin, caramel, toffee, little chocolate, taste is sweet toffee, caramel, wood, dark sugar.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2018 at 16:22


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at bow bar.. thanks to Clare and her husband... Dark black... Thin tan lacing.. Soft sweet caramel woody toffee fruit malt nose..

Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2018 at 19:44


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Brown bottle, 341 ml, 2017 vintage, via Glen G. - CANBIF fall 2017 (thank you!), savoured on November 29 2017; eye: dark brown with a mahogany hue, opaque, no effervescence, minuscule ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: malt, caramel, light ashy, molasses, light fig; mouth: malt, caramel, light ashy, molasses, alcohol, alcohol warmth, dense, light fig, finale in malt with light presence of alcohol, full body, lightly below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, light alcoholic texture; overall: fine

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 341 ml, millésime 2017, via Glen G. - CANBIF automne 2017 (thank you!), savourée le 29 novembre 2017; œil : brun foncé avec une teinte acajou, opaque, pas d'effervescence, minuscule anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, caramel, léger cendré, mélasse, léger figue; bouche : malt, caramel, léger cendré, mélasse, alcool, chaleur d'alcool, dense, léger figue, finale en malt avec légère présence d'alcool, corsée, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien

Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2017 at 17:15