Okay dark beige head and black body (ooh, baby!). Creamy coffee, bailey’s latte, chcolate cake with a subtle and sophisticated touch on the aroma. Flavour is this heavy oily licorice and chocolate syrup, bold and rough, great for sipping. Bit of a wine chocolate liqueur finish. Well done and memorable.

Bottle. Thanks to Ferris and vertbaconstrips. Pours copper brown with off white head. Nose and taste of chocolate, caramel, toasted bread, nuts, coffee and roast. Medium body.

Bottle - Vintage 2006 - Intense raisin, dark sugars and booze. Jet mahogany with a minimal white head ring. Molasses, raisin and booze with a chocolate and dark fruit finish. Surprising that the booze although present doesn’t burn at all. This is a great beer. Vintage 2008 - Much sweeter than 2006, more candied sugar and an almost cherry like nose. Same look with a brown fuller head that dissipates but does retain much longer. Starts almost sour cherry and the booze follows. This bottle has either gone bad or this batch couldn’t stand up to the age.

Bouteille 341ml, courtoisie d’un contact de Victoria, BC. De couleur brune-rouge et claire. Nez fruité (prune, léger de raisins et de cerises noires), malté de caramel toffee aux notes rôties avec des effluves d’alcool, de chocolat et de réglisse noire. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement léger ainsi qu’une texture aux notes sirupeuses. Goût fruité (raisins, notes de prunes) avec des notes de réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût de caramel toffee sucré, légèrement rôti et aux notes brûlées avec des traces de mélasse terreuses puis en finale l’on retrouve une chaleur d’alcool qui dégage des notes vineuses avec de faibles traces de chocolat noir. Post-goût moyen-long, légèrement amer de rôti très doux et d’alcool avec des notes fruitées(prunes et raisins).

Poured from 341mL bottle. Deep rich brown colour with minimal beige head. Strong dark fruit nose (plum, raisins). Sweet dark fruit flavour with brown sugar and some alcohol kick to it.

Nuts, faint figs, chunks of chocolate, some caramel and a tinge sweet but balanced. Flavors, while not full, are good.

2021-11-11, can from 1st Avenue LRS, Vancouver, 7-4-8-3-15=37
Exactly like below.

2018-10-26, can from The Gull, North Vancouver, 7-4-7-3-15=36
The colour is very dark, almost black, the head is small, compact, tan. The aroma is mild, nice bready malts and a hint of dark fruits. The body is lean, quite good dark malts and dark caramel flavour, a hint of liquorice, very light residual sweetness; it's a bit thin in the final, but at least not boozy.
It doesn't taste like other Eisbock, but it's a very good Doppelbock.

2012-12-31, draught at St. Augustine's, Vancouver, 6-4-8-4-14=36
Dark color, almost black, with creamy head. Mild aroma of dark caramel. Good body strength, and smooth mouthfeel; strong flavor of dark caramel, with a Lager yeast profile; moderate residual sweetness; there is then some roasted nuts flavor too; it has a quite strong bitterness.
A good beer, although Eisbock may be more malty, less dark, and less bitter.

2012-01-16, bottle at Alibi Room, Vancouver, probably vintage 2010, 7-4-7-3-15=36
Dark brown color, with small head. It has a powerful aroma, of malt syrup, caramel, a bit oxidized, and medicine. Strong body, round mouthfeel; the caramel flavor shows signs of oxidization, but also a light apple touch; the moderate sweetness is a plus; balanced final, with very light warmth given by the alcohol. Not too exciting, but solid and good.

2010 Bottle, pours very dark brown / black with a tan head. Aroma of sweet caramel malts, plum, raisins, molasses and deep roasted character. Flavour is much the same, dense roasted malt, caramel, plum and rich chocolate - quite a thick palate. Must be Vancouver Island Brewing's creme de la creme. Second tasting: vertical tasting with 07, 08, 09, 10 and 11 bottles. Ranking from best to worst: 09, 10, 07, 11, 08