Granitbock Ice
Brauerei Hofstetten-Krammer (Hofstettner) in St. Martin im Mühlkreis, Upper Austria, Austria 🇦🇹
Eisbock / Freeze Distilled Regular|
Score
7.06
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At that point, our famous Granitbock is either filled into bottles or taken through one more step of refinement.
The concept of making an ice bock is really quite simple: You freeze out the water to create a more refined product. With winters as cold as they are here in the Mühlviertel this process felt quite natural to us here.
When beer is frozen, the water is extracted, leaving a concentration of the remaining ingredients powerful enough to blow your hair back. Here it is important to note that this new extract is more than just alcohol (though there is plenty of that, too). Our Ice Bock is a concentration of all the other ingredients, making for a stronger, more flavorful beer.
The final product shimmers a bewitchingly deep red against the light. In the nose you can make out the soft smokiness of a wood fire and hidden raspberry notes. The first sip presents an initial chili-like bite which is then quickly extinguished by the full, almost oily body. Roasted herbs dominate in a warming fusion of sage, rosemary, and a touch of mint. The finish is long, with clear alcohol flavors along with a pleasant bite.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Dark ruby amber. Aroma is alcohol, raisins and malts. Taste is fruit cake, raisins, sweet with a bitter after taste. TNT.
Old caramel, papery, alcohol, sugary, booze
Sweet, malty, caramel
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
0.33l bottle. Amber body with a lacing pearl head. Aroma and taste of raisins, figs, dates, caramel and some orange zest. Very nice eisbock.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Dunkelbraune Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Prägnant süß malziger, fruchtiger Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig mit Trockenfrüchten und Karamell, leicht hopfig, deutliche Alkoholnote. Hohe Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, voller Körper mit sanfter Kohlensäure.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Niet zo best tot ronduit smerig. Waarschijnlijk beter als het koud is. Je verwacht het niet. #austria
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Very dark brown with a huge amount of massive chunks. Looks terrible. Aroma and flavour have bittersweet treacle. Lots of dried fruits. Burnt bitterness. Nice oily texture.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle. Opaque, darkest brown colour with slightly late awakening, small to average, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Intense and concentrated, sweet-ish, caramel malty aroma, notes of malt lozenge, hints of treacle, honey with mainly earthy aspects, a touch of rock sugar, herbal overtones, a spicy touch of soy sauce comes in while warming up. Taste is moderately sweet, minimally sugary, condensed, caramel malty, notes of treacle and malt lozenge, earthy hints of dark honey, a touch of rock sugar, a herbal touch as well, whiffs of herb liqueur. Well balanced, not too sweet, well hidden alcohol, relatively easy drinkable. Meets exactly what the style originally was about and is paradigmatic in this respect. (It's a frozen [Doppel-]Bock, not a frozen IIPA or Impy Stout or something else.) Pretty nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Thanks Sebilinz! Dark brown colour, brown foam. Sweet nose of caramel, dried plams. Taste is rather sweet with enough bitterness.