Double Ice Bock
Southampton Publick House in Southampton, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Eisbock / Freeze Distilled Special Out of Production|
Score
7.46
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2003 - 100 bottles
2004 - 100 bottles
2006 - 100 bottles
2009 - 75 bottles
2014 - 110 bottles
2004 - 100 bottles
2006 - 100 bottles
2009 - 75 bottles
2014 - 110 bottles
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Big thanks to Trevor for sharing this beauty at the post NotB tasting! Poured a hazy amber with thin tan head that started and remained at the edges. Aroma was full of intense sweet grains and caramel with a bit of a biscuit note with a hint of alcohol. Flavor started with thick sweet grains, caramel and a bit of toffee/biscuit with a hint of an alcohol burn in the finish.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2011
at 13:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
2006 nip bottle graciously shared by beastiefan2k. Bottle number 74 of 100. Pour is mostly clear brown amber, with a thin film of a tan head. Aroma is big, chewy malt, along with a bright floral sweetness. Taste is like an apertif, boozy, but refined with the bright caramel maltiness. The floral sweetness is present, balanced along with a nice integrated alcohol heat. Palate is medium to heavy, coats the mouth, as mentioned has the mouthfeel of a liquer. This was a really interesting beer, thanks for opening it up for us Eugene.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2010
at 15:11
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ Miami Fandango ’10 gathering. Cheers to Diego for sharing this bottle # 44/75. Pours light orange, light off-white head. Aroma and flavors of caramel malts, enjoyable grainy palate with hint of pale malts quickly followed by grainy mouthfeel. Caramel palate remains the highlight of the profile with a touch of dark fruits and sugar sweetness. At 18%, this was light on the palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2010
at 17:12
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
7oz bottle at the Publick house. 2006 # 82/100. Poured into a snifer. Color is a translucent copper. Smell is of course strong. Pierces my noise hairs. Here comes the taste, wow, sooooo smooth. Almost no alcohol present. Goes down with no bitterness. Coats the tongue and throat just a bit. As it warms the aroma grows stronger. The flavor is almost rye-like. A great beer!!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2006
at 21:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A hazy orange beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet alcoholic with strong fruity notes - peaches being most dominant, but also noticeable hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and alcohol, as well as light notes of wood. The alcohol is also felt, it burns the mouth and throat.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2006
at 09:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle 18,7 cl) Slightly hazy, dark amber with a creamy, off-white head. Extremely rich aromas - overripe fruits in particular. Very full-bodied with some heavy alcohol and vinous, sherryish notes. Hoppy finish. Delicate all right, but not overly sophisticated. 160206
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2006
at 16:26
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2004 Vintage, bottle #10/100 big thanks to Eyedrinkale for sharing this.
Good lord, the picture to the left is worth 1,000 words. Just the most spectacular glowing ruby-auburn with magenta and amber highlights. Small, off-white/beige colored head is not extremely well-retained, but then, this is an 18% abv beer, so I’m just impressed it pours a head at all. Sediment is left on the bottom, and the beer is well unfiltered. Aroma of dry tofee, walnut paste, sherry of course, sticky caramel, buttercream, plum brandy and rich barley. Light hints of alcohol grace the nose, but it’s more a refined liquor sort of thing, not a raw ethanol. Taking a sip, or should I say, sinking my teeth in to it, I am greeted with the most succulent of malts. Thick, rich, caramel and toffee as far as the eye can see, with light raisins, vinous sherry notes and plenty of honey. Finishes with a dry, musty yeast, like peanut or walnut skins. Thick, chewy body is of course sweet, but not overly so. There’s something so divine and well-done about the malt flavor that it makes drinking this a real treat. Very low carbonation with a strong drying and yet warming sensation on the end. Such a little, unpretentious bottle and such a magnificent king among beers. . .I can’t even imagine how good this will be a number of years from now.
2006 Vintage Cracked this open Summer 08 to certainly less pleasure than the 04 vintage. Really lacking in complexity and sheer maltiness that made the 2004 so delicious. Some premature oxidation has set in, giving a rather dry, nutty, lightly crackery nose and finish. Still not bad, despite some obvious alcoholic tendencies, but it wouldn’t stand out in a blind tasting, I’m sure of that. 7/4/7/3/15 Score is an average of the two I’ve had.
Good lord, the picture to the left is worth 1,000 words. Just the most spectacular glowing ruby-auburn with magenta and amber highlights. Small, off-white/beige colored head is not extremely well-retained, but then, this is an 18% abv beer, so I’m just impressed it pours a head at all. Sediment is left on the bottom, and the beer is well unfiltered. Aroma of dry tofee, walnut paste, sherry of course, sticky caramel, buttercream, plum brandy and rich barley. Light hints of alcohol grace the nose, but it’s more a refined liquor sort of thing, not a raw ethanol. Taking a sip, or should I say, sinking my teeth in to it, I am greeted with the most succulent of malts. Thick, rich, caramel and toffee as far as the eye can see, with light raisins, vinous sherry notes and plenty of honey. Finishes with a dry, musty yeast, like peanut or walnut skins. Thick, chewy body is of course sweet, but not overly so. There’s something so divine and well-done about the malt flavor that it makes drinking this a real treat. Very low carbonation with a strong drying and yet warming sensation on the end. Such a little, unpretentious bottle and such a magnificent king among beers. . .I can’t even imagine how good this will be a number of years from now.
2006 Vintage Cracked this open Summer 08 to certainly less pleasure than the 04 vintage. Really lacking in complexity and sheer maltiness that made the 2004 so delicious. Some premature oxidation has set in, giving a rather dry, nutty, lightly crackery nose and finish. Still not bad, despite some obvious alcoholic tendencies, but it wouldn’t stand out in a blind tasting, I’m sure of that. 7/4/7/3/15 Score is an average of the two I’ve had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2005
at 14:44
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Orange-amber. Still. Vibrant colour. Aroma is long on malts, plus vanilla, peach, pear, and a bit of alcohol. Smooth palate. Again with the long malts, toasted notes, peaches, hint of caramel. Quite sweet, with a little heat (the alcohol comes off a bit like alligator pepper). Unique and stylish.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2003
at 19:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
2003, 7 oz. bottle #52 of 100 - considering the nature of this beer, the Samichlaus and WWS comparisons are unavoidable - this beer is better than them in some respect, but worse in others - it has low carbonation and zero head as one would expect from such a high alcohol beer - the aroma is full of cinnimon, maple, caramel, toffee, and a sinus destroying alcohol burn - these elements seem to come back in the flavor in various stages - it begins mildly sweet, slight toffee, then the alcohol swells up on the tongue, along with a cinnimon flavor that mixes with the alcohol well - after that there is a caramel and long lingering maltiness that comes in to remind you that you are drinking a bock - this is sweet, but not to a cloying extent like many beers with such high alcohol - the alcohol is heavy, but not overly astringent, making this very much like a dessert liquor - some brandyish elements are noticible - this did, however, come off as underdeveloped, but it was, of course, a very young bottle - I think with some aging and mellowing this could be great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2003
at 19:08