Eisbock
New Glarus Brewing Company in New Glarus, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Eisbock / Freeze Distilled Series Out of Production|
Score
7.09
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The first of our "Unplugged" series of beers. This Eisbock was lagered a full year and then frozen to incomparable smoothness. This is a big and complex beer, suitable for laying down or consuming immediately, serve at 55º F.
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LeninCat (7983) reviewed Eisbock from New Glarus Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ home, courtesy of Ughsmash. Thank you Jason! Deep brown appearance with a small cream head. Very huge toasty caramel malty, light fruity, toffee aroma. Toasty dark caramel, dark chocolate malty, pretty sweet, a touch fruity, rich toffee flavor. Still tasting good. Easy drinking.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Eisbock from New Glarus Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
12oz bottle pours a translucent, deep amber with a thin, beige head. Aroma is very fruity, apples, apple juice, pineapple. Flavor is sweet, caramel, malty, apples, pears, slightly boozy. Finish is full bodied and stick. Aged perfect right now.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
From JPDIPSO. I was hesitant to even open this, l have been very averse to big beers recently, barleywines and impy stouts have not been my thing recently. But I need to drink something (well i don’t "need to" but I want to) and the only new thing in my fridge that came in a 12oz bottle is this (again thanks John). So I pour this and it looks like a strong beer, almost no head with a dark copper thick body; so far everything is coming out formulaic. If I agitate it a bit some head forms. Then I sniff the damn thing and my attitude changes completely. Its the aromas I want, which when improperly handled come off crappy (basically bad brewers can’t do this well, oh and apparently calling someone a bad brewer is a bad thing to do, ok then, less good brewers can’t do this). It is burnt, thick, alcoholic malt blast. But not in a bad way or over the top, just strong and awesome. This is the kind of aromas I fell in love with when it came to barleywines/strong ales and the kind of aromas that "less than good" breweries just screw up and make me hate them. There is some oxidation in there, which you cannot fight when you ice a beer, but it works beautifully in the profile of the beer. Ok, now lets move to the flavor (of love). It’s actually not as stong as the aroma indicates. Still that burnt German lager-ness that comes off almost ale-like because of the icing. Lagered and well attenuated yet sweet caramel, now that is a conundrum if I ever wrote one. And its actually rather easy drinking, that’s what you get with an iced lager. I mean all the flavor, the light oxidation, with the alcohol and lagered sweetness is there, yet I can easily put it down. No burn from the alcohol. Fun stuff, like it a lot.
12oz bottle, Regenboog tall, tuliped, chalice glass.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Eisbock from New Glarus Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle Pours out a dark brownish red topped with a small head. A GREAT aroma of pit fruit and thick malts. Tast more of the pit fruit/raisins. Nice sweet and thick. Very tasty thanks Footbalm for the love
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Eisbock from New Glarus Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of JCapriotti. Hazy, orangey brown with a tiny, beige head. Sweet, fat aroma of lightly burned caramel. Quite full in body with sweetish, roasted accents, some caramel and overripe fruit. Subdued bitterness. Smooth and delicious. 090407
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
kp’s Fest of 26. Pours clear deep amber with a fleeting head. Sweet complex malt aroma. Sweet, nicely balanced with a firm dryness in the finish.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Eisbock from New Glarus Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
An amber beer with a thick orange head. The aroma is sweet with notes of chocolate, alcohol, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of wood, alcohol, and caramel, as well as some hints of over ripe fruits. Nice one.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Eisbock from New Glarus Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2002 bottle HUGE thanks to heemer77 for this one. Man I love eisbocks and this one was fantastic. After a night of pale lagers, crappy winter ales and overall boring, severely undermalted beers this one really saved the day. I don’t particularly feel the need to write my typical 2 page review, I’d rather just enjoy the goodness of this beer. Caramel/toffee, dates and raisins in the nose, with sweet molasses and yeast esters. Strong and malty, chewy, with some light syrupiness and touches of spice. Lightly sour yeast, fruit notes and a clean, flavorful lager finish. The oldest eisbock I’ve had at 2 years of age. One of the better filtered/pasteurised beers Ive had in a while, but somehow, I can handle lagers better when filtered. Glad I have another bottle.
omhper (44752) reviewed Eisbock from New Glarus Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled, thanks cquiroga! Mahogany colour, small head. Nutty, woody aroma. Sweet with clean but huge maltiness. Salty and rich with grassy licorice finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle Pours a deep red copper, almost scarlet, with a foamy light tan head that very quickly dissapears. No real lacing to speak of. Aroma is very nice, honey, hard cider, grapes, and swet malts. Tastes like old oak barrles, bourbon, and a rich nutty flavore as well. The ABV seems a bit hing but not labeled. Carbonation is moderate and the feel is nice and full. Bitter tannin trailer.