Aventinus: Weisse Eisbock (12%)
by DanCave on Sep.07, 2009, under Misc Beer
The unassuming little brown bottle Aventinus with purple and silver trim labels smells like crazyness when you open it!
Aventinus Eisbock all the way from Europe via EuroDog
To look at its a very dark brown. Mine has no head to talk of, but maybe I’ve poured it wrong…
It smells like creamy white beer infused with chocolate and raspberries. Aventinus Eisbock smells like it might be quite bitter with notes of white chocolate, maybe a little cherry flavour in the smell too.
I’m pleased I have tried this just for smelling it. I cant wait to taste it!
Tasting the Eisbock
Holly Batmans Corby Press!!! that is strange. It has no flavour for half a second then all sorts of madness happens.
All of the flavour comes after you swallow the stuff. You realise its highly alcoholic as soon as you swallow a drop. It warms you up very quickly, the after taste being like a bottle of chimay but in a condensed format. Its strangely like bitter, sweet, alcoholic black forest cherry to me but with the complex flavour found in a lot of triples and dunkel beers.
If you take your time and savour the flavours you can actually get through to a level where the wheat tastes come through and take place at the very end.
Aventinus Eisbock is a formidable beer not for the feint hearted or the light headed. Its strong flavours, high strength possibly make it a once in while beer for the extreme cold in winter.
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September 7th, 2009 on 9:15 pm
Great you have finaly tasted your first Eisbock!
It will prove interesting to see if you find more and from different years - it develops pretty nicely…
September 7th, 2009 on 9:26 pm
I will try to grab some more different ones, I will try to source them in the UK. Its been incredibly hard to find rare stuff without paying out an arm and a leg!
If there is anything I can get for you in the UK and post out please let me know. I will also send you some homebrew in the box you sent me.
September 10th, 2009 on 4:59 pm
Three of us tried this at BSF - the foreign beer bar at GBBF where we were working. It was an undrinkable alcohol bomb and most went down the sink. No redeeming features.
April 20th, 2010 on 8:20 am
Eisbock!!! It’s been several months since my friend came over and brought me good alcohol. This is by far one of the best I’ve ever had. Wish I could like order this online. I do bar reviews locally. Visit my site and learn about my culture. http://megdev.com