Schloss Eggenberg Urbock Dunkel Eisbock
Tradition reborn - Eisbock Kraftbier, a beer with patina, over 100 years old,
once prescribed as a medicine for weak recovering patients - is currently
celebrating its renaissance as URBOCK DUNKEL EISBOCK.
Brewed with special dark malt and fermented with traditional Eggenberg yeast, this beer has a maturation period of up to nine months. Dark brown in color with an alcohol content of almost 10% by volume, URBOCK
DUNKEL EISBOCK has a pleasant, full, and creamy body, with the aroma of coffe, surprisingly light on the tongue despite the alcohol content. Warming with toffee-like malty sweetness, balanced by a hoppy-bitterness in the finish, it is a power beer, as its traditional Austrian name says, best enjoyed after dinner or as an evening drink.
once prescribed as a medicine for weak recovering patients - is currently
celebrating its renaissance as URBOCK DUNKEL EISBOCK.
Brewed with special dark malt and fermented with traditional Eggenberg yeast, this beer has a maturation period of up to nine months. Dark brown in color with an alcohol content of almost 10% by volume, URBOCK
DUNKEL EISBOCK has a pleasant, full, and creamy body, with the aroma of coffe, surprisingly light on the tongue despite the alcohol content. Warming with toffee-like malty sweetness, balanced by a hoppy-bitterness in the finish, it is a power beer, as its traditional Austrian name says, best enjoyed after dinner or as an evening drink.
3.7
229 reviews
Vorchdorf, Austria
Community reviews
Pours a clean deep brown colour, almost no head but with some brownish bubbles. It has some artificial sugary smell, with caramel, plums, cinnamon and dark fruits.
Body is lighter than I expected. Taste of apple, dark fruits, plums, sherry wine or brandy.
Good one, have to give it another try.
Bottle. Malty nose, loads of light roast earthy caramel with red berry, grain, and a hint of smoke, though a not strong one. Am expecting big stickiness out of this one. Amber-brown body with no head as of this pour. Full body but not syrupy, taste is dark and malty with a bit more grain than expected, woody with perhaps a bit of oat, and without the usual Eisbock grape-twinge. This has a hard, masculine chomp to it; dries out and allows the caramel to become more prominent, though on the whole, not very complex. I much prefer its cousins and brothers, though this may have suffered to fatigued palate and long shipping distances. Aftertaste is dry and tobacco-inflected. Deceivingly alcoholic, and smooth and warming, with much the effect a fine cigar might be expected to have – filling and deeply satisfying. I can’t decide if this is stale or the hoppiness is deliciously dark – and that indecision is keeping this from a 4.0+.
11.2oz bottle-pours a disappearing light tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is very sweet medium malt-caramel, dark fruit-cherry/plum/prune/raisin, slight woody spice. Taste is very sweet medium malt-caramel, dark fruit-cherry/plum/prune/raisin, slight woody spice, some alcohol. Syrupy-medium body, winter sipping.
Pours clear brown with a slightly rusty red tint to it. Lots of bubbles on the head, but it doesn’t hold itself together for long. Aroma is pretty sweet, some brown sugar, caramel, raisins, brandy and grapes. maybe some pumperknickel too, cause there’s a tart bread element to it. Tastes quite sweet, lots of caramel flavor, grape juice, more tart toast, grass. Finishes grassier and toastier, but the brown sugar grape flavors tries to be cloying at the same time. A bit hot in taste, and even moreso in the finish. The initial aftertaste is nice, but eventually gets on my nerves in way that can only be described as similar to "eating too many graham crackers and not drinking anything." Somewhat medium bodied, I think the flavor out-powers the mouthfeel, as the texture doesn’t seem like it should have that strong a taste to it. Pretty slick, well carbonated. Lots of pleasing flavors in this, but a couple flaws too.
Tap, arrived with a reddish brown palour about its countenance, Aroma was distinctive and somewhat grape-y, not quite wine-ish, but a little grape juicy-ish, not grape juicy-ish like staining your teeth from drinking too much grape juice, just a little like eating grapes through a straw. Flavor was not even close to that. slightly sweet, with heavy malts and. Overall a good beer.
(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of Degarth. Clear, warm, orangey brown with a small, off-white head. Fat aroma of roasted malt and overripe fruit. Very solid body with plenty of roasted malt and overripe fruit. Also a distinctly warming alcohol. Subdued bitterness. A nice one indeed. 311007
33 cL bottle. Pours hazzlenut brown, clear, with an amber hue and a lacing light brown head. Dried fruity and wineous aroma. Full bodied mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet and deep malty with notes of dried fruit, not overly sweet but with a slight acidity. Ends with a mild bitterness and a warming alcohol feeling.
Bottle: Deep brown pour with a thin tan head. Rich malty aroma, giving off dark fruits like figs and raisins with maple notes. Flavor has a great malt depth. The flavor has sweet/fruity/earthy and roasted all packed into one. Starts off chocolatey, with some maple soaked dried fruits like figs/raisins/dates and an almost plummy warmth as well. The sweet presence is ideal, and has an earthy character of sweet tobacco and roast in the finish to balance. Nice stuff.
Draught, 10% at de Wildeman. Very dark brown colour, seems clear. Small lacy frothy head. The flavour is quite sweet with some fresh fruits. Nice caramelly pepper notes along with sweet dark malts. OK complexity. Not alcoholic-tasting.
11.2 oz bottle from discount liqour in milwaukee. Dark black/brown color with med sized offwhite head. Aroma is strong fruity malt, some cookie, dark fruit, very much a come drink me aroma. Very nice dark malt, dough, plum, slight alc, actually surprisingly little alc taste for such a high alc beer. Big bodied and creamy and no alc burn. Very interesting, and well done. I could have several of these, but then I would probably be very drunk.
Date: 04/16/2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC
dark clear brown, thin beige head, lots of lace, sweet alcoholic malt aroma, big rich malt flauor, huge body, too sweet and cloying, what were they thinking?
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Date: 05/05/2005
still sweet but does not appear out of place in a 20 bock lineup
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Date: 04/13/2006
Source: ww
Score: i to ii+
still the big rich sweetness but still not over the top in a dopple bock and eisbock lineup, nice dark fruit character,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
Very thin light beige head, mostly diminishing. Body is a rust-tinged mahogany/crimson/chestnut, deep in color but light pierces through anyhow. The aroma is rich with decadent caramel and Munich malts, also loaded with red meat aromas, much like the afterthoughts of grilling a juicy porterhouse. Lesser scents of nuts, peppery spice, coffeehouse, roasted grain and tobacco follow. Alcohol is very, very well concealed. The flavor is ridiculously easygoing, spreading caramel and alcoholic warmth across the tongue with the first small sip, begging a larger following gulp. Sweetness is high but deftly offset by light astringency, light toasted bitterness and a hefty malt bill of focused dispersion. The taste is absolutely tremendous, marrying malt and alcohol like it’s the easiest task in the world. Huge nutty notes fold in just as toasted malt lacks buttery consistency; this addition really makes this beer great. Earthy nuances flutter about and drive complexity further. The finish is only very lightly warming, caramel, toast and nuts lingering. A soft fade for such a large lager. The mouthfeel is divine, with lush velvety carbonation, neither sticky nor thinned by lengthy aging, full-bodied and as smooth as wet ice. Marvelous.
Bottle aged 1 year. Poured dark caramel with an off-white head. Nose is roasty malt and earth. Very malty with some caramel, almond, slight metal in the finish, some caramel up-front from the aging. Good bitterness. Medium balance and carbonation.
Aroma of dark fruits, caramel malt and honey. Clear, dark ruby-brown coloured with an off-white head. Taste is sweet, malty siruppy, some caramel, coffee and dark fruits in it. Nice.
Red-brown colour, off-white head. Fruity aromas. Flavours: honey, coffee. Finishes a bit bitter and metallic
Pours a dark malty brown with a very thin light white head. Smells of dark fruits, cocoa beans, and caramel. Very nice light chocolate and dark malty blended flavor. Some burnt roasty malts definitely are detectable in the finish on this one. Very smooth and easy drinking for almost 10%, I was surprised. Good job.
Thanks to bwkrieger or tpaliga....clear reddish brown. Good malt/syrup sweetness. Some dark fruit. Creamy texture.
Bottle. Walnut/pecan malt and alcohol aroma. Medium brown with slight head. Sweet nutty malt and coffee flavor with moderate alcohol and hops finish. Pretty sweet but not cloying. Very nice and much better than Samichlaus.
Propably the best beer I tried in Austria. Chestnut color, rich aromas of malt,caramel,coffee and spices. Sweet and malty flavour, very nice finish. pretty good beer.
(11.2 oz bottle from Wells Discount Liquors) Excellent...Pours darkish tea brown with 1/2" of light tan head. Aroma is excellent - malty, raisiny, sugary sweetness. Mouthfeel smooth, full, very lightly sticky in finish. Thin rings of lacing. Flavor is just big malty brown sugar and raisins with that German sort of light smoky malt note through finish. Yummy. Classic.
On draft at De Paas, The Hague. Clear maroon-coloured, almost no head. Malts, molasses and caramel. Bittersweet long-lasting finish. Pretty heavy. (3.7) Re-rate: Bottled version. The last beer of the evening, and a perfect finisher. Heavy and complex. I guess i like the bottled version better.
Tap, ABT Dec 06. Clear light brown color, short off-white head. Aroma is hoppy and malty, almost cognac-like, hint of vinegar, fruity. Very sweet taste, sugar, loads of malt, toffee, slightly sour. More like a barley wine. Not bad, but still I prefer a regular belgian double.
11/25/06: Bottle.
Garnet black body (not opaque) and tranquil. Fragrant aroma of sugar plum, raisin and alcohol. Wow!- Alcohol packs a punch with additional flavors of plum, sweet malt and fig. Hops are more noticeable as beer warms. Finish is bitter and a bit tongue numbing.
Bottled. Very much overrated beer here at ratebeer. Why such high scores. It’s just an attempt to create a high ABV lager. Although I must admit they did that well. Very alcoholic aroma of raisin and apple accompanied with loads of malts. Orange/brown color, greyish/beige head, no lace. Very sweet, very malty, bitter, apple. Thick, syrupy and very alcoholic. We should create a new style for this one: European Super Strong Lager.
pours dark brown with nice creamy head...smells of yeast and fruity raisins and a hint of sugar plum. taste very sweet and lite on the palate...very creamy and warming and leaves you with a nice finish. very pleasant and enjoyable. Im sure this would go great with a nice dinner and some fine women.
clear brown/ruby color with no head. sweet fruity malt aroma with toasted, chocolate, banana notes. flavor is the same as aroma. hints of alcohol. i enjoyed the 23 better.
Bottle: Midnight red. I can smell it from 4 feet away ... like jet fuel. Very strong alcohol, syrupy sugar with a woodsy, barky finish. Smooth and very, very strong.
Almost black with red tones, and very little white head.Aroma is sweet and somewhat boozy. Taste is mellow and malty, with minimal carbonation. $3.75/12OZ
Pours a medium shade of brown with a thin off-white head. The aroma lots of malts and molasses, some dark fruit (plums), and hints of maple syrup. The flavor also is malty with some molasses and caramel, and also some fruit. The finish is long with tastes of a spicy malt profile and subtle hops - as well as some carbonation zing on the back of the tongue. It is very full-bodied. A little nicer than the regular Urbock 23, which is also a pleasant beer.
Pours a clear deep brown, with a thin tan head. Deep roasted malt aroma that has a sour note to it. I can also smell a bit of prune or raisin in it as well. Tastes almost exactly as it smells. It is fairly heavy, but finishes cleaner than expected.