The ice bock, also known as “Bayrisch Gefrorns”, owes its discovery to a coincidence. According to the chronicles of the Kulmbacher brewery, some time around 1900 an apprentice forgot on a cold winter day to carry two barrels of bock beer into the brewery cellar. The barrels stayed outside, were covered by ice and snow and weren’t discovered until the following spring. The barrels had burst and the apprentice was reprimanded. But the carelessness was a stroke of luck because under the thick ice coat, a bock beer extract remained, strong tasting and high in alcoholic content.
Even if the dark, tasty speciality is not produced in this spectacular way anymore, the chance that gave birth to this beer became a tradition. Today this beer rarity is brewed in a modern brewing and freezing process, but the incomparable taste is still the same and can always be enjoyed in winter months.
Stujago –
Strong flavours to this one. Plummy dark fruits, treacle and burnt caramel with a malty base. It is drinkable but I wouldn’t use it as a sessionable beer!
Otto The Bier Dude –
Pours dark brown with beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, grainy, spme chocolate. Flavor is sweet and bitter, malt, caramel, chocolate. Finish is sweet and malty. Covers alcohol reasonably well. Overall: great brew, really delicious.
Charlie Johnson –
Intense and Full of flavour, Heavy dark rich fruity plummy sweet and Malty
Alexey Nekhaenko –
Classic viscous eisbock evil. Rich, think and knocking your brain out
Gavin H –
A fine celebration beer! Dark, rich with a lingering malty aftertaste and a powerful 9.2% alcohol.
If I could only drink one beer to celebrate those special days, this would be it.
Kristin –
This is just lovely (dangerously so at 9.2%). Very malty,, sweet, licorice taste. One for the favourite list
Christopher Eio –
I enjoyed this much more than I had anticipated. Glad I convinced myself to get this, was definitely worth a punt.
Paul C –
An enjoyably tasty experience.
An intense,rich Eisbock with strong flavours of malt and licquorice leaving a slightly sweet aftertaste.
Definitely not a session beer,this should be treated with respect and savoured slowly.
Mike –
Dark and sweetish with a flavour that reminds me of the dried fruit you put in a Christmas pudding! Nice and warming on a chilly evening.
Steven Nicholas –
Strong and dark with mild coffee and chocolate overtones. Malty but not too thick in body. Very easy drinking for the abv and a good treat beer.