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Kulmbacher: EKU 28

This eisbock is/was brewed by Kulmbacher in Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany. It's achieved an overall score of 76.43%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 11.00%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

Bottle. Pours clear, deep copper, with a small light tan head. Aromas of brandy, buttery toffee and caramel, cherry, raspberry, and alcohol. Flavor is sweet cherry and berry, caramel, rock candy, sugar cane, and alcohol. A little bitter pine and grass join with a warm alcohol finish. Warming and creamy. Very nice. Rich, sweet malts that aren
Bottle thanks to largadeer. Pours a surprisingly pale reddish-amber color with a one-finger off-white head that leaves good lacing. Sweet malty aroma, caramel, toffee, and a little spice. The flavor is really nice, if not too intense. Sweet caramel and toffee, plum, fig, date, and spice. Smooth and medium-bodied for the style with soft carbona
Cashew nose. Clear amber, thin yellow head. Oaky orange and apricot flavor. Cloying. Alcohol magnified, drinks very hot. Poster child for flavorful but unpleasurable. I just have a hard time finishing a single 12 oz. bottle fo this.

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In Book 21 on page 160 (visualisation):

Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
1st Jun 2002 at 7:30 pm bottle (room 244 in Le George V hotel), Calais, France 11.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 44.44%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 44.44%
Clarity: 100%
 76.425% burning 21

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Other Beers (etc.) by Kulmbacher

Apart from EKU 28, Hop Horizons lists 24 others by Kulmbacher. These are:
EKU Edelbock
EKU Export
EKU Hell
EKU Pils
Edelherb Premium Pils
Eisbock
Export
Feinmild
Festbier
Kapuziner Kellerweizen
Kapuziner Weissbier
Kapuziner Weissbier Kristall-Weizen
Lager Hell
Mönchshof Bayerisch Hell
Mönchshof Bockbier
Mönchshof Kellerbier
Mönchshof Landbier
Mönchshof Maibock
Mönchshof Märzen
Mönchshof Natur Radler Blutorange
Mönchshof Original Pils
Mönchshof Premium Lager
Mönchshof Schwarzbier
Mönchshof Weihnachts Bier

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