Ijsbok
Stichting Noordhollandse Alternatieve Bierbrouwers (SNAB)

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Stichting Noordhollandse Alternatieve Bierbrouwers (SNAB)
 
Netherlands
Style:
Eisbock
ABV:
9%
Score:
89
Avg:
3.98 | pDev: 11.81%
Reviews:
16
Ratings:
29
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 12, 2018
Added:
Jun 12, 2005
Wants:
  11
Gots:
  3
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Rated: 3.25 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Nov 12, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by BdM from Netherlands

Feb 17, 2018
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Reviewed by schavuytje from Netherlands

3.98/5  rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
If I ride a Nova Zembla, I take a lot of it with it: smoky wood and malt smell, tasting for malt dark fruit, soft bitter to excitement, a decent eisbock
May 29, 2017
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Reviewed by Marius from Netherlands

3.5/5  rDev -12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle shared. Dark ruby with visible sedimentation and a thin tan head. Notes of chocolate, dried fruit, figs, sherry. Medium bodied, low carbonation and a sticky sweet finish.
Nov 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.93 by Beer-Ed from Netherlands

Dec 13, 2015
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Reviewed by Zet from Netherlands

4.03/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dark brown colour with a bit of red glow. A fluffy head of beige foam that fades fast and leaves no lacing. Very promising smell of chocolate, caramel and malt, quite a nose full. Taste is very rich as well: caramel, chocolate and malt again, with some nice hop bitterness added. Not as sweet as you might expect: quite dry and bitter actually. Tastes a lot more bitter than the IBU on the bottle claims. Hallertau mendoza, but in a good way. Alcohol is present (not manifest) and mixes well with the other flavours. Mouthfeel is smooth and the alcohol gives a comforting warmth afterwards. Recommended.
Nov 16, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by SocalKicks from California

Oct 28, 2015
 
Rated: 4.13 by jkhara12 from England

Oct 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by FarmerF from Netherlands

Feb 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by Ijzerbroot from Netherlands

Nov 12, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Canada_Dan from Colorado

Jun 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by BJSmit from Netherlands

Feb 02, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by pensinck from Netherlands

Oct 05, 2013
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Reviewed by Douberd from Netherlands

3.88/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Stubby bottle of 330 ml, at home, poured into a snifter.
Pured carefully after letting it warm up a bit, it gave me a very dark coloured beer, with a huge three fingers beige, creamy head, with good retention. It left a light lacing behind.
Smell is molasses, chocolate, toffee and a bit of alcohol.
Taste of dark chocolate, coffee, roasted malts. Alcohol is very well hidden.
Very thick body, full and creamy. Carbonation is average I would say.
Overall a very nice sipping beer, that becomes even better as it warms up.
Dec 16, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by Robje from Australia

Jan 10, 2012
 
Rated: 4.25 by uturn from Florida

Dec 01, 2011
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Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)

3.92/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle courtesy of Jeffo. Served in a Glunz taster glass.

A - A finger-plus of tan foam that settles to a thick cap, leaving minimal lace. Transparent dark brown-orange body.

S - Molasses, brown sugar, rum-soaked cake, bread, maybe a hint of chocolate. Alcohol is well hidden, particularly for the style. Reminds me more of a doppelbock in some ways.

T - Taste is less sweet, with some phenolic alcohol notes. Similar to the aroma but more bread-heavy. There's a weird char and bitter alcohol note in the finish that I don't really care for much.

M - Meidum-full body, moderate and pleasant carbonation, some alcohol warmth, and a surprisingly dry finish.

D - A solid Eisbock that's lower in alcohol than I expected. If you're in Europe and you dig this sort of style this might be worth seeking out, but it's not something for which you should set up an international trade. That being said, I was sad we didn't have more of it to share.
Jun 23, 2011
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Reviewed by rtepiak from Poland

4.15/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
caught this at a really nice bar in amsterdam completely at random for a layover in my flight. didn't get go drink that much while there but i should did pick them with this one.

nice and dark amber with a slight mocha head... nose of apple pie and straw with a nice hint of chocolate. this is carried over into the palate nicely with a unnoticeable abv and a nice american brown ale malting character but with a completely mellowed lager feel and a nice ester quality that didn't come out syrupy but almost velvety. some coconut hints... a very easy drink.
Mar 11, 2011
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Reviewed by thepeter from England

4.38/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A - Pours a very dark mohogany brown with a rich dense head that leaves some very nice lacing.

S - chocolate, roasted malt, straw, metal and yeast

T - Quite dry and yeasy not malty like I expected. some roast malt and chocolate, and some spice and hops at the end. Not a hint of booze which is amazing for the strength.

M&D - This is smooth as silk and so easy to drink. Almost like it's a session beer. I could drink a few of these as it also leave a clean dry aftertaste

A really nice beer and different from what I expected. I would not be surprised if they changed the recipe as I got none of the sweetness that is in reviews from last year and before.
Nov 24, 2010
Ijsbok from Stichting Noordhollandse Alternatieve Bierbrouwers (SNAB)
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 29 ratings