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Ijsbok
Stichting Noordhollandse Alternatieve Bierbrouwers (SNAB)
- From:
- Stichting Noordhollandse Alternatieve Bierbrouwers (SNAB)
- Netherlands
- Style:
- Eisbock
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 11.81%
- Reviews:
- 16
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 12, 2018
- Added:
- Jun 12, 2005
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 3
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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
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, 2017Reviewed 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
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, 2016Reviewed by Zet from Netherlands
4.03/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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, 2015Reviewed by Douberd from Netherlands
3.88/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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, 2012Pured 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.
Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)
3.92/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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, 2011A - 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.
Reviewed by rtepiak from Poland
4.15/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
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, 2011nice 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.
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
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, 2010S - 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.
Ijsbok from Stichting Noordhollandse Alternatieve Bierbrouwers (SNAB)
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
29 ratings
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