Zuper Eisbock
Watch City Brewing Co.

The beer pours a muddy caramel brown, eerily viscous looking, supporting a thin, weak froth of off-white head. The head keeps fairly steady, settling into a thin collar. Not much in the way of lace.
The aroma is monstrously malty, with a munich malt caramel quality dominating. Not too much in the way of breadiness, mostly a sugary caramel sweetness. Despite it's fearsome alcohol content, I'm only getting a faint whiff, mostly a slight thinner-like feel in the sunuses. The weight of the malt easily supresses anything else, but somehow stays in check. Not cloying at all.
The flavor starts with a burst of caramel, distinctly munich malt, paving over every tastebud in your mouth with a syrupy, sugary sweetness. Thick and bulky, the body is displaced with smooth, bouyant carbonation. A light, indistinct fruitiness creeps in, adding some depth as the malt progresses into the finish. A bit of toastiness, meeting a much more pronounced hopping in the long finish. A suicide squad of tangy, herbal german hops attempt to counter the malty juggernaut, and amazingly succeed in breaking through. Alcohol recieves billing on the marquee of the finish, leaving a bit of heat in the throat. Surprisingly well hidden, given it's respectable strength. A drunken caramel maltiness staggers through the aftertaste, passing out in a heap as I take a few large gulps of water to try and minimize the effects.
This beer is unlike anything I've had before. Incredibly massive, I was told that this is their octoberfest beer, but an "eis-ed" version with most of the water removed. It's only vaguely reminiscent of a marzen, mostly in the malt profile. At this point it's closer to a lumbering frankenstein of malty goodness, or maybe this is what happens when you expose an octoberfest to gamma rays and it becomes the incredible hulk.

On tap, Extreme Beer Fest 2004...

Walnut brown and clearish. Minimal head leaves threads on the beer's surface and the glass margins. Sherry-like aromas, mulled cider and apple tones. Taste is solid and immutable, malt-dominated but well-matched by bittering early, middle, and late. If anything is a main theme here its candied fruit with a rummy fruitcake starchiness and an almost Sake-like quality of rice fermentables. Deceptively drinkable, power is unleased in measured quantities rather than in a wallop. Great, great beer. Thanks to VENOM (via Longstaff) for the late recommendation.