Fire And Eisbock
Mammoth Brewing Company

On tap at Mammoth Brewing

A: Pours rich copper with a frothy khaki head that settles to a light layer and leaves a little nice lacing.

S: Dried dark fruit, toasty bready malt, a hint of pine and spice, and some brown sugar toffee sweetness.

T: Toasty bready malt, dark fruit and berries, blackberry, raisin, fig, plum, cherry, and a little peach, a touch of earthy spice, a hint of pine, and brown sugar toffee sweetness.

M: Full body, moderately soft carbonation, dangerously smooth for 10%.

O: Super smooth easy drinking slumbering giant.

New beer, new brewery courtesy of @beersnake1 in Bif15, #11 ranked bock- eisbock

Brewers Notes: Our Eisbock, aptly named for our “Land of Fire & Ice” encapsulates the history of our region and the elements of the brewing process for this lager-style beer all distilled into a unique early winter seasonal Lager. Utilizing a variety of Munich-style malts, this beer tantalizes the pallet with prominent aromas and flavors like toasted caramel and toffee, sweet bread, and biscuit - but with each sip you will begin to notice the more nuanced characteristics of dark candied fruit, raisins, and even a light nutty quality, all balanced with a very light floral quality imparted from Saaz hops. A perfect libation for anytime you crave something with a little more oompfff, and as a bonus this is a great beer to age in the cellar - responsibly store some cans for annual comparison!

A big honking can , 19.3 oz, poured into a Nordic ipa , frothy taupe one finger foam cap over a translucent copper liquid

Aroma is raisins , toffee, toasted caramel

Taste is raisins, toffee, toasted caramel, slight nuttiness , hint of prune

Slightly sweet, 10% abv, feel the eis!!!


Good beer, I liked it

Poured reddish amber, much more red than I expected. The 2 cm beige head dissipated slowly and left regular lacing.
The aroma was faint for me, (faulty sniffer) but I did get some bready malts and sweet dark fruits.
The taste was very good, malts definitely drive this train but it is far from a one note beer. Biscuit and dark fruits are accented with subtle spices, from the yeast or hops I can’t say. But it all works together quite well.
The feel was excellent, I have had ice distilled mead before so maybe was expecting something like that, but while it had body, it remained very quaffable.
Thoroughly enjoyed this, thanks Tim!

Poured at fridge temp. Pours a golden brown with light tan head. Moderate lacing. Tons of bubbles throughout. Nose is caramel, malts, prunes, raisins, wheat, and a hint of slightly bitter hops.

The taste is really interesting and extremely flavorful. A great mix of sweet upfront (and in the middle) and slight woody/citrus peel back end. Toffee, figs, prunes, dates, maple candy, sourdough bread, an earthy note, and then the grapefruit peel and pine hoppy flavors that arrives near the end and sticks around on the aftertaste. This hits all of the right notes for me. Such a great mix of toffee and fruit. Nothing is over done. Not too sweet, not too bitter.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied. The alcohol is detectable, but it's definitely not too "hot". Overall, a great eisbock that I would definitely buy again.

Dark, reddish amber body, crystal clear; dense and lively carbonation; thick, rocky head. Classic caramel malt sweetness on the nose, somewhat muted, definitely alluring; nice, heavy sweetness to style. Spot-on taste; roasted grain sweetness; caramelized sugars; moderately heavy hop bitterness. Heavy, chewy body; dense residual sugar notes; velvety; warm on the palate; sugary dryness.

A beautiful monster is what I tend to call beers like this. No, it's not Celebrator or the much-missed Samuel Adams Doppelbock, but it is near those stalwarts. I love the offsetting dryness to the heavy residual sugar notes. The overall dense, earthy malt sweetness nice counterbalances the alcohol presence. Depth, complexity, balance - this beer does the style justice.

Pouring temperature: 52 °F; canning data: unknown

Brown/ruby murky body and an off-white, creamy head that sticks around a while

Fruity, sweet, aromas of molasses and dark fruit

Quite candied and slightly grainy/bready

Despite alcohol content, is quite smooth and warming

Reminiscent of certain dubbels rather than doppelbock. Kicking myself for waiting so long to try this!

 

 

Ok this may be totally my fault... it is Sept 2018 and I am drinking a 2015-16 beer. Gorgeous fairly clear rich copper pour with 1 finger white head. Aroma is nice caramel, slightly malty but with sense of fruity esters. Taste - I think an age thing - starts slightly malty but turns quickly to tart - cherry, vinous - leaning to sour. Mouthfeel creamy - slightly foamy, yet carbonation is muted. Probably to be fair should try fresh but this was not great once started actually tasting - if you are a sour fan then age this and enjoy.

 

 

 

 

Good. MBC, CA, May 2016

 

A: Moderate rich malts, coupled with fruity esters of dried fruits, plums.

A: Deep amber color, good clarity, with a moderately dense white head with adequate retention.

T: Moderately malty with a light caramel character, lightly sweet with moderate esters, quite clean.

M: Medium-full bodied with moderate carbonation. The beer is smooth and not harsh.

O: Solid; the beer has a solid malty and fruit ester aroma and flavor and is quite clean. The beer could be even better if the malt was a little more rich and prominent.

 

Dark brown color with a small tan head.
Caramel and fruit aroma.
Similar taste. caramel/toffee, raisins. Some bread. A hint of alcohol.
Nice enough beer.