Original German ice beer brewed by freezing water at low enough temperature to form dispensable ice crystals, yet high enough temperature to keep alcohol liquid. Vintage date on alcohol-stiffened, reddish brown, oak-aged ‘ice bock’ label reads July 11, 1996 #38,512. Beautiful mocha-induced burgundy sweetness draws you into warming dessert lager. Lusty brown-sugared cherry, raisin, and candied apple illusions bound by currant-embittered hop-spiced coffee liqueur resonation.

Clean Niagara water drifts through dry mocha malts, toasted barley, and roasted hops before malleable crustacean barleywine reminder filters into hazelnut-illuminated finish. Affable caramel sweetness picks up maple-rye undertones along the way.

On tap, woozy 13% alcohol eisbock balances bittersweet molasses-dipped plum-raisin-fig abundance with sharp hazelnut-walnut-cola perk.

Beware highly explosive carbonation of cloudy, beige-headed, yeast sediment-laden Bavarian double bock. Intensely creamy milk chocolate malting, dense brown sugar richness and remedial bourbon-rum-sherry swell reach beguiling barleywine climax. Midway, floral hop vivacity pushes forward fig-plum incline and lively coriander-clove-ginger spicing to medicinal finish of endlessly complex, slow sipping, alcohol-burned digestif. Eloquent, indeed.

Rich amber-hazed cognac-like ice beer retains orange blossom amble and brown chocolate malt pungency as brandied 10% alcohol luster compares favorably to Eku 28. Dry raisin-fig nudge, dark rum warmth, and candied butterscotch finish soothe the soul.

Intoxicatingly complex ruby chestnut cascade-headed ‘ice’ bock perfect as creamy dessert. Chewy molasses malting, prickly hop spicing, burnt-sugared raisin-prune swoon, and plush pecan pie reminder pick up rich barleywine density. Cherry pie, chocolate liqueur, hazelnut, and black licorice illusions detail rum-soaked finish.