Trapped Under Eisbock - Voodoo Brewing Company

stakem

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Big thanks to FeDUBBELFIST for hooking me up with a bottle of this. I owe you one buddy. The brew pours a clear mahogany with yellow/orange clarity around the edges. A tan cap apppears atop with a pattern of lace sticking to the glass.

The smell is sweet with hints of toffee-like makt quality. Quite toasty from the grain with a dark scent of fruity raisins more so than the listed cherry ingredient. A hint of minerals and sulfur blends into a faint weizen-like yeast ester towards the back.

The initial taste has a hint of citrus hops faintly. It blends into more of an herbal mixture with alcohol and strong toffee malt sweetness. Some not readily identifiable fruity accenting sweetness like raisin more than cherry is evident with some solvent alcohol. Very faint weizen yeasty spice notes come out a bit as the brew warms.

This is a full bodied brew that is modestly carbonated. Interesting and worth a try but doesn't quite live up to my expectations based on the description. If it wasn't for the preconceived notion of this being aged over cherry, it runs fairly close to the normal eisbock offering. The only exception being that this one is a little dirty around the edges with minerals and sulfur.

Serving type: bottle

03-06-2012 18:19:51 | More by stakem

Photekut

Azerbaijan

4.25/5  rDev +8.1%

05-18-2013 22:41:45 | More by Photekut

tommyguz

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -4.6%

05-11-2013 00:59:09 | More by tommyguz

Magery

Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev -4.6%

05-07-2013 19:33:38 | More by Magery

yourefragile

District of Columbia

3.5/5  rDev -10.9%

04-14-2013 00:45:27 | More by yourefragile

griffeyb

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +1.8%

04-08-2013 12:41:00 | More by griffeyb

ncaudle

Virginia

4/5  rDev +1.8%

03-25-2013 16:25:59 | More by ncaudle

Rifugium

Pennsylvania

3.65/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Slightly hazy copper-colored pour, with an off-white head that seemed a bit misplaced considering the style/ABV. Nose was pretty grainy, toasty, rum raisin, caramel malts; didn't really get any cherry. The taste was similar, toasted grains, grain alcohol, rum raisin and caramel malts, maybe a slight essence of potpourri spice and cherry, but I probably wouldn't have noticed the latter if I wasn't told me the beer was aged on cherries. Finished dry and a tad chalky. Body was about medium, and almost seemed overcarbonated for the style, but maybe it was just my imagination. Not bad overall, but by far not Voodoo's best.

Serving type: bottle

03-24-2013 14:43:05 | More by Rifugium

t0rin0

California

3.75/5  rDev -4.6%

03-06-2013 02:28:16 | More by t0rin0

FeDUBBELFIST

Pennsylvania

3.44/5  rDev -12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75

Bomber to snifter.
Sampled several times, reviewed 03FEB13

[A] A swift pour produces a finger plus of foamy light tan head that slowly fizzes out to a creamy collar. The color is a rich shade of auburn. On the darker side of the spectrum with a noticeable murkiness. No lacing.

[S] Aromas of dark fruits like prune, plum and red grape. No cherry though - not at this point - even though there was very little cherry presence in a fresher bottle either. Oxidized notes of wet construction paper come through from the beginning.

[T] The dark fruits mentioned above (again, no cherry). Toasted malts and rich caramel. There's a minimum level of tartness on the finish. Most impressive, however, is that there is almost no detectable alcohol on the palate.

[M] Full bodied and very smooth. Carbonation is low. Alcohol is not noticeable at all. Supple and more enjoyable as the carbonation continues to escape.

[O] There's nothing bad about this beer, there's just nothing that stands out either. My first impressions - even after opening a fresh bottle - were the same. The description on the label sounds amazing...and the beer falls short of expectations.

Serving type: bottle

02-03-2013 15:28:25 | More by FeDUBBELFIST

jaminjohnson

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.8%

01-28-2013 21:26:34 | More by jaminjohnson

peensteen

Ontario (Canada)

3.73/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Sammy's bottle

Brown-ruby red body, ring of tan head, some lace here as well. Smell is full of cherry and fruit, lots of big malts, red liquorice, a bit of cocoa as well, but lots of fruits in the nose. Taste is big and malty, fruity and even some light lingering hop flavours, cherry and dark malty bread, medium sweetness. Light-medium carbonation, medium feel dsolid body. Solid but not really typical of Eisbock, still pretty good, doesn't seem like 14% alc. either.

Serving type: bottle

11-29-2012 21:29:32 | More by peensteen

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.85/5  rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A different take on an Eisbock, not tasting like the style I have had in the past. A strong ale, with some characteristics of a cherry stout. Dark brown, a big head, big lace. Bready malty. A really good cherry taste, with a long cherry finish, backed by a malt liquor.

Serving type: bottle

11-25-2012 15:03:15 | More by northyorksammy

Morey

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +8.1%

11-11-2012 14:42:43 | More by Morey

brentk56

North Carolina

3.63/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: A slight bit of a gusher, the beer pours with a sturdy head atop the clear copper-colored liquid; a few dots of lace are left behind

Smell: Spice cake aroma, with figs, dates and cake spice elements

Taste: As in the aroma, the dark fruit and spice cake flavors jut to the forefront; surprisingly, the flavor thins out after the swallow; the cherries are nowhere to be found, sadly

Mouthfeel: Medium body but a bit too fizzy on the tongue

Overall: Despite the mouthfeel issues, the flavor is very nice but doesn't go beyond what I would expect from a Doppelbock

Serving type: bottle

08-19-2012 01:50:48 | More by brentk56

acurtis

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -4.6%

08-11-2012 12:55:48 | More by acurtis

DSlim71

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -4.6%

08-11-2012 12:30:35 | More by DSlim71

JM03

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +8.1%

07-29-2012 18:15:31 | More by JM03

SPRichard

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +8.1%

07-14-2012 19:19:52 | More by SPRichard

UCLABrewN84

California

3.95/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to jmgrub for sharing this one at AndrewK’s tasting.

Pours a clear honey brown with a foamy orange-brown head that settles to an oily film on top of the beer. No lacing on this one. Smell is of malt, brown sugar, cherries, honey, wood, and alcohol. Taste is much the same with a mild bitterness with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp and somewhat dry mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good beer that is pretty boozy and the cherries only add a mild aroma and flavor to the beer.

Serving type: bottle

06-26-2012 00:58:06 | More by UCLABrewN84

AndrewK

California

3.5/5  rDev -10.9%

06-25-2012 20:26:38 | More by AndrewK

cosmicevan

New York

4/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

thanks to ThoreauLikeAGirl for this one a while ago. enjoyed from a darkness snifter.

a - brew poured a deep purple with crimson highlights along the edge of the glass when held to the light. there was a finger's worth of creamy head. looks like a quad or belgian strong dark. head hung out for a long time. lacing was stringy and sparse.

s - lots of plums and fig. nuttiness. some pot pouri smells. big malt presence. the sour cherries are in the background. smells pretty good.

t - hey now...that's pretty good. the sour cherries are more in the forefront in the flavor than the nose. under the cherries is a nutmeg dark fruit bouquet with some toastiness.

m - definitely leaves a tingle, but surprisingly the booziness is fairly well hidden in this beer. it is not thick or syrupy.

o - overall, i am pleasantly surprised. this is a good eisbock. the cherries add an interesting twist. this one beat my expectations. nicely done.

Serving type: bottle

06-10-2012 03:35:38 | More by cosmicevan

wdeck9

Colorado

4/5  rDev +1.8%

04-24-2012 03:40:50 | More by wdeck9

meich75

North Carolina

4.75/5  rDev +20.9%

03-14-2012 11:06:39 | More by meich75

pperez38

California

3.5/5  rDev -10.9%

01-31-2012 10:41:37 | More by pperez38