fürst carl winterbock

The Winterbock is a very special category of beer. The strong beer is brewed in autumn and, with its warming turns and fine flavor, is supposed to put you in a good mood in the cold, dark winter months. There is a colorful variety of different winter goats, ranging from powerful hums and elegant masterpieces to festively seasoned mulled beers and powerful malt bombs.

The Winterbock from Fürst Carl is somewhere in the middle: The fine beer scores with a whopping 7.5% alcohol content, which is subtly integrated into a voluminous body of roasted malt and tenderly bitter hops. The hops used are grown in Ellingen, the home town of the brewery, and skillfully balance the dominant malt.

Fürst Carl’s winter specialty flows into the glass in a warm honey tone and has the same scent: a scent of spicy forest honey and creamy caramel rises from the slightly tinted crown of coarse-pored, airy foam and seduces you to take the first sip. The initial taste is a composition of soft malts and flatters the tongue and palate with notes of roasted grain, brown sugar, roasted nuts and cookies fresh from the oven. The hops contribute an elegant bitterness that wonderfully complements the powerful malt sweetness. The Winterbock inspires with a silky mouthfeel and a complex depth of taste that fits wonderfully into the cold half of the year.