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Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier

Percentile
88
overall
Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock
Vorchdorf, Austria

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
10623.51/5.03.5/5.014%82.4Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
The once strongest beer in the world is back ! Brewed only once a year on December 6. Samichlaus is aged for 10 months before bottling. This beer is perhaps the rarest in the world. Samichlaus may be aged for many years to come. Older vintages become more complex with a creamy warming finish. Serve with hardy robust dishes and desserts, particulary with chocolates, or as an after dinner drink by itself. Brewed under the exclusive licence of Feldschlösschen-Hürlimann-Holding, Switzerland.
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 beerlady (457), lucerne, Switzerland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 4, 2009  
brownish copper colored beer with a slightly offwhite head smells of dried plums rostyness and alcohol tasts bittersweet, more on the sweet side and of chocolate and dried plums, the alcohol is warm but has a harsh note aftertaste is bittersweet, roasty but has some harshness from the alcohol


 markwise (1179), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/514/20
Jan 3, 2009  
On tap at OTH. Man, if you take this beer lightly it will kick you when you are down. It is lots of sugar, syrup and alcohol. Flavor is similar with a lack of balance leaning towards refined sugar. Did not like it, especially as a doppelbock.


 tturner (105), , Washington, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/512/20
Jan 3, 2009  
extremely sweet and lacking any balance at all. was a bit difficult to drink at first. warming helped. no complexity and even a bit thin. Something was just off for me.


 Defreni (1003), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Jan 2, 2009  
Flaske: Årgang 2005. Flot dybrød øl med meget lille skumhoved. Kraftig duft af æble og alkohol. Alkoholen bider kraftigt i smagen, men er velafbalanceret af en vældig sødme. Udmærket øl.


 gunnfryd (3590), Kristiansand, Norway
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 2, 2009  
Bottle. Dark golden colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is apple, alcohol. Flavour is sweet, alcohol, licorice, malt, caramel. Very sweet and alcohol flavour dominated beer, but still a nice beer.


 Sparky27 (1596), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 31, 2008  
2007 bottle. Pours a clear amber with an initial 2 finger head that faded into a small topper. Nose is dried fruits, caramel and alcohol. Taste is extremely sweet. Brown sugar, dates, raisins, and a slight bitter boozy finish. Medium mouth feel. This one should age a few years and mellow out.


 djones (116), Michigan, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/514/20
Dec 30, 2008  
dark amber brown with dense head that lasts quite a while. creamy, very sweet and smooth. low carbonation and heavy mouthfeel. flavors of caramel, nuts, chocolate, and maple syrup. thick and sweet.


 HonkeyBra (1334), Lemont, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 30, 2008  
Found out there were two versions of this and that I’d better try the original. Pours dark red with lots of bubbles. Aroma of chocolate, sweet malt, and booze. Some apple and other fruits. Flavor is very sweet. Excruciatingly sweet. With apples and nuts and chocolate, etc. It feels a bit syrupy. Definitely a sherry like quality to this one. I’d like it more if it lacked the insane sweetness.



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