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Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier 3.51 1071

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
10713.51/5.03.51/5.014%83.7Dimpled 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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 oberabcbbsok (686), Hoboken, Belgium
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
May 19, 2007  
A beer first brewed in Suise now brewed in Austria. Tasted both versions. The suis one on bottle the austria one on draft in 2001 in Philladelfia. Still have some Suise bottles and trying to retaste it together with 2 botles of Austria of a different year. A hard beer to taste. A real scotch under the beers. Just nip from it, to strong to taste it differently.


 ucusty (1912), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/513/20
May 13, 2007    Updated: Jun 3, 2007
Pours amberish with minimal head. Fruity/ caramel flavors. A very rich beer for a dopplebock. Malty finish with hints of alcohol. Bought this at whole foods on wade ave in raleigh


 ajolly2 (127), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/517/20
May 8, 2007  
very tenuous head; translucent brown/red; lots of carbonation; thick, syrupy, medium-bodied; a mix of sweet, sour, and heat (though the alcohol isn’t overpowering); malt, caramel, toast, fruit in the flavor; an overall unique taste


 Carl99Fan (186), Suwanee, Georgia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/510/20
May 6, 2007  
Pours with minimal white head that disappeared quickly. Nice, fruity aroma. Medium carbonation. Dark orange color. Initially creamy on the palate, then finishes with strong alcohol kick, almost acidic.


 theviolet (169), New York, New York, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/510/104/519/20
May 1, 2007  
Pours with no head, deep brown color, yet not too dark. No lacing at all. Appears to have a lot of carbonation. Heavy alcohol aroma, also soy sauce, roasty scent. Very complex, and I’m sure I’m missing a lot of it. Wow, very sweet and caramel. You do get some alcohol warming, yet it is not overpowering at all. More noticeable after. Very sweet with some sour notes. An amazing beer, I will most certainly try and get this again and share it with others. Think and syrupy, like drinking maple almost, it’s great.


 StompBrockmore (300), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/512/20
Apr 27, 2007  
330ml 2006 bottle - pours clear brownish red with pretty much no head at all, just some small bubbles on top. Aroma is bready with caramel and booze. It kind of made me nervous. The flavour gave me reason to be nervous. Dear lord, this is a boozy thing! I kind of couldn’t get past it. The alcohol overwhelmed many of the other flavours (sweet caramel, lots of malt, some dark fruit, brown sugar). Very port-like but cloying and not very pleasant. Mouthfeel was very thick and creamy. Syrupy. The bottle I had was from 2006, making it only around 5 months old, so maybe it was simply too young. Regardless, this was not for me.


 SamuraiArtist (292), portland, Oregon, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/515/20
Apr 25, 2007  
2006 Bottle: Pours a golden yellow with a big fluffy white head. Aroma of weet fruits and alcohol. Flavor is sweet malts and apricot and tangerine fruity esters with a lot of alcohol warming. Body is fairly light considering alcohol. Probably would make a good afterdinner drink but cant see drinking this often.


 MrRain (435), O’Fallon, Illinois, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/53/102/56/20
Apr 23, 2007  
12oz bottle poured in a Sam Adams special glass. Whew! Not for the faint of heart. The fruit and sweet cloyingness were saved, somewhat, by the alcohol. I won’t be rushing out for this again. It was unique except for that typical "gotta hide the fuel" taste.



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