Schloss Eggenberg Urbock 23°

Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock
Vorchdorf, Austria

(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm) Golden yellow colour with peach notes, brief white head. Malty nose with tropical fruit, orange peel and grassy notes. Sweet with hints of marzipan. Malty taste with notes of dried fruit, lots of malt sweetness and dominant notes of fiery alcohol. Notes of grass, hay and toffee in the finish. Full body, really sweet. Better balance than expected but still dominated by alcohol sweetness. Nice, but Samichlaus is more balanced despite the higher alcohol level.

Sarà anche the cognac of beers, ma a me ha lasciato un’impressione per niente piacevole; chili e chili di alcool nell’aroma e nel sapore. Schiuma inesistente, colore biondiccio fosforescente. Una doppelbock ’rinforzata’ con risultati non troppo armoniosi.______________ENGLISH TEXT HERE______________Could also be "the Cognac of beers" but to me it has leaved a bad impression; tons of alcohol in the aroma and flavor. Non existent head, fosforescent blondish color. A "forced" dopplebock with disarmonic results.

Name: Eggenberger Urbock 23
Date: July 27, 1996
Mode: Bottle
Source: total beverage, DC
Appearance: very clear yelow, whispy head
Aroma: faint esterly-sweet aroma with a touch of flowerly hops
Flavor: very light flavor with an ester bite

Name: Eggenberger Urbock 23
Date: May 05, 2005
big sweet malt flavor, simple

Name: Eggenberger Urbock 23
Date: April 13, 2006
Source: Wild Wing, Marietta
Score: iii to ii+
same as it ever was

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **+/4

Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is sweet malts and hops along with some slight alcohol. Flavour is slightly metallic, quite fruity and malty with some nice burning alcohol. Long alcohol and toffee in the aftertaste. Not bad.

Golden colored, small white head. Sweet, fruity, caramelly, rich bock-spiced aroma. Alcohol comes up mildly. Medium to full bodied. Flavor is richer with this sweet fruitiness, spices, honey and raisins also there. Alcohol also present, but not too much. Aftertaste is fine balance of warming alcohol and sweet fruits, still some bitterness comes up. Good bock, flavor is way richer than aroma.

Bottle. Pours a light golden body with a white small ring of head. The aroma is sweet, berry-like, toasted grains, and apparent mild fusels. Doughy caramel flavours and alcohol are notable along with toastiness. Finishes with silky burnt malts.

Pours a clear amber. Basically all sweet malt, fruit, caramel, bread, and alcohol. Although the alcohol coming through isnt that bad. It’s alright.

330. Pours crystal clear medium amber. Thick, sudsy platinum blonde head. Plenty of white lace up the glass. Big funky nose of old wet leaves and old wet grass. Sour. Watery, slightly fizzy, some biscuit and caramel in there, not much happening at the end other than a biscuity cling. Meh. Meh at best.