Schloss Eggenberg Urbock 23°

Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock
Vorchdorf, Austria

1984: Pour is lightly hazed amber with a wonderful sweet candy aroma...taste was wonderful malty and sweet with lots of bread dough...no alcohol noticable at all...wonderful!

Bottle. Poured a light amber with a fizzy off-white head that quickly diminished. The aroma was of fruits and caramel but some hints if wood as it warmed. The flavor was of fruits and caramel with hints of chocolate. Medium body with hints of alcohol and a warming feeling.

Very sweet with almost a raisin taste. Doppelbock lovers enjoy...I however could not. I’ve had bocks a lot better than this

Pours yellow/straw with a thin white head. The aroma has lots of sugar and malts along with some white raisins. The flavor is vinous with strong flavors of sweet malts, some honey, and hints of hops in the end. The finish is full-bodied with some hops on the back of the tongue presenting itself in the after-taste. The mouthfeel is quite thick, but also nice and creamy from the perfect carbonation. This is a very malty and sweet doppelbock.

clear gold with no head. aroma of apple juice with hints of caramel and pears. flavor is dominated by caramel. notes of honey. malty and sweet. light-med bodied. sweet but not cloying. just enough alcohol to warm the throat but not over the top such as samiclaus. very nice.

Bottle. Amber color with an average frothy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate toffee malty aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Medium sweet balanced flavor with a medium sweet finish of long duration. This is a solid drinkable beer.

Pours a golden yellow color with a generous, almost white head that turns to an almost marshmallowy texture after fading a bit. Scent is lightly spiced, yeasty and malty, with alcohol. A clean, sharp scent. The first flavor is primarily metallic, with a mild, pruney taste. After a few sips, a sweet, dark character sets in. Alcohol warmth is strong, and it doesn’t go very well with the metallic tinge. The mouthfeel is smooth, and carbonation is just right. Leaves an alcohol-laced, candyish aftertaste. I don’t like this one so much -- the alcohol flavor is too up-front, and the fruitiness is dark and musty. I can tell this is a nicely-crafted beer, and I’m trying to score accordingly, but it doesn’t quite suit my taste.

Crystal clear golden color with creamy off white head. Nice malty aroma. The smell is mostly pleasing grain and breadiness. Full rich malt flavor. I taste sweet malts that create a dark fruitiness. Also a grain malt flavor that competes with the alcohol taste. Well balance beer.