Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier Helles

Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Heller Bock
Vorchdorf, Austria

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

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Real sweet nose and alcohol heat. Honey, maple and come citrus liqueur type notes. Copper gold color, clear, no head whatsoever. Medium+ sweetness with caramel, maple and some hints of vanilla. Light bitterness with hints of citrus. Slick and thick mouthfeel. Very sweet attack and a lingering syrupy sweet finish with just a touch of hops to balance. Surprisingly enjoyable for such a boozy and sweet beer. Not to be guzzled but a great fireside sipping beer.

Pours clear light copper color with white head. Fruity aroma with some alcohol. Sweet fruity and malty flavors with slight heat from the alcohol. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation and a syrupy mouthfeel.

33 cl bottle @ Gastropub Tuulensuu, Tampere. 2007 Vintage.
Pours clear copper color with no head. Aroma of sweet caramel malts, ripe fruits, sugar candy, some toffee notes and mild syrup. Flavour of sweet caramel malts, sugar candy, ripe fruits and honey. Sweet and sticky palate with a sweetish fruity finish and mild alcohol burn at the end.
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330 ml bottle @ Gastropub Tuulensuu, Tampere. Bottled in 2007.
Pours a reddish copper colour with a small white head which disappears quickly. Aroma of strong ripe fruits, alcohol and some sweet orange. Strong flavour of sweet ripe fruits, bready malts, grassy hops, nuts, strong caramel and banana. Full bodied, thick mouthfeel and a long, warming, fruity, malty finish. Complex, wine-like and enjoyable.

2007 bottle. Cellared until date rated. Pours a clear deep gold with a slowly developing minimal head. The head is gone in moments. Sweet aroma that reminds me of fresh apple cider. Sweet and fruity. Verging on syrupy. A bit sweet for my tastes, but it hides it’s alcohol very well and my suit some of you for a cold evening sipper.

At 14% abv, this beer was unusually easy to drink. In the nose was lots of buttery popcorn, caramel and came together as baklava. The mouth feel was thin, but the taste was incredibly sweet and smooth like a fine liquor. Flavors of honey, almonds and toffee were upfront and in your face SWEET. I enjoyed this very much so, but it is very drinkable with the high alcohol count. Be careful ;-).

Total Wine & More, Fairfax 330ml ($5.50): Pours an unassuming golden color without much head. Nose is all this dirty bock malt like you won’t even believe. It just screams BOCK at you. Tastes like a sugar bomb in my mouth. Yet, it is strangely manageable as the sugar does not stick in my mouth, but rather kind of dissipates, or at least that is the feeling I am getting from the first sip. Yeah this is pretty much all malt and mostly sugar. Reminds me of Kulmbacher Eisbock kind of. Not really my thing, and unless you like your beer super sweet, I don’t see how it would be yours either.

Pours a clear amber with a slight white head. Smells malty - bread, nuts, roasty. Taste is very sweet, almost a little sugary - no hops presence, very malty

Very very potent. It took me about 45mins to finish this one to be honest but it was rich in flavor and warmed me right up.

2010 bottle pours gold orange with a density like whiskey. Aromas of cereal grain and sweetness. The taste is very robust with a sugary sweet grain to compensate for the large amount of alcohol, with a green grape and apple fruity sweetness almost an apple tart in there too. It works for the most part but getting through this fast isn’t easy or advisable. It palates like a glass of whiskey on ice, almost slick with a very low carbonation. It is pretty awesome really, there just aren’t many beers like this, particularly with the longevity of this recipe. Big ups to whoever revived the extinct brew.

Clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, dried fruit, sugary and alcoholic. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Sweet finish with warming alcohol. Oily. 220312