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Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier Helles

Percentile
77
overall
Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock

Vorchdorf, Austria

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2473.34/5.03.33/5.0Winter14%60.7Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
Samichlaus is brewed once a year on December 6, and is aged for 10 months before bottling. It is one of the rarest specialties in the world. Samichlaus may be aged in the bottle for many years to come, as older vintages become more complex. Brilliant deep amber, complex dry toasted malt nose and huge intensely sweet palate. The 2007 bottling is the first bottling since 1986.
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 BeerandBlues2 (3203), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/58/104/515/20
May 9, 2008  
Bottle purchased at Coaltrain Wine & Liquor in Colorado Springs, CO. Pours clear gold with virtually no head, but what is there is white and stays at the glass’ edge. Aroma is heavy malt (meal, cereal, cookie), average hops (grass, flowers), average yeast (sweat, dough) with notes of apricot and peach. Medium bodied, creamy texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.


 JamesD (194), Centreville, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/103/513/20
May 8, 2008  
This is a good beer, not as good as the original Samichlaus by any means, but still a nice doppelbock. The aroma of this beer is very clean with noticeable alcohol and some faint hops. It tastes clean and crisp in the beginning before building up to a very sticky and cloying aftertaste, which I don’t find that pleasant. I probably won’t buy this again, though I definitely will continue to purchase the Dunkles.


 pantani (1896), Salinas, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/511/20
May 8, 2008  
Darker golden color with a thin white head. (Really, a doppelbock?) Aroma is honey, alcohol, malt, faint hops. Taste is sweet alcohol, honey, malt, light caramel. Reminds me of EKU 28. Alcohol is fairly well covered, but seems for like an alcohol vessel then a quality brew.


beerbastard (98), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 7, 2008  
Nice pale golden looking. Sweet alcohol nose. Very full body with a candied apple sweet taste. clean finish. For a doppelbock it lacks the maltiness I would expect. Makes me think more of a eisbock.


 Oakes (8080), gone rambling, Vietnam
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/517/20
May 5, 2008  
Golden body, not much head, nor would I expect there to be on a beer this strong. Rich pale malt nose, light fruitiness (lemon, pear, apricot). Smooth, soft with lush pale malts, firm alcohol, peachy/apricotty esters. Finishes nice and sticky, lick your lips style, like when you eat barbeque. Truly lovely, balanced and fresh. Eggenberg is 4/4 in doppelbocks, which I believe makes them the world champs.


 Beershine (2709), Where Climate Suits My Clothes, Vietnam
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/517/20
May 3, 2008  
Pours clear bright golden with little head. Aromas of apple, walnut, date that are wholly unexpected. Sweet-smelling. Palate is insanely drinkable and quaffable. Flavors also include lots of apple and date. Sweet and dry at the same time and sweet without being cloying. An incredible and underrated strong lager.


 bhensonb (4245), Woodland, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/105/516/20
May 2, 2008  
330 ml bottle. Aroma is almost wheaty. Color is orange gold, and there is no head. Very full bodied, with sharp, creamy carbonation. The first impression is sugar, then the blood surges from the CH3CH2OH hit. Everything turns milder as time passes. This is a very superior beer. The sweetness perserveres, but it’s not obnoxious. We should be grateful that the brew is revived. It’s amazing.


 henrikb (1303), Aarhus, Denmark
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/511/20
May 2, 2008  
Clear light amber body, very fast disappering white head; Very small nose with a little malt, a little alcohol sharp; Oily texture, sweet a bit 1-dimensional; Huge alcohol burn in finish, lots of malt aromas.



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