 ChainGangGuy (2555), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 22, 2008 Appearance: Pours a clear, honey-colored body with a tiny white head.
Smell: Sweetish, candylike aroma with notes of peach schnapps, sugar-coated matls, and booze.
Taste: Sugary sweet malts with a taste of dark fruits soaked in alcohol. The beer gives you a sly wink then pours some grain alcohol down your gullet. Slight peppery hint. Sweetness of the finish doesn’t disguise its harshness.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Slight stickiness.
Drinkability: Many of these high ABV beers are a joy to drink and deftly hide their alchol amidst a truly succulent taste. The Samichlaus Helles is neither of those! As with its darker brother, hopefully some time locked away will bring some sense to it.
Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 21, 2008 2007: Pour is clear golden with an almost non-existent white head...smell is lightly toasty and sweet with some grass and strong alcoholic notes...taste is sweet and alcoholic...lightly malty, but somehow not as alcoholic as regular Samichlaus...sticky sweet alcoholic finish...
CaptainCougar (5408), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 21, 2008 Pours a deep viscous golden with a spotty-lacing white head. Aroma of lightly-sweet grainy German pilsner malt with a touch of alcohol and a hint of light fruity complexity. Body starts rich and sweet with a touch of caramel and Vienna malts toward toward a very warming finish. Doesn’t quite have the complexity of the darker version and will certainly need some time to mellow.
daddyslick (36), Arizona, USA
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Mar 17, 2008 On one hand, I’m impressed with how clear the beer is, how much care the brewers need to go through to create this, and how well the beer hides it’s 14% alcohol. on the other hand, sadly the beer is novelty at best. Although it does finish with a sweet taste in your mouth, it was full bodied to the point where it requires sipping. I’m not sad that I tried it, but my first will be my last.
shp555 (1681), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 15, 2008 Pours clear copper color with no head. Aroma is malty, sugary, fruity, and alcohol. Flavor is sugary, figs, alcohol, and a bitter spicy finish.
maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 14, 2008 Clear golden body with a small white lacing. Sweet fruity sugary aroma. Very sweet fruity flavor. Medium full body with medium carbonation. Sweeter than expected.
carl4beer (400), Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Mar 13, 2008 pours clear and dark golden with a small head. aroma is of bread and fruit yeast with a bit of sweetness. mouthful is zesty with some fruit that comes through briefly only to be clobbered by the big alcohol bite. yummy but hot...
corby112 (706), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 4, 2008 Pours a pink/ blush color with white head. Sweet aroma of alcohol, cherry and sugar. Very sweet tastin with cherry, grape, sugar cane and very strong alcohol presence.
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