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Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier Helles

Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier Helles - Doppelbock

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 Percentile 
77
overall
Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock

Vorchdorf, Austria

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2443.34/5.03.33/5.0Winter14%60.8Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass
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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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daddyslick (36), Arizona, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/59/20
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 (1680), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
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
7/102/57/104/514/20
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 (394), Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/511/20
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 (679), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/514/20
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.


 BOLTZ7555 (1053), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 3, 2008  
Ouch!!! This one isn’t much more than alcohol-infused white grape juice. Sugary sweet at every level. Golden maple syrup hits the glass but doesn’t conjure up even the most faint appearance of a head. Grape juice followed by an alcohol bomb hits the palate and is breathed out through the nose. Completely one-dimensional. If you are looking solely to get smashed and can choke this down, go for it!!!


 LooseCannon (914), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 3, 2008  
11.2oz bottle. Pours clear golden orangish with thin white head, which does not last long. Aroma sweet fruity, alcohol and malt. Taste of sweet honey and alcohol bite with dry finish.


 GreatLibations (1440), Last Supper, Arizona, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/515/20
Feb 25, 2008  
I don’t get it. A second dopplebock ? Pours like blonde honey w/ a modest, shortlived froth. Aromas of sweet herbacious malt. Full nectar w/ creamy carbonation. Full on sweetness w/ very oldworld flavors of herbs, stems, farmhouse mold, vanilla cream, orange citrus, and medicine. Theres a defined tartness on the finish that helps balance yet allows the candy sweetness to breach through. It’s hard to imagine this has a 14 point abv. Well hidden.



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