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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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 janubio (157), Spain
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/519/20
May 19, 2009  
I didin’t know about this one until I saw a bottle in De Bierkoning in a trip to Amsterdam last year. Wish I had bought more bottles. Served in my rare Samichlaus glass, it pours some more head than its sister and lasts a bit more, but you can say it doesn’t last. Very nice maber-orange colour, and absolutely beatiful when you hold it to the light. Smells of honey, tropical fruits, dried fruits, and even almonds or hazelnuts or similar. Licorice, caramel. Silky sweet, maybe too sweet, flavor. Palate is similar, orange, honey, hazelnuts... only add a touch of oak. The finish is more like an orange liquor than a brandy, a difference to the Samichlaus we all know. The only "bad" thing that I could find is that I would have like it a little less sweetness, but when you have a beer like this, who cares?


 stefanje (939), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/56/20
May 12, 2009  
12 oz bottle from Bev4less. Pours a clear copper color with a small head that quickly dissipated to zilch. The aroma is mixed fruits, some sweet malts and rubbing alcohol. Flavor? Well its there, but I really can not taste much of anything except that rubbing alcohol when I sip this. The alcohol is way too distracting and obnoxious. The finish is saccharine sweet. This is just not my cup of tea. drainpour.


 michael-pollack (2654), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
May 12, 2009  
330ml Bottle: Aroma of grilled beef, sweet malts, slight alcohol, almonds, and some smoke. Poured golden/amber/apple juice in color with a small, off-white head that disappeared quickly. Clear. Slightly sparkling. Flavor is light to medium sweet. Tastes of alcohol, sweet malts, and some corn. Medium body. Sticky texture. Soft to average carbonation. Sweet, pale malt and alcohol finish. A little bit hot.


 bubbleflubber (892), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
May 11, 2009  
Pours an orange-hued amber into the glass, literally headless. The nose is spot-on for buttery caramel and dried fruits. The flavors are very sweet, with lots of caramel malts, some toffee, followed by some diacetyl buttery notes. Not the most complex brew, but I won’t slam it as it’s not easy to integrate the flavors in a true "malt liquor", and this does a decent job. The finish does bring forth an alcohol tone, lending a light-peppery close. For 14% ABV, I have to compliment the brewer on hiding it as well as it does. Certainly not a "top-tier" doppelbock, but honestly, it’s probably the "establishment’s" best description of what the brewer was trying to achieve. Cloyingly sweet at times, yes, this is a bit reminiscent of a liqueur or barleywine, sans the complexity. Not bad for a rate, and certainly a "special occasion" snifter offering.


 yobdoog (1431), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 9, 2009  
Bright orange color with no head. Aroma is strong and sweet with some rice and corn aspect to it. Almost barleywine aroma to it. Taste is big. Sweet with a lot of alcohol behind it. Malty and corny and very strong. Slightly syrupy and definitely would be better during the winter months.


 ericandersnavy (1055), crossroads, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
May 6, 2009  
bottle thanks to bhops. poured a light gold with no head. aroma of light caramel and lots of spice. flavor was caramel, lemon, and spice. light body with high carbonation. this was pretty good.


 MiP (9065), Sønderborg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Apr 22, 2009  
Bottle, 14%. Quite peppery aroma, some sweet dried fruit and dust. Hazy dark golden colour. Almost no head. The flavour starts off quite alcoholic, getting a bit rough. Then follow some of the same fruit notes as were in the aroma. Good maltiness and quite sweet. Ending with a warming but rough alcohol burn. Slightly thick mouthfeel.


 odgaard (256), Skyum, Thisted, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 18, 2009  
Orange with a qquickly disappearing white head. Aroma: Alcohol, sherry, plum, caramel and a little hops. Taste: Sweet, very strong , orange, caramel, raisin. A little to sweet, but still a good beer for a dark winters night.



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