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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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 angrypirate06 (709), Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Apr 16, 2009  
Bottle thanks to bhops. Orangish brown pour. Aroma is caramel, yeast, and nutty. Fruity tasting beer, with elements ofyeast, bread, honey, butter, mango and cinnamon spice.


 Blaze312 (132), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/516/20
Mar 17, 2009  
This beer is very sweet. There is definitly somewhat of a fruity taste. Pretty good alcohol content, definitely a hint of it in the taste.


 Marsiblursi (1634), Göteborg, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/514/20
Mar 14, 2009  
(Bottle) Pours clear, deep golden to light amber with a small off-white head. The aroma is syrupy sweet with tones of caramel, fudge, honey, marzipan, almonds, light vanilla, grain and bread syrup. Dried fruits like figs, dates and sticky prunes are also notable alongside hints of canned pears. Fiery, apple-like alcohol in the background. The flowery, honey and dried fruits-like tones makes the nose quite dessert wine-like. Just a whisper of floral/grassy hops. The flavour is medium to heavily sweet and light bitter with tones of toffee/caramel, bread syrup, honey, some dried fruits fiery/peppery alcohol, pears, apples and apricots. The mouthfeel is heavily sticky and round with a medium carbonation. A honey and bread like maltiness lingers with a dry alcohol sting. The one thing that I like about this beer is the serious malt profile - it’s not too sugary and dead. Medium to full bodied.


 nuplastikk (1176), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/518/20
Mar 9, 2009  
11.2 oz bottle. I have lots of fearful respect for Samichlaus, the original alcohol-bomb beer. so I was quite interested to see what the Helles had in store. Big cognac-sweet alcohol aroma. Some foamy head which quickly dissipated leaving it rather still. Sweet and sticky, quite fruity in a liqueur-sense. I tend to find this a touch preferable to the "regular" version, perhaps a touch more drinkable. Sugary with almost a honey touch, this is certainly a unique concoction. Sweetness reminiscent of a Tripel, but with the malty quirks of a strong bock. Worth a try certainly.


 DrDavid (957), Johnson, Vermont, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/56/20
Mar 2, 2009  
Bottle. Aroma of fruit and alcohol. Clear orange amber body, small head. Painfully sweet flavor, almost undrinkably so. Some fruit. Loads of alcohol. Pretty dreadful.


 Pinball (2781), Allerød, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/57/103/513/20
Mar 2, 2009  
33cl bottle. orange, small wihte head. sourish alcoholic aroma, eggs. flavor is very sweet, caramelly, warming alc. apricot, quite complex and the alc melts well in with the powerfull flavors. however, you really have to be into lethally strong beers to really appreciate this one. it is more a liqeur than a beer imo.


plowhandle (1), Laramie, Wyoming, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier Helles does not count
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/59/20
Mar 1, 2009  
Bottled in 2007, opened March 1 2009. Clear, light amber color, thin white head that disappears quickly. Sweet, fruit and alcohol scent with a little aroma of caramel. Very sweet, alcohol very strong in the finish. Alcohol was almost overpowering. I will try another out of the package next year.


aco2 (11), Florida, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/52/102/52/20
Feb 24, 2009  
Pours dark amber with little to no head. Malty aroma. Accents of malt, chestnuts, and pears. Alcohol makes a VERY strong presence at the finish. So sweet as to induce gagging. An unpleasant brew; felt like I was drinking cough syrup.



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