Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier

Caramel taste. Very strong palate and aroma of alcohol. Would be a better after dinner almost port drink.

Bottle from sam the beer man. Nice dark red pour with a very small head. Aroma is of dark fruit, oak, and funk. Taste is strong alcohol, almost too much. Not great. but worth a shot.

Deep red body with a minimal head. Aroma is caramel and literally nail polish. Candy like sweetness, oak, sherry with a warming finish. Very unique flavor, but I can’t say I enjoy it immensely. Just too sweet and alcoholic for my tastes.

LCBO bottle sample- Transparent deep amber pour with a fizzy off white cap that dies down to a thin ring. Nose is of woodsy boozy oak, sherry, caramel, dark fruits, aggressive hops. Tastes overly sweet and of prune, raisin, woody alcohol, over the top vanilla, burnt caramel. Quite heated and sweet on the finish. One bottle was enough.

11.2oz bottle, 2005 vintage. Pours a dilute cola color, with a small off-white head. Impressively aroma, sweet with notes of raisin, apricot, brown sugar, ans a little spice. Flavor is rich and sweet, with notes of raisin, honey, caramel, and some chocolate. Full bodied, a bit syrupy. Alcohol snuck up on me. Perfect slow sipper.

Reviewed 2/17/2009 (bottled in 2007): Pours a pretty clear, dark amber brown colored body, with an okay-sized head, creamy but quickly diminishing. Strong dark fruit aroma, dark grape, plum, fig. Not a very strong aroma, pretty weak. Sickly sweet, syrupy dark fruit taste. A little hot, with dark grape and fig tastes. Lightly carbonated. Very much a sipping beer. Very strong. Much aging will do this one better, very raw tasting. Much better as it warms up, mellows out more, less alcohol.

330 mL bottle, re-labelled "12.3%" by the hard-working lab rats at the LCBO. (bb 08/2013). Copper in colour, with a small, dense, off-white head. A strong, sharp aroma of malt, alcohol, and candied fruit. Kindof a sweet & sour thing. The flavour is dominated by sweet malt and maraschino cherries. A slightly metallic aftertaste. Body is full and creamy early, with a sharp alcohol finish. Interesting, but needs a year or two under the stairs.

Really all I could taste in this beer was the artificial sweetner. Wayy too sweet and a struggle to finish one bottle. I’m glad I tried it, but never again.