Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier

Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock
Vorchdorf, Austria

Red wine like head. Scent is something I can’t place, seems synthetic. I know that smell. Testor’s plastic glue maybe? Taste very, and I mean very unique. Most messed up beer I have tasted. Warm peper and flowers followed by a synthetic nastyness. Finish is like that taste in your mouth that is left when spray painting inside. Overall tastes like something I shouldn’t be injesting.

"Bottled in 2007" Pours a burnt dark orange, totally clear, no head. Aroma is bursting with super-sweet caramelly maltiness. Cloying fruitiness. Flavor is very sweet, not much roastiness, just straight caramel. No hops, clear alcohol bite. Thick and chewy. Not sure about this beer, maybe it should be older, but i don’t think cloying sweetness = sophistication. Still very interesting and definitely worth trying.

2006 bottle. Dark copper, quickly disappearing small white head. Very attractive, like a nice little glass of sherry. Strong syrupy malty aroma, little smoke, butter and dates. Very syrupy flavor, dried fruits, alcohol, little port in the surprisingly hoppy finish. Warming. Full bodied, low carbonation. Lovely, but nothing to daydream about. The 10cl was just enough.

The once strongest beer in the world? Who knew. Aroma is brown sugar, malt, raisons. Flavor is Sweet malt, dark fruity hints, alcohol. Pretty complex palate, carbonation hits you on back end, interesting beer. Slightly syrupy, but not overdone.

No 422
Rated: 30.05.2008
Bottle brown, 330 ml, 32 P
Appearance: Pours brown to red, a bit hazy in texture, carbonation of the body is weak, head is fizzy and rapidly disappearing after half a minute completely while initially is small, white, looks very oily.
Aroma: Cherry liquor, strong sweetness and heavyness in aroma, alcohol is not that harshly felt as I could expect from the strongest beer in the Lager world, in fact alcohol is felt very gently, I think it’s not only a reason of brewing technique but it’s also thanks to the low carbonation. All in all aroma is mild.
Flavour: Front is kind of heavy alcoholic nose and sweetness on the tongue than quite quickly you can feel the heavy body, fat maltyness, almost syrupy like, there is quite considerable ammount of hops but it’s still completely dominated by syrupy sweetness. In spite of that there is flowery and fruity (mainly cherry with a hint of plum and bramble) retronasal aroma. Finish duration is long. A load of additional sweetness. Extremelly warming beer. Later on some bready touch, very good for cold winter evenings.
Palate: Body is full, texture is syrupy, carbonation is practically not felt on palate, finish feel is heavy alcoholic.

Vintage 2006. Bottle pours a very dark amber with a quickly dissipating thin tan head.Aroma is sweet, malty, hint of apple. Taste is sweet with hints of light fruits, vanilla, scotch, and oak finishes malty and bitter. Good alcohol burn

From the Beverage Barn in East Meadow, NY. Aged in my basement since last August. Beautiful aroma of dark fruits, alcohol, oak. Very attractive rusty red to brown color and a clear, modest white head. Nice sweetness in its flavor, sweet malts, candy sugar, slight alcohol (especially for 14% ABV). The finish is sweet, and has a pleasant alcohol burn. Thick, oily mouthfeel. Nicely crafted beer. Definitely a winter beer. Not really like a dopplebock, it is more like a barley wine, without any hoppiness.

This beer is just too much for me. The alcohol burn gets me just too much. Dont get me wrong, this is a well done beer, just too much for me. Very dark amber color with a malty as hell aroma. Dark fruit, caramel and syrupy. The alcohol hits you at first, in the middle and the end. Pretty damn strong. A slow sipper for sure.