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Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier

Percentile
88
overall
Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock

Vorchdorf, Austria

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
10573.51/5.03.5/5.014%82Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
The once strongest beer in the world is back ! Brewed only once a year on December 6. Samichlaus is aged for 10 months before bottling. This beer is perhaps the rarest in the world. Samichlaus may be aged for many years to come. Older vintages become more complex with a creamy warming finish. Serve with hardy robust dishes and desserts, particulary with chocolates, or as an after dinner drink by itself. Brewed under the exclusive licence of Feldschlösschen-Hürlimann-Holding, Switzerland.
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 uhre (339), Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/513/20
Feb 17, 2008  
It’s very sweet with malt and alcohol in the aroma. There is no head on it and the colour is copper. The flavor is sweet and malty with a burn from the alcohol. The aftertaste is bitter. The palate is suprisingly thick. Great for desserts.


 mybestfriend (262), Gothenburg, Sweden
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Feb 16, 2008    Updated: Feb 17, 2008
Bottle - vintage 2006. (Aged for a bit more than a year). Pours amber with a slightly tanned head. The aroma is warm with dried fruits, toffee, milk chocolate and a lingering note of port. Nice! The taste is very(!) sweet with notes of dried fruits, caramel and alcohol (giving the beer some medicinal notes). In the finish I got some sweet liquorice with a great bitterness. Really nice! (9/4/8/4/18 = 4.4).
Bottle - vintage 2007. (Not aged at all). Pours orange with a white head. On the nose you get some dried fruits, milk chocolate, almond paste and alcohol. The taste is concentrated (think liqueur) and very sweet with notes of golden syrup, caramel, dried fruits, some burning alcohol and some malt. The finish is both salty and sweet. Shows its potential and screams to be put away for some years (7/4/7/4/15 = 3.7).


 SledgeJr (2960), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Feb 13, 2008  
Vintage 2004 in the bottle. Thanks to Matt M. for the beer. Pours bright amber with a rapidly subsiding white head. Slightly doughy aroma. A hybrid between beer and scotch, I would say. Has a medium, not thick body, which is hard to imagine at this abv. The high alcohol is very well-masked for this amount of heat. Fairly quick finish, but leaves a medicinal taste in your mouth.


 TikiE (360), Sylva, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 12, 2008  
Crazy beer, maybe not the most Extradornary one though. Smelled and tasted of sweet sweet berries, but you can still taste alot of alcohol. Probably wont ever get again.


 Collint (453), Sylva, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Feb 11, 2008  
Thanks TikiE. Poures a redish clear. No head and the alcohol is present. I expected something else from this. Kinda taste bread? Overall it was decent.


 jarspag (594), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Feb 11, 2008  
Bottle sampled with Pete on 2/8/08. In summary, really just another high gravity sugar bomb... like maple syrup sweet. A big alcohol and burning finish. I can’t say I hate this - I drank my share and still enjoyed it. But it’s not something I’ll really ever crave again...


andywandy (18), England
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/512/20
Feb 6, 2008  
Well I bought this beer thinking the strongest beer in the world would be the tastiest. I was disappointed. Drank from a bottle. Very bitter after taste. I struggled to finish it.


duke33 (56), Eldersburg, Maryland, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/54/102/510/20
Feb 4, 2008  
Probably the most over-rated beer i have ever drank, in my opinion. Perhaps i didn’t cellar it long enough, but it was too sweet to be enjoyable for me.



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