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Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock
Vorchdorf, Austria

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common

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RATINGS: 1532   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.55   EST. CALORIES: 420   ABV: 14%
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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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3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
MarkoR (334) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - APR 11, 2013
Yikes! At 14% ABV, you’ll be on the floor if you drink too many of those too fast. But you’ll want to take your time and enjoy this beautiful beer.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
dreadnord (1009) - San Diego, California, USA - APR 3, 2013
2003 bottle. Pours semitransparent ruby red and brown with a small white head. The nose is caramel, dark fruit, raisins. The taste is heavy sweet and nothing else. The texture is smooth as silk and creamy. The body is heavy and finish is long. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
queenholly (1914) - South Whitley, Indiana, USA - APR 2, 2013
Bottle. Sweet vinous fruit and alcohol aroma. Clear deep copper with a small off-white head. Syrupy sweet dried fruit and boozy flavor. Way too cloyingly sweet for my personal taste. Full body, soft - almost flat - carbonation.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
DCLawyer (721) - Falls Church, Virginia, USA - MAR 31, 2013
Dark brown with faint tan head. Very sweet, with dark fruits and booze. Oily mouthfeel. A legend, and therefore a little disappointing.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
suurjuust (619) - ESTONIA - MAR 30, 2013
Dark copper, small head with no retention. Nose is ripe fruits, spicy hints, raisins. Taste is sweet with tons and tons of caramel, fruity hints, raisins, booze. Boozy-bitter-toasty-sweet finish. Texture reminds me of port wine. Weak carbonation, oily, almost cloying mouthfeel.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Viper666 (2763) - Quebec, CANADA - MAR 29, 2013
Bouteille 330ml (2001). De couleur brune-cuivrée foncée et claire. Nez fruité (raisins, notes de cerises noires), malté sucré du genre caramel sucré avec des notes de toffee et de sucre brun ainsi que d’alcool liquoreux (porto) aux petites notes boisées. Assez ronde en bouche et faiblement pétillante avec une texture liquoreuse. Goût fruité (raisins aux notes vineuses, petites notes de prunes et de cerises noires, faibles traces de mûres) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi rapidement suivi d’un goût d’alcool liquoreux et réchauffant auquel vient se rajouter un goût sucré de caramel avec des notes de toffee, de sucre brun brûlé et de sirop d’érable ainsi que de faibles notes boisées en finale. Post-goût long, légèrement amer d’alcool liquoreux réchauffant avec un léger goût fruité (pelures de raisins, traces de pelures de prunes) ainsi qu’un léger résiduel de malt sucré. (2006)

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
BelgiskOlklub (806) - Viby J, DENMARK - MAR 28, 2013
Bottled in 2003. Pours dark brown and with a small diminishing off-white head with small fizzy bubbles. The aroma is sweet, full bodied and warming. Heavy sweet, slightly bitter.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Corrinado711 (44) - - MAR 24, 2013
Pours a clear Amber with almost no head, very high abv makes sense. Aromas of vanilla, light booze and grapes. Taste it’s very nice with vanilla, light malt and booze with a very nice finish. Mouthfeel is light.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
lortsker (332) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - MAR 23, 2013
Bottle, thanks Søren!. 2003 vintage. Really oxidized. Cardboard box, cooked vegetables, caramel, really malty, vanilla, grain, caramel sweetness. Taste follows the nose. Really sweet, and you get a lot of dried fruits like sultanas, raisins, and prunes. Low carbonation, loads of caramel, a tad too sweet.

4.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
SPDickerman (717) - Texas, USA - MAR 22, 2013
Vintage 2011. Pours clear copper with a super tiny ring of off-white fizz. Smells sweet, caramel, subtle dark fruits, hints of molasses and pine. Taste is explosive with caramel sweetness, fruitiness, booze soaked fruits, molasses. Full-bodied with slick, oily texture and virtually no mouth-carbonation, Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Classic finishes smooth with no hint of alcohol; dangerous for a 14% beer.


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