Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier

Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock
Vorchdorf, Austria

Pours a clear medium amber, with no head whats so ever. Smell is very good, sweet. Taste? VVoVV, one of, if not THE sweetest brew I have tried. Sweet upfront with just the right alcohol burn in the finish. Awesome brew. I have been told by the powers that be that this 2005 bottle was "a young one". So i will venture back and nab a few more for the cellar.

Headless, bubbly and dark amber. Sweet malty smell. Oh lord I can see it being cloying already. Not only too sweet but it has a slight alchy burn. Ewwww! Not good not good. Kinda watery and lightly carbonated. Too sweet.... way too sweet. Gross. If you like it sweet you’ll like this. Everyone tells me to age this... the alchy burn is the only other characteristic I taste besides sweet. So why would I destroy it’s only other characteristic?

A beer first brewed in Suise now brewed in Austria. Tasted both versions. The suis one on bottle the austria one on draft in 2001 in Philladelfia. Still have some Suise bottles and trying to retaste it together with 2 botles of Austria of a different year. A hard beer to taste. A real scotch under the beers. Just nip from it, to strong to taste it differently.

Pours amberish with minimal head. Fruity/ caramel flavors. A very rich beer for a dopplebock. Malty finish with hints of alcohol. Bought this at whole foods on wade ave in raleigh

very tenuous head; translucent brown/red; lots of carbonation; thick, syrupy, medium-bodied; a mix of sweet, sour, and heat (though the alcohol isn’t overpowering); malt, caramel, toast, fruit in the flavor; an overall unique taste

Pours with minimal white head that disappeared quickly. Nice, fruity aroma. Medium carbonation. Dark orange color. Initially creamy on the palate, then finishes with strong alcohol kick, almost acidic.

Pours with no head, deep brown color, yet not too dark. No lacing at all. Appears to have a lot of carbonation. Heavy alcohol aroma, also soy sauce, roasty scent. Very complex, and I’m sure I’m missing a lot of it. Wow, very sweet and caramel. You do get some alcohol warming, yet it is not overpowering at all. More noticeable after. Very sweet with some sour notes. An amazing beer, I will most certainly try and get this again and share it with others. Think and syrupy, like drinking maple almost, it’s great.

330ml 2006 bottle - pours clear brownish red with pretty much no head at all, just some small bubbles on top. Aroma is bready with caramel and booze. It kind of made me nervous. The flavour gave me reason to be nervous. Dear lord, this is a boozy thing! I kind of couldn’t get past it. The alcohol overwhelmed many of the other flavours (sweet caramel, lots of malt, some dark fruit, brown sugar). Very port-like but cloying and not very pleasant. Mouthfeel was very thick and creamy. Syrupy. The bottle I had was from 2006, making it only around 5 months old, so maybe it was simply too young. Regardless, this was not for me.