Schloss Eggenberg Urbock 23°

Bottled. Has a clear ambar color, almost orange, starts with a nice white head, but not persist for a long time. Aroma is weak, some citrus and malt notes. Flavor is dry with a lot of alcohol presence, not good. Mouthfeel is dry..

Tomada em Genebra, nos foi apresentada como 23% de teor alcoólico. Depois é que constataram que não era nada disso. Foi como se, de repente, ela tivesse perdido o encanto. Todavia, ela é forte mesmo... Encorpada, maltada, deixa também o álcool no paladar, o que compromete sua drinkability. Mas vale experimentá-la pela sua singularidade.

2001 version, tasted in March ’08. This beer was amazingly well aged, and had gotten much smoother and rounder over time. Rich nutty malt aroma with butterscotch and cheese, butter. Sweet flavor; bit malt with butterscotch and nuts. Rich and full bodied, but not too heavy. Extremely smooth, but some funk and cheese as a result of the aging. There is a grand after-taste that lingers on and on. The hops in this are also really full-on. This is a very well-balanced, full tasting beer that has aged remarkably well.

Quickly fading white head leaves a pale gold slightly hazy flat-looking beer. Not the most appetising appearance, but I shall forge on! Aroma is hot alcohol and sugar - sounds bad, but look beyond and there are some nice fruity notes. Some acetone type flavour on the palate, but warming malty toffee dominates. This is like comfort food as a beer. Warming and enveloping. Heavy in the mouth. I like this sort of thing so am being kinder to it than maybe it deserves. Finishes surprisingly clean for a fairly cloyingly sweet beer.

Medium coarseish white head quickly disappears completely. Deep golden body. Mild fruity alcoholic paint and toffee aroma with burnt sugar notes. Dry-sweet strawberry and gasoline taste with toffee notes. Considerable alcohol heat. Astringent, chalky. Aftertaste is roasty almonds and straw with alcohol notes and grassy hops. Minty notes. Very sweet throughout. Clean and surprisingly balanced, also quite complex. Interesting, but not a session beer, and not that great for sipping, either. (0.33l bottle, from some grocery store in Salzburg.)

Bottle poured to glass. Pours a deep amber color with a small white head. Rich heavily toasted malt aroma and flavor with hops to balance. A bit of alcohol taste in the flavor and palate.

Quite a bit better than I expected. I picked this up at the grocery store in Vienna, and it had a sweet nose that did not inspire immediate confidence. The flavor was far better though: smoky honey cream against a malty, warming alcohol base.

Bouteille 330ml, courtoisie de Blankboy. De couleur dorée et claire. Nez de grains de malt sucré, léger d’alcool et de légumes bouillis avec des notes de pain, d’épices, de fruits (raisins) et de miel. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture plutôt sirupeuse et aux notes crémeuses. Petites notes fruitées (raisins et pommes) accompagné de notes épicées et de légumes bouillis lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût de grains de malt sucrés ainsi que des notes de caramel, de miel et des traces de pain. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve une moyenne amertume d’alcool réchauffant jusqu’en finale, où l’on note également la présence d’un léger goût de houblon herbeux ainsi que des petites notes boisées (fût de chêne). Post-goût moyen-long et un peu sec, moyennement amer d’alcool et de houblon herbeux avec de faibles notes fruitées (moût de raisins).