Schloss Eggenberg Urbock 23°

Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock
Vorchdorf, Austria

Clean golden colour with little white head. Aroma is sweet malts, dried fruits and grains. Flavour is dry and lightly dusty with strong sweet milky caramel malts. Dry palate with syrup stickiness.

Pours totally clear orange color. Fruity aromas predominate: apricot and yellow plum mostly. Palate is slick, with low carbonation. Solid malt backbone with lot of residual sweetness, finishing with a clean hoppy ending.

Bottle at Kolding ølmesse. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is alcohol, sweet, malt. Flavour is sweet, malt, alcohol. Could be less alcohol flavour.

Clear dark yellow color with a thin white head. Classic pale bock aroma is dry grainy malts and corn. Rich, full bodied taste and mouthfeel of an Imperial Pils mirrors the nose with a noticeable alcohol bite. Has a lingering finish. Not too bad. 6147

Pours a bright gold colour with short lasting head. Aroma is of alcohol. First taste overly sweet and syrupy...not good. It gets much better though as the beer warmed up the the sweetness and alcohol presence were tamed and the experience wasn’t half bad...still not really my style but I can’t say I hated it either.

Bottle at Kolding Ølmesse. Pours a clear golden body with a nice white head. Sweet, malty, alcohol aroma, tending towards a fine brandy or cognac. The flavor is the same malty and sweet, low on hops and fruityness, and even more pronounced on the alcohol than the aroma. Full, warming mouthfeel and a long, sweet finish. The alcohol is of course present in the finish as well, lasting for a good while. I liked this beer quite well, but it’s maybe a bit on the sweet side, and it wouldn’t hurt if the alcohol profile were toned down a bit too. Rated late in a drinking session: 7-4-7-4-15-3.7. (080229)

A clear golden beer with a small, white head. Sweetish, malty and fruity on the nose, with a little touch of cooked vegetables. Quite evident alcohol as well. Warming in the mouth, too evident flavor of cooked vegetables, and very malty sweet. Nice fruityness and a decent bitterness trying to balance it. More noticable bitterness in the finish, which is quite fruity, but still sweet and malty. Full, quite sticky, mouthfeel. What can I say, the beer is nice, but for it to be more than that, you should have downed a few already. If it’s the first beer of the day, it doesn’t give you joy, but after a few, it’s another show. Therefore, I give it a rating in the middles of my two impressions. Rated as first beer of the day: 6-3-6-3-13-3.1. (080605)

330ml bottle. Pours a golden orange-yellow, very clear, head vanished instantly. Little visible carbonation. Aroma is very strong, smelling mostly of fruity hops. Palate is smooth yet silky, and does have a kick. Taste is an intense combination of malt, hops, fruit and sweetness. Taste is quite complex and interesting.

11.2oz bottle. Medium golden-orange color. Aroma is ruthless, like a cognac or liqueur. Taste is creamy, smoky, and smooth, with a kick of cognac-like flavor and alcohol. The finish is quite warming but pleasant. Moving past the intense aroma, I find this beer to fill a niche of it’s own. Great malt characteristics. A unique classic.