Schloss Eggenberg Urbock 23°

Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock
Vorchdorf, Austria

Draft pour at the Saloon in D.C. and in a bottle. Quite a thick feeling beer. Stays with you and lets you know it’s there. Not unpleasant for all of that though. Good malty flavor with maybe just a touch to much of an alcohol kick.

11.2oz bottle-pours a white head and gold color. Aroma is light malt-caramel, earthy/some perfumy/spicy hops. Taste is perfumy and syrupy first, which becomes perfumy/spicy hops and equal light malt-caramel which doesn’t really balance, alcohol. OK carbonation. not my taste.

Bottle. Very nice copper colour with a very small head, which lasts. A very nice sweet and malty aroma, which tingles the senses. The flavor is that of sugar, and a pervasive alcohol note. Thoroughly enjoyable to those who prefer their beer with a "bite". True to the Eggenberg style!

Draft pour at the Saloon in DC. Golden honey amber colored body with a thick textured white head. Sweet, sugary malt nose with some heavy lemon grass and fuel notes. Clean up front but there’s a strong bite of malt liquor-like fuel alcohol that’s difficult to get around. It sits thick and heavy on the tongue, with sweet candy sugar and a rough bite of alcoholized corn. Overall it’s forward and unabashed, pricking the tongue, grating the palate, presenting itself as higher octane than it actually is, and while there’s some things not to like, you have to appreciate how vibrant and fresh and forward the entire thing is.

nice darkened golden color with a peppery spicy aroma-hint of grapefruit, sour melon?. goes down with a nice warm finish. perfect after dinner drink.

Has a golden dark color, with a head small and lasting enough. The aroma is strong and sweet, almonds and sweet candy. The flavor is very strong, very malty, but at the same time sweet. Has a bit of bitterness, which one hides behind the caramel. The finish is very sweet and alcoholic. Is sticky and deep, almost it does not look like a beer.

Golden with a moderate head. The aroma is sweet and malty and so is the flavour. It has notes of caramel, fruit, raisin, plum and a bit of figs and alcohol. The bitterness is moderate/light. It’s strong and in a way quite OK, but I had expected something along the lines of Samiclaus, but it’s far from.... 1518

Bottle. Very light color, very thin and fast dissipating head. Aroma is malty, toffee, alcohol, touch of sulfur. Flavor is strong, bitter with hops. Okay beer. Strong, warming.