Schloss Eggenberg Urbock 23°

Pours clear gold with a small white head. Sweet, bready aroma with a good bit of alcohol. Flavor starts out like a good doppel (if that’s what this thing really is), but soon turns harshly grainy and alcoholic. The finish settles back into a pleasant sweetness, but you can still taste that graininess in the back of the throat. Worth a shot.

Bought this at John’s Market in Portland. A little strange for a dopplebock but if you are a serious beer drinker this beer must be searched out. Page 413 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide and only 358 of his 500 Classic Brews to go.

bottle. aroma of caramel apples. very very sweet aroma. slight alcohol in nose. golden color. very few cascading bubbles. no head. kinda too light in color to be a doppelbock. texture and aroma are right on. this beer is an ass kicker, very strong!

Bottle. Golden yellow pour. Sweet aroma. Very strong taste, almost too sweet - couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Very fruity.

Bottled sampled at Delilah’s Vintage Beer Fest 2007. Pours golden yellow with a hay/malt aroma and some weak faded hops in the background. Malty flavors, a little hoppy with raw tannins, sweet alcohol and a watery finish.

Pours a deep gold, slightly hazy, with a very thin white head. Soft, sweet candylike malt aroma. Flavor is rich, malty with a lightly bitter hop finish. Medium bodied, slightly grainy. Very tasty stuff, though.

One bottle from BOTW. Golden color with minimal head. Sweet molasses aroma. Some sweetness in flavor but strong hops and very alcoholic presence make this not very enjoyable for myself.

Bottle. Golden yellow colour with an average head. Malty and fruity aroma. Good mouthfeel! Great flavour of malts and some caramel, plenty of sweetness, fruity hoppiness. Surprisingly the 9.6% alc. is really not noticeable.