Schloss Eggenberg Urbock 23°

Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock
Vorchdorf, Austria

Golden, with a sweet, fruity alcoholic aroma and taste. Flavour of whisky at the back of the throat and an initial surge of dryness that somehow seems to die away as you drink. Wouldn’t particularly want a session with this. One bottle is enough, I think. Once a year.

From bottle: very good beer, pretty sweet, fruity, a little malty, cherries and berries are there, apples and pears as well, good spicy hoppy bitterness all the way through, some weak mint notes, some warming alcohol which is a bit too noticable, some white port like notes, quite rich and very enjoyable for a winter day.

Bottle. Rich, fruity, sweet malty nose. Berry, red apple, and almonds. (A-6+).dark gold, almost amber like, smallish white top leaving lace in glass. Solid, full sized malt base, short but well marked bitterness afterwards. Finish sweet warming blend of sugars and alcohol. Good clean palate. I like that sticky texture on top. With almost 10 % of alcohol this beer is almost too strong but somehow it manages to be classic of decent build.

Bottle. Golden colour with a nice mostly lasting creamy white head. Rich aroma and taste of malts. Impressive mouthfeel. Good beer.

Bottle purchased from Lubiere. Pours med. golden colour with a smallish white head. Sweet nose of pear and other pome fruit, sl. caramel. Fairly full mouth-feel, moderate carbonation, smooth. Bitterness lingers a bit at the end. Sweet, malty, a bit vinous(?). Alcohol comes through a little, but not 9.6%-worth.

12oz bottle: Crystal clear, medium yellow color with small white head. Aroma is lager-like, touch of sulphur, bit of caramel, faint diacetyl. Flavor is slightly malty, sharp, fair amount of caramel and kilned malts, slightly acidic. Finish is moderately sweet.

(06.29.06) 11.2 oz brown bottle as gift from Tom D. 9.6% ABV. 21 degrees Plato. Poured hazy deep golden yellow with small white head. Soft carbonation. Toasted malt aroma. Full-bodied bock with moderate malt sweetness with pronounced toasted/bisquit flavor, almost mead-like in character. Finished with light malt fade. Not much hop presence. Smooth and rich tasting. A very enjoyable bock beer.

Poured to a golden color with hints of orange, nice thick whitish head thaat reduced to good lacing. Aroma was a mix of malty sweetness and hoppy fruits. Taste was an extension of this mix, and at mid-glass, the alcohol become just noticeable enough in both the aroma and taste to fit in perfectly. A long, smooth, tasty finish topped the whole thing off. This was really a good beer, and I will no doubt have more Urbock 23.