Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Helles

Samichlaus Helles

 

Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg in Vorchdorf, Upper Austria, Austria 🇦🇹

  Bock - Doppelbock Winter
Score
6.86
ABV: 14.0% IBU: - Ticks: 125
From its forceful aroma of the fruity essences of pears, apples and grapes to a character hinting at anise, pepper, vanilla and fruits gilded in a powdered sugary glaze. Brewed only once a year on December 6, Helles is aged for a full ten months before bottling. It may be hard to imagine doing much better than this golden, robustly toothsome brew, with a few more years under its belt, it grows in complexity and nuance – proving that not only wine can age magnificently gracefully.
 

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8.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle, 1 year past the BBD, from MiP and other good friends, received a couple of years back. Pours clear amber with airy white head. Clear aroma of malt and caramel, with touches of yeast and fruit. Sweet flavour of caramel malt and yeast, with notes of lozenges and touches of hops and alcohol. Sweet aftertaste with malty and estery touches and candy notes. Thick, satiating and delicious. Ideal for any night spent with Tom Waits’ tunes.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2025 at 00:15


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Looks almost like tea in appearance. No head at all. Very complex taste, toffee, sweet malt, no hops. Sweet aroma, raisins, dried fruit. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 05:12


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle 0,33ltr: The smell of the alcohol come towards you from the glass, clear orange colour, very sweet and suprisingly easy to drink due the high alcoholvolume of 14%.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:50


8

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:35


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours clear, dark amber chestnutbrown. Small white head fades fairly fast . Scent is Caramel, mild dries fruits, age surely shows - but the beer isn't ruined yet. Taste is full, sweet, oxidation did kick it, it probably was better a while ago, but still is very enjoyable. Dried fruits, caramel. Sweet, obviously, and a bit boozy, Enjoyable, to say the least, even after 12 bottled years. Medium thick, sticky body, low carbo.

Tried on 06 Dec 2024 at 19:24


5

Bottle online from The Trembling Madness. Pours amber with no head.Very mild aromas of sweetness and alcohol. Taste is very sweet with lots of alcohol burn. Marmalade and honey notes. Very syrupy and too cloyingly sweet for my liking. Full body with low carbonation and oily mouthfeel. Very sweet and strong alcoholic taste. Definitely not for me

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2023 at 00:46


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

No head on a brandy coloured body. Oaky, wheat & boozy aroma. Medium bodied, smooth & soft. Sweet, wheat, malt & white port tastes. Sipper.

Tried on 20 May 2023 at 17:56


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Clear deep golden with a few flowers beneath a head that very quickly fades. Steady carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of strawberry syrup, cherry, plum and treacle. Flavour of boiled sweets and alcohol burn in excess of its 14% ABV. Full body with a syrupy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A boozy, complex beer.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2023 at 22:02


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Klar bernsteinfarben mit weißer Schaumkrone. Süß malziger Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig mit Karamell & Toffee, leicht röstmalzig. Hohe Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, voller Körper mit sanfter Kohlensäure.

Tried on 04 Apr 2023 at 05:45


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Fles 33cl thuis. Bottled 2019. Zoet, zacht, boozy, fruitig, toffee, bready, caramel, maltig, syrupy, marmelade. Fijne balans. (30-9-2022).

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2022 at 21:40