Samichlaus Helles
(has 7 batches)
Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg in Vorchdorf, Upper Austria, Austria 🇦🇹
Bock - Doppelbock Winter|
Score
6.86
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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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml bottle into signature tulip glass, bottled in 2012. Pours fairly crystal clear golden orange color with a 1 finger fairly dense off white head with solid retention, that reduces to a ring of lace. Minimal lacing on the glass, with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, honey, brown sugar, golden raisin, plum, fig, cherry, apple, lightly toasted bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast ester, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste big of caramel, honey, brown sugar, golden raisin, plum, fig, cherry, apple, lightly toasted bread, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Slight earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, honey, brown sugar, golden raisin, plum, fig, cherry, apple, lightly toasted bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity and robustness of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast ester, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/yeast balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a smooth and fairly slick/syrupy mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a small-moderate warming after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice Helles doppelbock style. All around great complexity and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast ester, and light earthy hop flavors; and very smooth to sip on slowly for the huge ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2014
at 18:38
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Noen ganger smiler livet til deg, som da jeg fant denne juvelen i kjøleskapet hos Gml. Strand øllager, på hytta juli-14: farge som den fineste whisky, kortvarig skum og en herlig intens aroma med maltsødme, rosiner, marsipan, honning, plommer og blomster. Alt dette også i smaken, som er elegant humlebalansert. Nektar for kropp og sjel. Og alt dette for sølle 38 kroner.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2014
at 14:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A lighter (?) version of their classic,with an amber body but all the kick of the sweet malt. ABV not really noticeable. Creamy head, nice lacing. Sweet malt aroma and taste., also on the finish. Alcohol sneaks up on you at the end.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2014
at 20:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
BOTTLE 33CL.
Look: clear amber, small white head with poor retention.
Aroma: some malt, but mostly sugary sweetness.
Taste: Extremely sweet, but somewhat simplistic, thick body.
Unlike the regular Samichlaus, the Helles is more like strong euro-lager.
Look: clear amber, small white head with poor retention.
Aroma: some malt, but mostly sugary sweetness.
Taste: Extremely sweet, but somewhat simplistic, thick body.
Unlike the regular Samichlaus, the Helles is more like strong euro-lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2014
at 09:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
2010 bottle consumed on Nov. 18, 2013 - Pours orange with barely any head. It has a boozy, malty aroma. The flavor is extremely sweet, syrupy sweet even. It’s boozy and kind of grainy. I’m not very into about this one. The classic Samichlaus is far better, in my opinion.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2014
at 11:16