[quote=“ceevee369”]
i do not know 1 single soul @ home who is laying down a Tripple or Abay beer for “aging”. As said in the article, we drink those more heavy beers whenever , wherever and do not belive in marketing tricks.
i can not judge for the copy-cat beers mentionned in the article, but laying down a beer for aging does not make sense. The oxygen and further fermentation proces harm the cork giving the content not the original taste anymore. Belgian pie, correct me if i am wrong.[/quote]
Interesting that this doesn’t seem to be a common practice in Belgium, judging from ceevee369’s comments.
I had a bottle of Samichlaus last night. I thought I’d go with a special beer to usher 2007 in with, and, after all, this is “The Strongest Lager Beer in the World,” as the label proudly proclaims.
From the back label:
"Samichlaus” beer is brewed once a year, in each case on December 6th, and stored and matured afterwards for over 10 months before it is bottled. “Samichlaus” beer can mature for many years in the bottle; older vintages obtain a complexity and receive their creamy warm aftertaste. This beer can be served with heavy meals and desserts, particularly with chocolate - or as digestive and meditations drink. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the strongest lager beer in the world with 14 % alcohol and 32° original extract content. It is brewed exclusively of natural raw ingredients after the purity requirement of 1516.”
I broke out some dark chocolate (Cacao 72 percent) to go with this beer. To be honest, I don’t have much “experience” with strong beers or barleywines, but I liked this one (may I daresay more than Bush from Belgium). Not much of a head, but not as heavy or thick as I’d expected it would be. It did have a nice alcohol kick to it, and it was definitely a sipping beer, meant to be enjoyed at a leisurely pace.
I have a bottle of the 2006 and two bottles from 2004 that I have been saving for some special occasions.
ceevee369, I don’t know if laying beer down makes any sense, but I look forward to finding out if this beer improves with age. And, it’s only beer, after all, and I see it as more of an experiment–and if it doesn’t work out, it won’t be the end of the world.
Available at Breeze (last time I checked), and I also saw it in Chengpin (Eslite) gourmet store in the basement of the new Chengpin complex in Xinyi district. NT$ 195 per bottle.