This image and post were originally uploaded to Flickr, in 2014. Samichlaus �aka Santa Claus or, more 'properly, Saint Nicholas� is the Roman Catholic patron saint of brewers. His 'feast day' �St. Nicholas Day� is celebrated annually on 6...
This image and post were originally uploaded to Flickr, in 2014.
Samichlaus �aka Santa Claus or, more 'properly, Saint Nicholas� is the Roman Catholic patron saint of brewers. His 'feast day' �St. Nicholas Day� is celebrated annually on 6 December.
Samichlaus is also the name of a potent doppelbock (dark lager) of 14% alcohol! Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg �a family-owned brewery founded in Austria in 1681� brews the beer once a year on St. Nicholas Day, ages it for nearly a year, and then releases it for sale.
Eggenberg also produces a special version of Samichlaus �Samichlaus Barrique, pictured above� which, in addition to a year's maturation, is aged five weeks in oak wine barrels. Those barrels come from the Anton Bauer Winery, also in Austria.
A happier St. Nicholas Day!
-----more----- Bottle purchased at a wine/beer shop, in northern Virginia, on 3 December 2014. Photo taken shortly thereafter.
A personal remembrance of St. Nicholas Day: here. More about other 'saintly' brewers: here.
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