Eggenberg Castle, Vorchdorf

Commercial brewing at its location began in 1681 when Michael Weismann purchased the property from the Monastery of Kremsmünster.

Samichlaus is one of the strongest lager beers in the world,[1] at 14% alcohol by volume.

It was originally brewed by the Hürlimann Brewery in Zürich, Switzerland.

Hürlimann's founder Albert Hürlimann was a world leader in the scientific study of yeast, and the brewery has a long history of yeast development.

It is in the style of a Bavarian Doppelbock, and undergoes unusually long fermentation by traditional cold lagering over a ten-month period, leaving very little residual sugar in the final beer.