Eggenberg Heller Bock

Review Date 9/4/2025 By John Staradumsky

  Style: Heller Bock   Brewery: Eggenberg   Country: Austria   State: N/A   $ Per OZ: $.30   ABV: 7.4%

Schloss Eggenberg has a collab beer! That’s right they do, and it’s with none other than New Hampshire’s wonderful Schilling brewery. I’ve never met a Schilling beer I didn’t like, and Eggenberg never fails to disappoint either, so when I saw Eggenberg Heller Bock offered at Half Time Beverage, of course I bought a bottle.

This is, of course, in the Maibock/Pale Bock/Heller Bock style. It is lighter in color but still carries quite the kick, and I enjoyed it while toasting the Beer Hunter Michael Jackson in observation of the 18^th anniversary of his passing. Maibock was being tapped at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich in his episode The Fifth Element of The Beer Hunter series.

Eggenberg says on the back label:

Brewed in collaboration with our friends at Schilling Beer Co., a European-inspired craft brewery in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, this special Hellerbock is a tribute to the changing of the seasons.

Eggenberg Heller Bock has an alcohol content of 7.4% by volume and I paid $7.49 for my bottle from Half Time. Total Wine sells the beer for $4.99 again for a half liter bottle, which is the only way I have seen it sold. This is in their Richmond, VA store; my Total Wine locations here in Georgia do not seem to carry it.

Eggenberg Heller Bock pours to a pale golden color with a thick fluffy white head and a nose of rich sweet rock candy maltiness. Taking a sip, the beer is medium in body, just right for the style. It’s rich with slightly sweet bready and chewy toffee malts, a hint of cooked corn, a hint of caramel, and at the last a drying Grassy bitter finish where it is also warming with alcohol.  

I would definitely drink this gem again.

Glad I tried it?  T

Would I rebuy it??