QUOTE (G&T @ Dec 10, 2009 -> 08:47 AM)
I knew there was something going on with Samichlaus because I think I read that you want to seek 2005 and earlier vintages.
Post a link if you can, because I haven't seen anything like that.
Hurliman stopped brewing Samichlaus in 1997, and then the Austrian brewery began producing it again using the original recipe in 2000. They have kept with the original tradition of only brewing the beer once a year, on the Feast of St. Nicholas, December 6th. This is one of my all-time favorite big beers, and as far as I can tell the new brewery is doing right by it.