Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

One of those beers that I enjoy but don’t quite understand people losing their head over. It’s a very good Doppelbock that tastes fuller and richer than its abv might indicate. It’s a transparent ruby brown beer with good lacing. Aroma is brown sugar, toasted bread, raisins and malt. Flavor kicks in some nice bitter notes, so the malt doesn’t run away with it. Relatively thick on the palate. A world classic but not one of my all-time favorites.

dense, dark brown pour with a reddish tint and large, fizzy tan head. Malty, roasty, alcoholic (but not offputtingly so) aroma. Malty flavor with brown sugar and, seemingly, rye bread.

Aroma of sweet cherries and malt possibly some other sugars in there too. There was little head to mine which may be the way that I poured the bottle into the glass but left a light foam on top and the color of the head/remnant foam was an amber color. Color of the beer was a dark amber or red but definitely on the darker side then the picture assumes. It had a sweet and bitter cherry taste slightly with a mix of chocolate (probably Munich malt coming through) and was light on the palate and a little dry but not to bad. Overall, it is one of the best bottles I’ve had and on tap it was equally if not more impressive. Enjoy sparingly like a nice treat that you don’t want to ruin though.

A clear dark red/brown colored beer, with a dark beige head. The aroma of fruits like cherrie and malts. A little rusty (The bottle was 2 years out of date). The taste of fruit, like chierries, caramel and dry. The aftertaste is bitter and dry. Not bad at all, but I’ll hope to get a fresh bottle.

Boy oh boy this was most delicious. Heavy malty aroma with a matching taste. Poured into a stem glass and it was a dark ruby color (could only tell ruby when put up to the light). Flavors included malts, caramel, toffee, and other deliciousness. Great palate. Excellent beer

Bottle from Utobeer market stall. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Aromas of dark fruits, toffee, caramel, roasted malts,chocolate. Great, complex nose. Flavours of licorice, chocolate, some smoke. Nice, sweet gentle mouthfeel. Finishes malty, smokey and slightly bitter.

(330cl bottle) pours very black with creamy tan head. Nose is dark dried fruits, toasted brown sugar, raisins. Taste is roasted brown sugar, molasses, and semi-sweet chocolate. Finishes creamy with nice roasty finish and perfect body/carbonation. This is great.