Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Doppelbock
Aying, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Originally reviewed: 4/7/10. 12oz bottle poured into a pilsner glass. Pours a dark tawny brown with some ruby highlights at the edges. A massive beige head billows out. Great retention; left lost of sticky lace in its wake. Scents of plums, currants, wood, booze, and some roasted malts. Nice. The body on this is much thinner than I’d like. Carbonation level is low. This feels flat and unimpressive. The flavors are malty in character. Some roasted malts at the onset, but then this gives way to a dark fruity flavor, and finishes with some alcohol heat. All in all, I did not care for this beer. I know it’s one of the top 100 beers, but I have had better of the style for sure. Won’t have this again most likely.

Bottle 330ml. Pours brown/red, with ok beige head. Some lacing. Aroma is of caramel, dark fruits, roasted malt, molasses. Taste is of roasted malt, dark fruits, molasses. Good balance. Surprisingly thin considering aroma. Refreshing and very drinkable. Very good beer.

Pours dark brown with medium beige head and a god lasting lacing. The aroma is great, very complex and well balanced: malt, honey, vanilla, caramel, dark fruit, among others. Maybe a little thin on the texture, but overall it is a very great beer that anyone might enjoy! Robe brun foncé, avec un collet moyen beige. Arôme diversifié et bien balancé: malt, miel, vaille, caramel, fruits noirs, entre autres.Goûte ce qu’elle sent, mais en un peu moins intense. Un peu mince en bouche, mais c’est là un bien maigre défaut pour cette excellente bière!

Bottle 330 ml. Pours brown with some reddish reflects. Small brown head and a good lacing. Powerful complex aroma with strong notes of malt, molasse, caramel, toffee, honey, dark fruits. Taste is the same as aroma, but less powerful. There’s also slight smoke notes. Medium to full body. Overall, this beer is amazing. Great nose and marvelous balance in the taste. Great all-around complexity. Also very drinkable for this type of beer.

Smooth, smoky, complex maltiness, and easy on palate. Phenomenal beer for newbies and seasoned beer drinkers.

Apariencia: color marrón muy oscuro, casi negro y casi opaco, un poco traslúcido, reflejos rojizos, poro carbónico, corona medio dedo, persistente, consistencia media, Color hueso. Aroma: poco intenso, dulce y maltoso, pasas, ciruelas, higos. Sabor: intensidad y cuerpo medios, apenas se nota el carbónico. Primera sensación de marcado carácter maltoso, dulce pero no exagerado, nada amarga, con bastantes matices a frutos secos, almendras, nueces. Retrogusto muy largo un poco seco y ahumado, notas de vainilla. Alcohol muy bien integrado. Es una cerveza muy equilibrada, pero sobre todo, creo que lo que la define perfectamente es sutil, es muy redonda, fácil de beber, nada extrema, pero con muchos matices. Extraordinaria.

Bottle as Ayinger Winter Bock. Very dark brown with medium beige head. Aroma is light roasted malts, caramel, dark fruits and nutty. Flavour is light roasted malts, caramel, medium sweet, dark fruits, nutty, little chocolate and a little bitter.

My first review of 2010 and my eighth Doppelbock review on BA (back then). Brown 33cl bottle poured into a ’Westmalle’ chalice, Bockbier meets Trappist! Lovely dark colour, a ruby red when held to the sunlight. A wispy tan coloured covering soon fell away to a small collar and occasional bubble. Toasted, roasted malts fill your nose, I have a cold today, so can’t pick anything else up on the smell front. Bitter-sweet malts in the taste, dark coffee with demerara sugar. Add a full carbonisation and the beer comes alive in your mouth. The alcohol comes into play as the mouth drys and you can really feel its effect between sips. I am a big fan of Bocks and Doppelbocks, this is at the top of the tree, or very close, up there is the Korbinian.

great aroma, roast finish, full body complex malt with coffee, sweet flavors and beautiful head. No very hoppy, good balance without strong alcohol flavor

Yeah, really good one although I’m not a devoted fan of Doppelbocks... You should give it a try.