Ayinger Jahrhundert

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Aying, Germany

Serve in Lager glass

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500 mL bottle. Pours pale, clear gold color with a thin off-white head. The aroma is subtle hops, floral and a little earthy, dust, and pale malts. The flavor is sweet, fairly bitter, with a spicy hop flavor. The palate is light to medium, a little bubbly and lively. Overall, an interesting beer, but the flavor is a little unpleasant, and its not very drinkable.

50 cl bottle. Rated on 24.10.2008
Slightly sweet aroma has butter, grain and malty bread. Flavour is rather fresh; it has butter, some grain and herbs from the hops. Very nice helles, which pairs fine with many foods. Perfect with home-made kebab.

500 mL at Ayingers am Platzl in Munich. Golden lager, the head disappears fairly quickly. Pleasant and malty, but just a good lager.

Pours very pale amber with a massive creamy head that leaves some lacing as it quickly disappears. Nose is of malts and fruits. There is an initial tingle on the tongue that gives a taste that is very dry and crisp, yet there is not too much carbonation. Very peppy. some sweetness and a wee bit of bitterness on the end. Good body and smoothness for a lager. Quite drinkable.

UPDATED: MAY 13, 2012 This is another near perfect beer from Aying. Big and malty with a soft sweetness and high drinkability. Well done and sessionable this is a great lager. It pours clear light yellow with foamy white head. There is a soft musty fruit aroma with a familiar earthy grain light pilsner and barley. The taste is smooth bright but dank and grainy. There is an absolutely amazing lager taste that is not identical to any others. I’m not a big light lager fan but this is solid any way to look at it. Light hearted carbonation and a dry grainy finish, there seems to be no hops but the after taste is fairly dry with a lingering soft sweet white grape, a zing of earthy must and for some reason something that reminds me of ear wax, but not in a totally gross way.

500 ml bottle from The Royale. Pours a clear gold color with a small white head that dissipates quickly and lots of rising bubbles. Aroma of grassy hops, straw, husky grains, and something almost corny. Flavor of some corn flakes, sweet bread, lightly toasted grains, straw, and earth. Light-medium bodied, with a grainy mouthfeel that lingers and medium carbonation. Nice helles.

Sweet malt up front, with a somewhat bitter after taste. Amber color and medium head. Modest aroma. Not memorable.

On tap at Bar on Buena, Chicago. Fluffy white head dissipates into clinging, dense lace over clear golden goodness. Very clean, malty feel, it blossoms in the finish with bready sweetness and a touch of peaches-and-cream softness. On the next sip, you can taste the bitterness of the hop accent. Carbonation is at the perfect level for a refreshing summer drink. Smells like sweaty grains.

Bottle split with mtjoseph. Crystal clear pale yellow color with a medium-large white head. Looks to be fairly highly carbonated as evidenced by the loads of bubbles rising up to the surface. Very nice looking for the style. Light grain aroma, with maybe some subtle peach, floral notes, and a hint of fresh cut grass. Taste is lightly fruity, some grains, and has a crisp finish. Pretty easy to drink with a lighter body.

16.9 oz bottle. Poured a pure, clean and clear straw color with a small white head. Looks absolutely fantastic with some spotty lacing. Aroma of grains, dandylion like floral quality, slightly grassy. Light, crisp, and clean mouth feel. Some soft flavors of grain and fresh cut grass. Light, delicious, and poundable. Much like Lizzy Caplan.