Ayinger Jahrhundert

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

Serve in Lager glass

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Presentation: It was poured from a brown 500ml bottle into a tall Pilsener glass. The abv is listed on the back label (5.5%) but there is no freshness date. Appearance: It has an extremely clear and light yellow gold color with tons of bubbly carbonation. From the pour I got a tall white foamy head. This head is light, fluffy and slowly settles down to a light wispy thin covering. On the way down the glass it leaves some spotty lacing. Smell: The nose is modest and offers mellow notes of biscuity pale malt with a nice spicy/floral hop backing. Taste/Palate: It has a light snappy flavor. Its pale bready maltiness is balanced by spicy floral hops that add pleasant bitterness and a very slight sourness. The finish is dry and crisp on a light to moderate palate. Notes: Overall it’s a very good easy drinking beer with excellent balance.

Pours extremely pale yellow with a sudsy white head, retains as a cap of random splotches, leaves decent lacing. Very light amount of sediment. Very straight up pale lager smell, it does supply some decent scents of fruit and bread. Much more flavorful than expected! It’s like a plethora of flavors from pilsners, hefeweizens and oktoberfests. Bubblegum, baked bread, biscuit, buttery malts, a light fruit presence for sure but I can really only pick out lemon. Herbal notes as well. Smooth, crisp mouthfeel, carbonation level is perfect. Nothing really off in this beer. An extremely flavorful lager. I wish this came in 6-packs, it would make a great session beer.

Close to either being unpasteurized or unfiltered, a unique example of a helles, good quality.

500 ml bottle poured into my pilnser glass. A- Body is a transparent pale yellow color. Pours with a big foamy white head. Lacing left all the way down the glass-and bubbles can be seen constantly rising to the top. Fades to 1/2 finger and has great retention from there. S- Nose is all pilsner- lots of pilsner malt and soft floral hops. A bit dry. T- Flavor is mellow overall. A floral overtone initially with a mild background. The finish involves soft floral hop bitterness and a fair amount of pale malt the faintest hint of biscuit is there as well. M- Low to medium carbonation and a smooth slightly oily body-very well done. D- This is good overall-nice crisp and drinkable. But I think I’ll take the American GL dortmunder Gold M- Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 01-18-2011 02:18:51

Pours a crystal clear yellow with large bubbly foam. Smells of coriander like a traditional Bavarian weissbier. Tastes like a mix of a weissbier and a pilsner, with the aftertaste of a lightly hopped wheat beer.

Bottle, I’m not feeling this one as much as the others to night. Light golden color, funky smell.

Not a big fan. No aroma to speak of. Not a lot of finish. Just lays there inert.

Pours a great clear golden color with a decent head. A light honey aroma with a touch of citrus. Very clean taste, a little earthy. It has a nice dry finish.

UPDATED: MAY 8, 2011 Okay so i am re-rating because i had it on cask at Ayingers. It is fuckin phenomenal, along the lines of Appenzeller Holzfass, I don’t know why they don’t bottle this version. It is a basic helles beer but it has the enhancement of oak and a perfect mouthfeel.

Appearance: light gold, lightly hazed; thick and creamy eggshell head; decent lacing. Aroma: sweet malts, hay and pollen, quite a bit of creamed corn and some floral honey. Taste: malty (almost wheaty) and crisp, with pronounced sweet cornbread and a bit of slightly peppery spice. Finish: smooth and creamy, yet light and crisp. Notes: Excellent palate, and the flavors were pretty nice. However, I kept coming back to that slightly creamed corn flavor that I didn’t particularly care for. Still very nice.