Ayinger Ur-Weisse

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Dunkelweizen
Aying, Germany

Serve in Stein, Weizen

Pours into weizen glass with a thick, fluffy off-white crown. Hazy and caramel apple in hue. Smell is rich, roasty bread with yeast and sour subacid fruits. On first sip I note the palate - a tongue-tickling bubbly brew with medium-starched body. Flavor is stewed apples and pears with cloves, light sourdough, banana and a touch of honey. The cloves linger pleasantly and round out the alcohol found in the late palate and finish. This beer is warming and succulent, perfect for late summer and early autumn me thinks.

Bottle. Pours a light maple syrup color with big fluffy off-white head. Aromas of banana bread and cake. Flavors of banana, cake, and honey. Soft mouthfeel and delicate finish.

bottle poured a brown amber color with a thick foamy two finger white head. aroma has banana yeast, clover, banana bread, wheat, and light spice. the best banana aroma I have found yet. mouth feel is light with plenty of carbonation. flavor has a bit more malt, wheat, banana, yeast, picks up in sweetness, wheat and some light fruit. the carbonation level keeps this from getting too watery.

Pours a murky, dark orange-straw into the glass, with an initial lavish head that reduces to a thin cap. The nose has huge banana aromas... quite dominant. Some pear flavors upfront, maybe hints at Granny Smith apples. Yeast follows in the mid-palate (very fruit-bready), with a crisp, brisk finish that culminates spices and reinstates banana. The body is light, and the mouthfeel is soda-esque, with lively carbonation. A nice dunkelweisse!

Bottle. Pours cloudy brownish copper with big off-white head. The aroma is full of soft fruity esters, peach, tangerine, banana; there is also some muffin, faint alcohol, and some spice. The flavor is bran muffins with some lemon and peach and general acidic bite. Then some hints of clove, faint nuts, and some allspice. The finish has an acidic kick with yeast and allspice and a soft, confectionery aftertaste. Pretty good stuff.

Cloudy nut brown with a fluffy white head. Noticed some rather large chunks of sediment sinking to the bottom. The aroma is mostly wheat bread, some clove, light banana, and some yeast. The flavor is slightly tart with some wheat and yeast. Crisp finish, and a little sweet.

Pours a cloudy amber color, white head. Malt, banana bread, spice, a bit of citrus, and wheat. Good dunkel, but I dont get very excited about this style.

Pours light cloudy brown color. Big velvety head. Banana and spices in the aroma. Mild hops in the taste. Banana and a panoply of other fruit flavors. Lots of spiciness. Velvety mouthfeel.