Ayinger Ur-Weisse

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Dunkelweizen
Aying, Germany

Serve in Stein, Weizen

Toronto Festival of Beer - the cloves stuck out to me, they usually do, because I don't like them a whole lot. Ok dark wheat beer.

Refreshing. Pours a deep hazy orange with an impressive white head. The aroma is somewhat grassy, yeasty, and with a whiff of banana. Has a full mouthfeel with mild malty tastes, some light fruitiness (pear?), and a touch of spices. The finish is where I’m catching some citric hoppiness. Decent.

Hazy golden colour with a white head. sweet caramel aroma with hints of banana. Caramel sweet flavor with some fruityness.

Sweet raisins, fruity, scent of plum. More distensible than other weisses which I also liked. This one is one of the best of that style so far I had.

UPDATED: SEP 13, 2004 Head is initially large, frothy, off-white, fully lasting. Body is hazy medium amber, bottle conditioned. Aroma is moderately malty (toasted bread, caramel, nuts), moderately yeasty (cobwebs), with notes of banana, honey, and clove. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. Very clean, consistent, and pleasantly aromatic. Succulent Ayinger malt. Delicious, and for me has always scored significantly higher than Schneider Weisse (the most common example of this older, darker weisse).

Bottled. Hazy orange coloured. Huge aroma of overripe bananas. Sweet and yeasty banana flavour. Thin finish.

Pours very cloudy murky deep copper/light amber. Nice frothy off white head. Lighter in color than most dunkelweizens. Aroma is light banana, hints of green apple and clove, along with nice bready hints form the yeast and malt. Flavor is slightly nutty, with hints of roast, but is moslty wheat followed by some fruity esters. Overall, this is very subdued and subtle, but very well done. Smooth and creamy palate, whith jsut a slight graininess.

Bottled. Banana and sweet dark malts aroma. Cloudy, dark amber color, off-white head, good lace. Sweet, light bitter, banana, weizen, medium body. Good quality and easy drinking.