Ayinger Ur-Weisse

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Dunkelweizen
Aying, Germany

Serve in Stein, Weizen

Dark amber color with semi-large head that disappears immediately. Aroma is of heavy malt and wheat. Oddly enough, the taste does not confirm that. Slight malt flavor to match a healthy dose of wheat. Some fruit, maybe banana, as well. Fairly thin. Quite tasty!

bottle - pours a cloudy copper color with huge fluffy pure white head. Aroma has definite clove notes, as well as honey, bananna, pear, lychee fruit, touch of vanilla. Flavor has cloves and bananna as well, with a touch of caramel and stone fruit, hint of lemon, orange zest, ginger, yeast. Finish is a touch sweet. A bit thin on the palate, but a very nice brew overall.

Pours a cloudy orange-brown colour with a thick frothy head. Aromas of yeast, wheat, bananas and malt. Light medium in body. Flavours of lightly roastede malt, wheat, wheat, and a little bit of a spicey taste. Not bad.

Bottle, murky brown orange, nice white head and lace. Big banana yeast, wheat aroma of course, soft and strong together. Nice full body (for a wheat), well balanced and refreshing, not too much of a dunkel but better than the regular ayinger hefeweiss; lively yet soft carbonation.

Bottle. I brought this one to the 2007 beer exchange and at first taste, figured that it was just OK. Now that I have had the chance to try it away from blasting my palate with impy stouts and 5 IPA’s, I really have enjoyed this beer. Nice 1/2 liter bottle from which I pour lots of yeast and the nose of banana and spice comes wafting up to my welcoming nostrils. Lots of big bubbles in a nice big head. Refreshing and light, although not very "dunkel" as the color was only slightly darker than weizens of my past. Nice beer and I’ll enjoy the rest in my cellar.

Bottle: Lots of wheat, bread dough, banana and vanilla. Light bodied and a bit thin, smoth finish.

UPDATED: JUN 15, 2006 (Re-rate Oct 2, 2004) Very muddy, dark orange color, large, big-bubbled head that diminishes quickly. Quite pleasant and strong, yeasty and malty banana aroma with some slightly roasted rye bread. The flavor is more sour-acidic than sweet, quite fruity, very yeasty and somewhat warming. Slightly sour and tingly apple juice aftertaste. Medium to full-bodied, but still slightly thin palate with slightly fizzy-foamy carbonation. A nice, balanced, dryish dunkelweizen, that suits the winter season better than summer.

bottle. Hazy dark amber with a thick off-white head. Wheat, yeast and spice dominate the aroma. Sweet flavor, with banana, clove, yeast, and spice. Very active carbonation. Very refreshing.