Ayinger Ur-Weisse

500mL bottle purchased for $3.30 - I think it was from Wine Emporium in Boston. Freshness unknown. An interesting pour into a weisse glass. Started off light, getting much darker as the bottom of the bottle was poured in. Although I swished the end of the bottle lots to shake up the sediment, there were still numerous chunks in the glass... so I stirred it with a spoon! My first time ever doing that. The end product is a cloudy grey-gold. Medium aroma of a typical weisse - yeast, banana and bubblegum. Taste is solid. Quite yeasty, which gives it a bit more of a spicy character perhaps than some other weisses.

Bottle. A muddy orange brown beer with a huge off-white head. The aroma is extremely sweet with strong notes of banana and wheat. The flavor is very sweet and acidic with notes of banana, wheat, and citrus with a dry sour end. The body is thin.

Oh yes, this is what I look in for when it comes to wheat beer. Big banana and wheat aroma and a balanced sweetness in the taste. While this is not too complex I love the creaminess a lot. This must be the best companion to strawberries I have ever had.

(bottle) Pours hazy light brown with a voluminous white head. Aroma of toasted grain, light bubblegum, wheat, and banana. Some bread appears as well. This aroma tends to veer more towards weizenbock territory, although it is far less potent but still nice to smell. Taste is lightly roasted initially, with a nice mid-palate of caramel and plum that yields to a crisp wheat finish that erases all of the sweetness which was originally present. The mouthfeel is medium. This is a very solid beer that doesn’t overly impress, yet doesn’t disappoint either.

Cloudy brown pour with a big creamy tan head that sticks around. Nice aroma of roasted grain and malt, banana and lighter fruit, yeast and spice. Flavor is nice as well, with the wheat, malt and spice really coming through. Soft and refreshing on the palate. A bit of a spicy finish, though nothing overpowering. Very nice overall.