Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock

Picked this up at Pizza Italia. It was the last bottle. Serial number on the back label 2005/09212. Little to no head when poured. Nice sweet smell almost reminscent of malta. Sweet, malty flavor with a slight alcohol taste at the end, but still quite smooth. Had hints of caramel, vanilla, faint molasses/sugar cane. I actually enjoyed the flavor more as I drank it. I let my wife taste it and she took the last 3-4 ounces from me and proclaimed it one of her new favorites. Would like to have a few in Dec/Jan because 90F weather probably isn’t the best for this style of beer.

why did i choose to buy/drink this during the summer? because there’s nothing interesting left at binny’s chicago for me to buy. i hated the other shneider aventinus beer i had, but as the steve winwood song says, when you see a chance, take it. held up to the light this beer is pretty, apple ciderish with a 1/16inch head. from afar, it looks like a murky mess. smells pretty appetizing. definitely a wheat backbone but quite a bit of pears and apple rinds on top of it. definitely a sweetness that’s there to try to hide the alcohol, and a bit of a champagne aroma for that reason. taste is unfortunately a bit wild for me. very sugary, almost puckeringly so. definitely a bit of wheat as soon as the beer arrives on the tongue. it’s actually not so bad, i was influenced by the rating from the person before me. still very sweet, but i like the complexity and all the fruit on that back end. too carbonated and alcoholic on the palate.

Sweet aroma. Definite candy and sugar in the nose. Headless blackish ale with bubbles and floaties. Not the most attractive beer in the world. Probably great for a stein. Weird sugary taste. Some alcohol in the taste. Some other things that I don’t WANT to be able to describe. Flat and lifeless palate.

11.2 oz bottle-Dated 2004-Bottle # 24667. Trade w/DragonStout. Had no idea this was a "vintage" bottle until I went to enter this rating. Dark mahogany color w/absolutely no head but great lacing. Sweet roasted malt aroma. Big, full, rich flavor of roasted malt, cane sugar/molasis, almonds, & caramel. Traces of dark fruit & plum. Very malty, very complex. Good carbination. Long malt finish, alcohol is evedent, but not overwelming. Thanks for the trade!

[Tasted with Troels in Tvolm east.] Wow, I think I’ve changed Troels’ point of view to beers. This is indeed a complex and "strange" beer. Never tasted something like that. Eis-weiss-doppel-bock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aroma of port, wheat, nuts, caramel, vanilla in a wonderful look of a great huge brownbeige head in a muddy dark look. Mouthfeel intense with similar notes plus huge concentrated fluid of fruit and carbonation. Only a little alcoholic. Excellent warming finish. A true winterwarmer!

Muddy brown color. Intense malty and alcohol aroma with some mild wheat funk. Mouthfeel is thick and malty with some alcohol present. No hops to be found here. Very sweet as well. Alarming at first but gets better with every sip!

Poured a ruddy brown that showed red in the light. The head is thin, medium, frothy, and light brown. The aroma shows some definite wheat, sweet, alcohol, has a faint sourness, a slight saison quality, and mellowed dark fruit. The flavor shows alcohol, but well masked for 12%, mellowed dark fruit, earthynes, also a slight saison quality. The palate is dry and very mellow. The finish warmed my stomach. I liked this one a lot more than Kulmbacher’s.

jesus h christ ..this beer has got a bite... a bit thin...pours a nice big head, low lacing...quite tart, with a sweet warming kick...batch 2006...has a strong wheat library...this is a big beer, but the thinness and appearance lower it to just average.. needs to be more ...syrupy? ...but i have wanted this for a while and am not sorry i got it..if i had a cellar i would buy a few!!!