Schneider Aventinus

Brewed by Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn
Style: Weizen Bock
Kelheim, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Weizen

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Thought this beer would be cloudy due to the wheat, but is was a brilliant, clear brown. Huge off-white head, pulled a Dr. Evil Belgian-dip while drinking. Imagine mixing a beer that is half hefeweisen and half doppelbock - that’s what this beer tastes like. Chocolate, fruit, banana, bubble gum, wheat, clove, and the kitchen sink. I don’t think I would drink this beer on a regular basis, but a very complex and unique brew.

This beer cleans up in the appearance department. Good bottle and label, huge corky camel-colored head, cloudy rootbeer brown brew. The aroma is good but mild except of the alcohol. Very warming bock, a bit tart. Woody, grainy, peppery, banana taffy flavor. Perhaps a stab of anise or coriander. A worthy brew, and better as it warmed and lost the CO2 sting.

Is this an ale or a lager? Its fruitiness suggests this is an ale, an ultrastrong hefe-weiss dunkel. It also bears a strong resemblance to dark, strong belgian ales like Rochefort, or a dunkel version of Don de Dieu. In any case, it is an absolutely wonderful beer. Flavors of chocolate, figs, cloves and banana.. a different taste in every sip... If you are a fan of both hefe-weizens and bocks, this is the ultimate beer!

mocha color is absolutely beatiful, a wonderful wonderful beer

Very filling, classic example of style. Orange-peel and cloves, and great fruity malt/wheat flavours.

Deep reddish-brown color with diminishing head. Very complex aroma and flavors. Yeasty and bready, with cloves and vanilla aromas. Sweet, but balanced with full mouthfeel. Hints of roots or bark, like root beer (sassafras), or birch beer (birch bark). Also tasted anise, apples and bubblegum. As it warms up alcohol burn is present, though neutral as a flavor element. Finished clean.

UPDATED: AUG 26, 2007 Delicious brew! The spicy hefe smell and taste are fantastic! One of the best German beers i’ve ever had, though i stick to Belgian beers.

UPDATED: SEP 17, 2004 tasted in Toronto. Tasted in a dimpled mug. Pours a deep dark almost purple colour. Head is large, white, fluffy and lasting. Yeasty, malty aroma. Nice.....Flavour lets you know the alcohol levle is up there. After several sips, warms the lips. A nice strong bock,very deep and complex flavour. Slight taste of corriander.

Lovely hazy orange-auburn appearance, but the head was far too thick and poofy. I expected a full-bodied doppelbock malting, but a received a clean dose of wheaty ebullience instead--with a hint of woodiness in the atmosphere as well. Wheat is again the predominant character in taste though enough malt underneath stanches the appearance of any bitterness. Eventually, the alcohol breaks through in both aroma and taste. Overall, this is a great beer with good balance and the alcohol masked superbly.

The aroma is excellent. I was hit by a warm bread pudding, which is to say, nothing as simple or trite as ’raisins’ but a full panoply of such flavors, including nutmeg, raisins, cinnamon, apple cider, plus a caramel sauce and a little banana in the bread. Nice hazy brown color reminds me of the same kind of toffee syrup, only the sweetness is balanced. Some liquor-like flavors in the tasting, with a more wheat and yeast influenced finish. Perhaps some clove coming out more in the taste. Alcohol, like the sweetness, is understated. While likeable, I wouldn’t call this an easy-drinking beer--sometimes rather challenging. Perhaps, too, a bit more carbonation than is necessary.