Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Doppelbock
Aying, Germany

330ml bottle. Pours black with an amber brown hue and a large tan head. Aroma of sweet toasted malts with dark fruits. Fantastically smooth, complex taste. Sweet malts with raisons, plums, toffee, caramel, and a dash of hops. Pleasant dry finish with a subtle spicy hops. Perfectly balanced and excellent example of the style.

Pours a nice dark brown with a great tan head. Nose is coffee and licorice with a nice sweet malty background. Mmmm, creamy with roasty, toasty flavors and nice coffee, caramel and chocolate notes. Nice off dry finish with just a touch of bitterness. I had forgotten how good this is.

Poured a dark brown with a pretty small off-white head. Wonderful flavors of roasted malts and caramel, with a creamy texture. I was expecting a lot from this beer, and it definitely delivered.

In a snifter, pours dark dark brown with a hint of crimson, beige head - could pass for a porter. Aroma is all sweet sweet malt and dark raisins with bread, brown sugar, and maple syrup in the background. Flavor is a again sweet malt, raisins, sweet bread, brown sugar. Very tasty. Best I’ve had of the style.

Aroma: Strong raisin aroma, malt focused Appearance: Fine light brown head, nearly opaque with ruby highlights. Flavor: Roasty, malty flavor with a well balanced dry finish. Palate: Medium to low carbonation, hint of alcohol presence, medium but satisfying body. Overall: Very drinkable and well balanced. This would go down easy a half liter at a time.

Tested Ayinger Celebrator & Aventinus Doppelbock together. Pours brown with small light brown head, it’s amber if held to the light. Aroma - Clove, bread, banana, caramel malts. Taste - cloves, dark chocolate, a little bit of hops, licorice. Overall - Aroma is not as impressive as Aventinus Doppelbock, it’s got a thinner mouthfeel and is lighter and has more chocolate malts and licorice taste. Much more refreshing than "AD." It’s a real tough decision but I think I’d go with Ayinger Celebrator as a winner though both are great beers. Aventinus is just too strong on the cloves and it cover most of the other flavors, although the smell if Aventinus is better. But in the end you drink the beer more than smelling it.

One hell of a beer. It was smooth and creamy, dark black, and very well done. My only complaint is a sweetness to the brew which makes the beer a little too rich for me to drink more than one bottle.

My favorite German beer so far. Beer is a dark brown with a thin head. Great smelling beer. Taste has good amount of smoke roasted and a little bit of coffee. Great beer just the kind of beer Uter from the Simpsons would drink.