Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Doppelbock
Aying, Germany

Everyone’s favorite doppelbock wasn’t a big hit for me. Very complex and dark in flavor. Roasted malts, coffee, dark chocolate. Reminds me a little too much of a stout. Guess I prefer a simpler bock. No denying that its a supremely well made beer though.

Very good beer. Malts, fruits, plums and raisins but not to sweet and very well balanced. Lots of stuff going on here. Finish is very smooth and very good.

A dark, rich amber color with a slight reddish hue in the light, topped with a thick, creamy tan head. Uniquely well-articulated bubbles topped with a foamy crest. Ripe fruit and roasted malt in the nose. Such incredible balance - all of the great flavors are there; chocolate, caramel, coffee, with a smoky dryness at the end. The twinge of alcohol completes the experience without overpowering. Such a creamy mouthfeel - earthy, bready. Rather than beer, this is more of a deliciously burnt cinnamon roll in liquid form. Exquisite.

Pours hazy brown with an off-white medium head, aroma of nuts, caramel, toffee, grapes and vanilla, flavors of caramel, toffee, raisins and chocolate, bitter licurice spiced finish, balanced and complex. Great

this beer is beautifully balanced and easy to drink. this bottle pours a deep, dark, rich brown with a thick and puffy, cream colored head. smells of smokey goodness and prunes and raisins!! the taste is wonderful, it is a fruity start (plums?) then proceeds to be malty and strong while it finishes with some toffee, brown sugar and clove. the final go down is smooth and addicting, love this stuff.

Pours dark brown, almost black, with a thick creamy head. Aromas of banana and ginger bread. Flavor is very mello and nutty. Some banana and spice flavors in there as well, and a nice bit of acidity comes though in the finish. Creamy mouthfeel. This is a darn good beer, and I can’t believe I haven’t tried it before.

WOW – Pours a rich dark color; Medium creamy body; Aroma of smoky malt, caramel & brown sugar; Flavor of roasted malt & coffee, hint of chocalate & nuts as well; Great strong finish; Lives up to the hype - one of the best.

Poured from 11 oz bottle, a very nice dark brown, an inch layer of light tannish head, caramely and malty nose. Notes of caramel and damp earth, vanilla. Moderately sweet in the start with some nice malty notes of toffee and the faintest hardwood smoke. Overall flavour is complex. It starts with a brown sugary presence with a little raisin, hazelnut, and caramel. Then ends with a burnt malt. Very clean, rich, malty, and well balanced.