Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Doppelbock
Aying, Germany

Big malty fruity aroma. Dark body with lots of red highlights and almost no head. Flavor is delicious. Dark fruit, sweet roasted malt, coffee, alcohol, a dry roasted bitterness. The feel is silky. Just a wonderful beer! As good a Doppelbock as I have had.

33cl bottle @ biergasthof schiffner. I loved the little goat that came with it! and the beer... Dark brown in colour with a small beige head. Aromas of wood, nuts, malt and bread. The alcohol is well hidden, which i think is important in strong beer. Long roasted flavours and smooth malt notes with a light hop bitterness in the finish. very good.

Bottle. Celebrator pours a clear dark ruby body and a small, beige head. The aroma surprises me a bit, as it feels quite weak. There’s a roasted, slightly smoked start, followed by dark berries and a sweet maltyness. As it warms up, there’s also a slight vegetal touch, cooked cabbage I think, some alcohol and a more pronounced fruityness. In the far back, there’s some cocoa and coffee. Sure a complex beer, but I still expected more. Maybe I’m not being nice now, it’s sure a good aroma, but I prefer Aventinus. Another style, but not that different, and it’s sweeter. Maybe it’s just my sweet tooth talking. The flavor brings out the berries more evident, and dried fruits also does a proper job. There’s also the dry, roasted flavors from the aroma, as well as sweetness and a little bitterness, but the vegetables from the aroma is fortunately not tasteable. Quite sticky, full and quite warming in the mouth. It finishes with a long, roasted flavor, and shorter flavors of dried fruits, malty sugar and some hoppy bitterness. To sum it up, it’s a lovely beer, maybe deserving a higher rating, I would be happy to lift my rating for aroma and flavor by .5 point, but that’s not possible, so 3.7 it is. I have more bottles, so a rerate might be appropriate. (080318)

Pour dark brown, with a humongous tan thick foamy head. Consistency is a little runny in the glass. Aroma is of dark malts, chocolate, spice and a little alcohol. Tastes like rich thick malt with a hint of herbal chocolate and earthen aftertaste. Really, really good and unique. You have to try it. Consistency is medium . Lacing is superb. The taste lasts in the finish. This beer is exceptionally smooth. It has little ifany bite, and seems to have little carbonation. The roast in the malt is fortunately kept under control.

Poured a dark brown color with ruby highlights and a creamy off-white head that lasted a while. Aroma is of toffee, molasses, chocolate, roasted malt. The taste is similar and very complex with the addition of dark fruitiness as well. The mouthfeel is pleasant. This is a great beer that deserves to be savored.

A doppel that puts others to shame. 12oz bottle from Total Wine poured into a Stein. Smells incredible with hints of malt, toffee, caramel and underlying smokiness. Has a big fluffy head with lacing. Good looking beer. Taste is similar to the smell but incredibly smooth and silky in the mouth. Big malty bready flavors with hints of toffee and smoke. I didn’t get much hop from it but thats not really whats a doppel is about. Rich and decadent, Ayinger does it again.

Has a nice hoppy taste mixed with a decent malt taste. Pretty expensive (3 dollars a bottle) but well worth it. Will get more and stock this one. Excellent!!!

Red/off black with a small head. Big rich aroma of raisens and malt. Rich sweet flavour, fruitiness, berries, chocolate,spiciness and warming alcohol on the finish. Full body. Lovely.