Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Doppelbock
Aying, Germany

Name: Celebrator Doppelbock
Date: 08/25/1996
Mode: Bottle
Source: The Baker, Omaha, NE

very dark amber, headless, rich malt aroma with just a touch of esters and toastiness, rich eastery malt flavor with just a bit of underlying balancing hops
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Date: 02/23/2005

sweet malty aroma,
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Date: 04/13/2006
Source: ww

such a wonderful rich and sweet aroma and flavor with a great creamy body, the benchmark dopplebock that puts all others to shame
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Date: 03/08/2007
Mode: bottle
Score: 3.2
Words: Blind Tasting

very dark ruby red, fine tan head, streaks of lace, big sweet dark caramel malt aroma with a touch of roasted, big body, rich malt flavor, a touch of the roasted comes through in the flavor, earthy bitterness, a thread of caramel sweetness runs through it

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Reddish accent to the bright red body. Thin, caramel head. The aroma is gorgeous, an explosive liquid bread with rich accent of piloncillo, hints of roasted nuts and dried fruits. Soft body is thick and supple. The flavour is sweet molasses, tempered with an earthy rich bread character. Subtle dark fruits underlie this. A deep, long, dark sugary finish with a hint of bread crust. If it’s fresh, it’s killer.

Brown colour, big creamy head. Very nice (stout-like) aroma, of malt, roasted malts, caramel; deep, harmonious. Full mouth, good body, malty, perfect balance; caramel and light roasted malt; sweet in the front, dryer in the end; a hint of liquorice. Long and well balanced palate. Let’s age it a few years...

Nearly black with huge light brown head. Malty and nutty aroma. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, caramel and chocolate. I don’t get the fuss about this beer...

Sweet fruity aroma. On taste, the first impression is one of richness. The chewy fruitiness and chocolate dominate, but there’s also mild hoppiness and faint alcohol. The balance of all these flavors is truly remarkable. Warning to parents of young children: once the giant head goes down, you’re left with a beer that looks remarkably like a cola.

33cl bottle. You can’t always choose your milestone beers, but this one I did. So many, many thanks to Maeib for this one. Very happy to have a top 50 beer to be my 1000th, so hats off to Mark for allowing me to celebrate with this. Very dark brown with thin beige head. Attractive aroma which is oily and has molasses, choc, coffee with intense hops as well. Choc is very bitter. Its full in the mouth with good chracter. Excellent finish of molasses, bitter choc. Really nice finish. Good quality beer. Cheeers Maeib!

Bottled
Dark ruby color, small steady creamy coffee head. Aroma is very complex: different berries and malt. Taste is full-bodied: bittersweet berries, coffee and roasted malt. Finishing long and bittersweet, very warming. This is an excellent beer BUT overrated. (10/4/6/4/15 3.9)
Re-rated, bottled 33cl (BB 04/2006)
Almost opaque very bark ruby color with cappuchino head. Aroma has chocolate and roasted malts, this needs to be warmed up before you can smell anything. Medium to full bodied, roasted, slightly hoppy, some chocolate and woody notes in the finish. Long roasted aftertaste. This bottle had not bittersweet notes what a bottle a year ago had. (8/5/8/4/17 4.2)

Dark brown, almost black with a red hue. The head is huge, nice and creamy and the mouthfeel is oily. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, sweetness, candy sugar, raisin and nuts. The flavour has a light sweetness, notes of roasted malt, licorice, dark fruit, nuts and the finish is rather dry. It’s a really nice doppel bock.