Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Doppelbock
Aying, Germany

Delightful Dopplebock with a deep brown color and creamy head. It has a complex flavor with a hint on chocolate.

8/27/04: Aged upwards of two years and still quite enjoyable, though it has lost a little of its chocolate flavor. Still very smooth and malty with lots of caramel and butterscotch. This has thus far aged very well. 2/9/04:This has probably been aged about a year and a half. Still pours a wonderful deep dark brown with a thick lacey tan head. Shows signs of wanting to develop some sourness, but is still strong on sugary malt. Has very nice complexity, but thins a little in the finish. Still the best doppelbock I’ve had, although I think the aging has taken away some of its flare. 9/9/02:Unbelievably rich and complex with an aroma of freshly cracked chocolate malt. Perfect amount of sweetness to counteract the generous amount of alcohol. Thick cougar-colored head conceals the viscous body beneath. Great balance of flavors: toffee, dark chocolate, perle hops, and roasted malt. If it came in solid form, I would make cookies out of it. Every sip is a celebration of the senses, and it’s the only beer I know that has an ornamental tassel. The fact that it is so widely available and mass-produced, but yet so good, is a tribute to the advances in beer technology.

This beer still rocks. Deep, dark Mohagany color. The nose is smoky with hints of prune. I really love this beer.

I like these kinds of bocks, not sickly sweet and sticky as a lot of bocks tend to be, this was kind of in the mold of the Andechser. Beautiful soft, lightly buttery, raisiny, caramelly, chocolatey, malts. A touch sweet, but dries out towards the end. Nice texture. A good bock.

dark brown colour, nice head and a beautiful lace, strong malty aroma, toasted, buttery with notes of caramel, sweet, full-bodied, robust dry malty finish to balance the sweetness - a very beautiful brew

11 oz bottle-pours a tan, creamy textured head that held a steady 1 finger high, until I started drinking. Color is a clear dark brown, deep amber. Aroma is malty and____? Taste is a deep malty, nice. Slight aftertaste, but no bite. Not the style of beer that I’d say was a type I expected to care for, but it is quite enjoyable, I am sure I will get this again.

Deep reddish with a light brown head. Malty aroma with a sweetness from both dark fruit and chocolate. Dried dark fruit sweet flavor with a chocolate note and a balanced alcohol finish. Thanx Rene ( sk8viking) for sharing this nice beer.

Very dark chestnut-brown; smallish cream-coloured head, fast reduced to rim. Smokey, tobacco touch on top of typical bready sweet malts nose. Again spike of smokiness in the taste, followed by a mellow, but rather dull sweetness. Not much going on. The end however wakes up with a little saltiness. Slick, oily MF, full bodied. This is interesting. One searches for its famous complexity without finding very much more than some vague hints. Too bad, maybe I don’t dig it.