Ayinger Jahrhundert

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Aying, Germany

Bottle. Pours a hazy light yellow with a sudsy white head. Aroma was malty and yeasty like a freshly baked sourdough bread. The taste was light and fruity like wheat with a toiugh of orange. A smooth and refreshing summer beer.

It’s easy to overlook and miss this beer. The label is kinda plain, the name doesn’t really grab you. But what’s in the bottle is very tasty, so the old saying "don’t judge a book by it’s cover" would be pretty accurate. The beer pours out a yellowish/gold liquid, with a nice foamy brilliant white cap with a nice creamyness to it. Aroma is citrus in nature, which leads your nose directly into the malt path. Other aromas that poke their heads out are yeast, grassy hops and just a hint of tropical fruits. Mouthfeel is smooth, and refreshing. There a really nice balance of grainy malts, grassy hops and an underlying moderately sweet presence reminding me of fruit juice somehow. Super easy to drink. A great beer from Ayinger.

Very nice and a great example of the style, a little weak, but still a good take. This has a very strong biscuity malt background, follow by some grassy herbal hoppiness, some dried fruits, and a somewhat bitter finish. Quite clean and refreshing.

Bottle. Pours a beautiful, lightly cloudy golden/lemon color with a pristinely white, fluffy head. Aroma has a distinct yet soft and playful sour character bordering on farmhouse funk with similarly constructed notes of lemon, grassy herbs, and wild flowers. Flavor goes in a different direction with the sourness, dropping any hint of funkiness and picking up more light fruit notes, perhaps apricot? Extremely crisp and clean mouthfeel that could never tire the tongue. Exquisite.

Bottle. Pours a beautiful golden yellow, somewhat cloudy, with a small white head. Aroma of sour fruits, barnyard funk. Taste slightly fruity, some sweetness, malt. Very crisp, clean, and refreshing. An excellent beer and very underrated on this site.

Pale yellow with a thick white head. Aroma is light malt. flavor is very mild, grass, grain, hops, a bit of skunk. Very clean, easy to drink.

Bottle 50cl. Quite pale colour, lively carbonation. Small white head, quickly disappearing head. Quite dry, malty taste, very nice brew like all other Ayinger beers.

Bottle: Poured a pale gold with a thick foamy head. Grassy hop and grain aroma. Nice crisp pale malt flavour with a smooth hoppy finish. Very drinkable if a little light.