Ayinger Jahrhundert

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

Pours a nice head, Ayinger style. Aroma: Some nice floral hops, but too much boring malt comes through. Light citrus notes help it out a bit. Palate is thin and watery. Finishes pretty dry with strong sour acidity. I thought on my first tasting of this beer that I got an old/bad bottle, but I’m pretty sure this one was fresh enough, yet the experience is similar.

Bottle 0.5 l. Clear hay yellow, white airy head. Hay and bready malts on nose. Flavor is sour bread malty with alcohol sweetness and acidic sour bitterness, which I find a bit uninviting. Dry sour aftertaste. Not a very good helles. Disappointing brew from Ayinger.

16.1 oz bottle-A light golden body with a nice white head which has an aroma of grass, lemony, and bread yeasty. A light body that has the same flavors with some acohol and malt along with some sweetness. Not a bad tasting brew.

Pour is a cloudy yellow with a quickly diminishing frothy head. It has a sweet bread, strong honey and light malt aroma. There is a surprising contrast from the advertised aroma in this very citrus, very tangy.....yet sweet flavor? A strong alcohol presence that folds into a heavy bodied sugar after taste. Odd beer if ever I have had one. Still, I kind of like its oddness.

Light, grassy, citrussy, slightly sweet , somewhat thin palate. I like drinking this this, it’s like a wheatbeer, but not as much flavor as some others.

The bottle looks really good. Well done. The beer tastes dry but not too intense. Fine long finish. A good beer.

Pours out a bright golden yellow with a thick, billowing, and long lasting white head. Aroma is very pleasing, light lemony citrus meets a sweet hay. Taste is incredibly smooth, this is one of the easiest drinking beers I’ve had in awhile. A doughy and malty beer is balanced with a slightly fruity flavor and just the right amount of bitterness. A really nice beer for an easy drinking experience. I will certainly get more of this when I’m not in the mood for something over the top but still want a good beer. Good job Ayinger!

First aroma, when you pop the lid of this 17 oz bottle, is yeasty slightly citrus and some veggie cabbage. First taste has some of the cabbage carry over from the aroma. look is slightly hazy pale yellow american lager. Has some bitter palate that is unexpected. Has more personality than many helles/dorts I’ve had. Decent carbonation. Interesting aftertaste of volatile industry rises up the olfactory after each taste. Overall not nearlyas enjoyable as Edenton Helles Angel nor is it as good as Lowenbrau. Probably one of the less enjoyable Ayings I’ve had, but certainly better than Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold. On par with Buzzards Bay Lager, Hansa Export and Lindener Spezial. Finish is rather coarse for this style and reminds me a bit of cheaper pale american lagers from my country of birth. Probably would not purchase again.