Ayinger Jahrhundert

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

this beer was light and refreshing. good with dinner and great standing alone. I’m surprised this didn’t rate higher by others, I was impressed

Bottled. Clear yellow-golden with an energetic white head. Aroma is strongly malty wtih sweetness and a touch of hops. Huge malt taste. Clean and fresh, a little earthy, and a trace of hops in the middle and endgame. Mostly light and sweet but with a semi-dry finish and even some grass. Fantastic warm weather beer, tons of malt and an appealing feel. A fav Helles. Thanks, joss!

A good German beer Thick long lasting head. Nice earthy taste with great hops and malt flavors. Nice yellow color with perfect fizz. A good beer for a hot day. Light enough for Summer but not to heavy if one or two is not enough.

Extremely pale yellow colored, one of the palest beers I have ever seen. Well carbonated yet somewhat soft on the palate. Grainy sweet malts that are somewhat bready. Dry grassy hops. Creamy finish that almost reminds me of corn adjuncts. This is a very easy drinking beer and I was pleasantly surprised.

Not the kind of light beer I’m looking for, certainly overpriced. Poured a pale Budweiser yellow, okay, maybe a little more hazy than Bud, and with a decent initial head that laced ok. Aroma was of sweet honey and grass over top of some grainy barley maltiness. The flavor was sweet malty, corn (is that the DMS?), and even some plastic (hard water if this is supposed to be a Dort?). Finishes with the grassy hops and is somewhat dry / sweet. Good hop / malt balance, neither one is shy (esp. for the deceivingly pale color). But, then again, I’ll take Great Lakes’ Dortmunder Gold over this one (this is labelled helles, but is more like a dort, while the GL Dort Gold was more like a helles, imo... good thing these two categories are merged and counted as one for now).

pours a big foamy white head that laces with hazy yellow color. Aroma is spice, citrus, somewhat sharp grain. Taste is musty, medium malt, wheat, minor hops, creamy, flat finish. OK carbonation.

Cloudy golden color with a diminishing white head of tight bubbles. Light sweet aroma. A very clean wheaty flavor without any of the harshness. Delicious.

Buff lemon yellow body with moderate carbonation and a cottony white head. Bready aroma with fresh aromatic lemon citrus and pleasant lager yeast signatures. Perfumy and floral hop flavors and a lightly sweet malt base with honey tones and nicely balancing soft acidity. A refreshing beer with ample depth of character.