Ayinger Ur-Weisse

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Dunkelweizen
Aying, Germany

Rating # 700- This bottle was provided by one great guy, and a great ratebeerian. Philip was generous enough to grab this for me, for an in person trade. I’ll drink this in a toast to his generosity. This bottle poured a very cloudy and murky deep amber/brown body, capped my a lucious and creamy foamy cap. In the nose, sweet banana is the main contender. Also in the ring arespicy cloves, and an underlying bready aroma. Flavours consist of sweet fruit and clove, apple pastries, and just a tad of a bitter bite. Smooth finish, with a slight fruity bite that lingers. This style keeps me wanting more. Many thanks again to Philip for the opportunity!

(Bottle) Pours hazy orange with a creamy head. The aroma is fruity with tones of oranges, apricots and bananas. Phenols bring notes of incense and clove. Undertones of mint, vanilla and flowers. The flavour is light sweet, light bitter and tiny acidic. Tones of oranges, banana clove and flowers. The mouthfeel is round and robust. Near medium carbonation. Some wheat and banana in the finish. Medium bodied.

Bottle. Pours a bronze, cloudy hue with noticeable bubbles and a large white head. Aroma is sweet and complex. Good banana foundation, some Wheaties, bubblegum (and I usually don’t like that but this one really works here), twigs, soft spices. Flavor is savory: a bit of sour apples, moist fruit bread, and a touch of clove smoke in the finish. Great stuff. I’m getting more respect for these German brews.

50 cl. bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with a powerful and stormy beige head. The aroma is quite nice; moslty banana and malt. The taste is pretty unique; malts and grain/wheaty flavors combined with a fruity banana taste. Really a nice easygoing drink.

Bottle. Cloudy orange brown body with nice head. Aroma of wheat, cloves. Flavor is the same as aroma with an interesting sweet malt flavor working in towards the end.

Just another dark wheat. Very strong aroma, but there are better dark wheats out there.

16.9 oz bottle-An orangish amber with the yeast suspended over the bottom half of the beer. Aroma of caramel, apple, and malt. Taste of this medium bodied brew is the same with a champagne dryness(like their hefe). Not a bad brew but the weizen characteristics are not really pronounced. Still tasty.

Combined rating from bottles and Munich brewhouse - Pours dark caramel (light brownish red) with a thicky foamy off-white head. Aroma of cloves, toffee, apples, banana, lightly toasted bready malts, and delicate spices. Taste is all about the spicy yeast. Phenolic notes of cloves, pear, and apple. Sweet chewy initial taste becomes more dry and influenced by the wheat malt. There’s plenty of toffee, caramel sweetness, but it’s mostly hidden behind the immense yeastiness. Mouthfeel is soft and supple with lush carbonation. Complex and easy to drink. Certainly my favorite dunkelweizen, I just wish Ayinger would start dating their bottles.