Ayinger Ur-Weisse

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Dunkelweizen
Aying, Germany

A better dunkleweizen than I have had. Tastes very bubblegummy and wheaty. Pours a darkish hefe color that is ligther than most dws. Pretty good and smooth finish and taste. I enjoyed it. This brewery knows whats up.

Bottled 0,50L. Much voluminous and abundant head, medium resistance. Dark orange color, a lot hazy, dense and bubbly. Much rich and fruity scent with wine cellar notes, braced wheat and cereals. Sweetish and aged scent, not much prickly. Pleasant and balanced alcoholic tone with aged malty end.
Thanks to mabjork for this beer.

excellent example of a Dunkelweizen. Roasted malt flavor, highly drinkable. Interesting appearance, dark golden color, and an infinite amount of carbonation.

Walking around John’s Grocery, and there was the line of Ayinger beers calling out to me. There are so many I haven’t tried, I figured I could just pick one and probably it would be a rate. Nope. Realized as I was adding this I had had it before. Oh well. This was clearly a fresher example, so it’s nice to be able to bump my rating up a few points. Hazy orange, generous layer of lasting off-white head. Spicy hay nose, apples, warm rustic bread and a hint of butter in the background. Mint and apple flavor, yeasty baguette, sweet menthol finish. Soft and full, good depth and complexity. A beer very happy like this on its own, but one that suggests a myriad of possibilities paired with food. (Previous rating, 3/16/2005. Pours light copper with a big head of light tan foam that fades quickly. Lemon, carmel, mild roast aromas, with a subtle spiciness. More sour lemon in the flavor, with hard-candy carmel. Soft, mouthfilling. Completely lacking the nice sparkly-bite I sort of expect with a weiss. This seems like well-crafted beer...just not all that interesting. Have I toasted my tastebuds with IPAs? No...I don’t think so. I think this is just a little bit boring. 6/3/6/3 14)

Pours a cloudy amber color, white head. Malt, banana bread, spice, a bit of citrus, and wheat. Good dunkel, but I dont get very excited about this style.

some fine roasted malt to give it more color and flavor than golden hefe- weisse. It has an immense crown of lovely foam held proudly above a robe of translucent amber. On the palate, malt and yeast predominate, with a delicious balance of fruit and bread-like yeast. The taste is complex, with suggestions of soft fruit, apple, and, in the finish, perhaps, even cloves. Are you paying attention? I just lifted this from the brewers description, but ya know what? They're on the mark.

Amber and cloudy, well carbonated with a frothy off white head. Aroma of banana and pear with yeast and a hint of vanilla. Light in body with apple being the dominate flavor. Finishes fast with little bitternesss