Ayinger Weihnachts-Bock

500 ml bottle, named Winter-Bock. Dark brown colour with small, tan head. Malt, some chocolate and dark fruits in the aroma. Quite similar notes in the flavour too. Aftertaste of bitter hops and roasted malt.

500 ml bottle. As Winter-Bock. Finland. Dark brown colour with thin beige head. Roasted, malty and fruity sweet aroma. Flavour is quite similar but less sweet. Dry and some notes of alcohol.

(Druaght at One Pint Pub, Helsinki, on 2008-12-19) Deep dark brown. Clear. Medium sized quite quickly disappearing white head. Malts and chocolate in nose. Thick palate with medium carbonation. Chocolate. malts, roastedness, bitterness and liquorice in taste. Roastedness, malts and bitterness in long lasting aftertaste.

Bottle in Strasbourg, 2006. Pours an almost opaque black with a tall tan head. Very tasty-looking. Aroma of roasted malt. Smells rather burnt, cookieish and thick. A bit sweet, with caramel and a touch of chocolate. Very roasted flavor comes with a rush of sweetness, which then gives way to a strong dryness coming from roasted malt and good hopping. Medium to heavy in the mouth, rather full of body. The balance is superb.The finish is dry and bitter, roasted, and lasts a long time. A great beer, much less sweet overall than other dark bocks I have had from the area.

Roasted malt and fruits in the nose, sweet caramelly taste with some fruit in taste, hops in the finnish along with a hint of metal. I like it but it could have more malt in the taste, had this alongside with koff porter straight from tap and this lost by a mile in that comparison.

Dark ruby brown, nice and big tanned head. Nose is malty, roasted and a bit syrupy. Flavor has a bit buttery maltiness and syrupy sweetness. Finishess drier with liquorice and noticeable alcohol. Medium to full bodied with round carbonation, sticky palate.

Bottle from Tbone , thanks Timo! Deep dark brown color. Malt and chocolate cake in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with raisin, chocolate and even hints of porto. Caramel. A rich, well balanced and tasty beer.

Winter-Bock is almost black beer with small beige head. Aroma is sweet, slightly roasted and there is found some insipid aroma. Luckily flavour is not so sweet than aroma predict because flavour is roasted and dry. Full bodied with enought carbonation makes this nice to drink. Winter-Bock is high-quality beer but somehow boring so there are not top-points.