Ayinger Weihnachts-Bock

Bottle from systembolaget. Small thin lace over a nice brown red ale. Malty aroma with a flowery first aroma that quickly dissapears. Malty taste with a sharp alcohole tart taste and a sweet maltyness that isn’t balances and gives this beer a small drinkability.

Bottle (50 cl) from Systembolaget. Clear reddish brown with medium beige head. Nutty and caramelly aroma with earthy and spicy hops. Medium bodied and smooth. Dry and well balanced.

Bottle. Dark brown with a medium-sized tan head. The aroma is roasted malt. Malty, roasted, some coffee and sweetness. Medium to full-bodied, dry and some alcohol in the finish. Quite tasty, but I was expecting a bit more from this.

Appearance is very dark brown, you can see some red shaids against the light. The head is beige, it lasts quite long and leaves a little lacing also. Aroma is, in my opinion, surprisingly mild with bready malts and sweet liquorice. Flavor is also very bready and malty, slightly roasted with hints of coffee and brown sugar. Also a bit bitter and dry in the end. Palate is quite full and sticky. A nice doppelbock.

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.