Schneider Aventinus

Brewed by Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn
Style: Weizen Bock
Kelheim, Germany

Pours a huge head of fine beige head. The lacing is also of particular interest. This hazy brown has the great combination of wheat interjected with malt overtones. Finishes with a note of hops and a touch of clove.

100th March rating. Hazy orange brown with a thin finger of off white foam. Lovely banana and clove spice aroma. Taste has more chocolate up front, with a caramel and banana fruitiness in the middle and a light spice finish. A fantastically varied beer from the front of the lips to the back of the throat.

On tap at Ølbaren. It pours cloudy brown, with a huge light brown head. Aroma is banana, sweet fruit and spices, with notes of alcohol. The flavour is refreshing and fruity with notes of malt, citrus, raisins and banana. Nice mouthful.

Pour a hazy brown with a large fluffy off-white head that stick around. Nose is very spicy with some banana, caramel, chocolate, malts, yeast, grass, and wheat. Flavor is also pretty spicy with some wonderful sweet flavors coming through. Bananas, dark fruits, hops, clove, vanilla, chocolate, yeast, wheat, and caramel. Very high carbonation and a dry, bitter finish. Excellent. One of the best.

.005 hectalitre botle with cryptic numbering. Looks clear while pouring, though when massed in the glass it looks cloudy. Medium brown, tall head. Smells slightly of banana and clove. Lots of flavors, including brown bread, raisin, cocoa and tartness. But I was surprised at how light, or at least non-heavy, this is. It’s almost refreshing. One of the best wheat beers, one of the best doppelbocks.

Comes in a beautful glass specially designed for the beer - glad to see Germans learning a bit from the Belgians. ;) Pours a dark brown with large off-white head and great lacing. Aroma of bananas and spices, slightly sweet. Taste is malty sweet with bananas, bread, cloves, dark fruit, caramel, a faint hint of rum. Mouthfeel is full, ultra-smooth and a real pleasure to sip. Basically imagine a dunkles Hefeweizen with all flavours and aromas turned up to 11. Impressive and imposing complex beer and yet so easily drinkable. Contender for one of the best beers brewed in Germany.

Bottle - Pours a hazy brown with a nice foamy head. Nose is spicy, yeasty, and sweet. Tastes very smooth - surprising for how spicy it smelled. Was expecting a bite for sure. The wheat and malty flavors dance together in perfect concert and finish nice and smooth. Medium-bodied with nice carbonation. This beer seems so simple but is obviously finely crafted. Awesome. I could drink a lot of these.

Standard 500ml bottle, served cellar temp in a weizen glass. This is a beautiful dark brown in different shades through the length of the curving glass with a 1 1/2 inch head. The aromas are wonderful: lots of banana, clove, caramel, earthiness, distant grass and honey; very complex. The mouthfeel is smooth, silky, medium bodied with lively carbonation on the tongue. I taste apricot, with plenty of dark fruit like raisin; caramel, roasted nuts lead to light banana, clove, orange, lemon in a gentle finish.