Schneider Aventinus

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

I tried this the other night at a local bar, I loved it so much I had to find it again. It has a very cloudy golden red tint to it. I tastes just like it smells, kinda fruity with a slight bitter finish to it.

Pours hazy brown/red with a dense white head. Aroma is pure phenols... lots of banana, christmas spices, and sweetness. Flavors follow suit. Strong banana flavor, with a huge clove kick as the beer warms. Obviously a strong beer by the flavors, etc, but the alcohol is hidden. No burn or flavor from the alcohol. A true testament to what can be done just by fermentation. Amazing that yeast can produce this many flavors.

I am sure this is a good beer for some people but not to my pallete. It is likely the raison flavor that comes thru. I did not care for this brew.

Maybe it was because I had this beer at Cafe Brucke in Milwaukee, where the owner is fastidious about presentation detail and the beer always seems super-fresh, but this tasted great to me. It poured a dark but brilliant mahogany color into a weizen glass. Lots of head with great staying power. Aroma is clovey with a significant malt presence and quite pleasant. Flavor is clovey, fruity, with some bock-like maltiness. It is a substantial beer, but is not heavy and hides its ABV quite well. Mouthfeel is light and crisp. If you’re looking for a 8.2% ABV that will go down great on a hot day, this is it. Seriously, I don’t know where Cafe Brucke gets their import beers, but they always look to be in mint condition. If I bought this beer from Discount Liquor across town, it would be old, stale, and the bottle/label would be dust-covered and beat to hell. I would highly recommend this beer. A fine choice for a 700th rating.

I ‘m not gentle with my beers so after riddling my bottle to stir up the yeast I pour out this fine elixir into my Chimay glass. Cloudy brown but if you hold the beverage up to the lamp you can see a slight reddish hue. Bringing the glass to my nose I’m first hit by the yeast which I’m a big fan of, then a banana, raisin & plum with a sweet background the banana is not over powering like some Weiss beers. Bringing the glass to my lips the very smooth liquid coats my tongue. Full flavor plenty of backbone to stand up to the 8.2% alc./vol. overall a very good beer

A great dobblebock. In fact this is the beer that my friend BeerFanDan got me into dobblebocks.

hazy brown with nice tan head. flavor of crystal and chocolate malt with that classic fruity ester provided by the yeast. a very enjoyable brew that has more complexities than any other weizen that I have had. very good

Aventinus is a dim, cloudy brown ale with a foamy off-white head. There are plums, raisins, cloves, apples and deep roasty malt in the aroma. It has a smooth medium body with a slick, delicate finish. It’s bubbly on the tongue. The flavor fills my whole head! It is deep, syrupy, resiny and wooden. It’s a touch sweet, sour and bitter. Is this a wheat beer from Germany or is it a Belgian Dark? It is very complex and well blended. There are notes of prunes, cloves, orange peel, coriander, maybe chocolate... it goes on. What a treat!