Schneider Aventinus

Pours a muddy reddish brown, with a huge head. Dark fruits dipped in burnt candi sugar (dark caramel), very estery with a bit of citrus as well. Fantastically complex. Really nice flavor, as well. Starts strong and just keeps getting deeper. Cloves, allspice, dark fruits and caramel. Just a bit of estery booze - but this is delicious. One of the best German brews I’ve tried, and a real testament to just how delicious the eisbock version of it is. Nice!

2007 vintage. Apperance: Dark brownish with a huge head. Plenty of carbonation. Aroma: Ripe fruit, Dark caramel, Candi sugar, Hint of chocolate. Flavor: Ripe fruit, Wheat, Caramel, Prunes, Sugar, Hint of lemon. Palate: Rich and complex with an incredible drinkability. Lots of carbonation after 2 years in a bottle. Smooth small bubbles. Ok, i’ve had this fresh a dozen times but after reading that Garret Oliver recommended putting this beer down for a few years i decided to do so. Very different to what it is like fresh but the drinkability is still awesome with added complexity. Wow!

Bottle. I absolutely loved this. Beautiful and aromatic, malty and fruity as one would expect of the style.

04-JUL-2009. Bottle @home. Beautifull brown but hazy colour with huge off-white head. Malty and fruity nose and taste. Good carbonation, and slight heat from the high ABV. Very delicious, but I cannot tell this from Carlsberg Semper Ardens Abbey Ale. Well this one is a bit more fruity, but maybe I should try them together?

Poured a beautiful dark liquid. The nose was set off with incredible touches of cherries, grapes, malt and a floral scent. Mouthfeel had a thick, rich and velvety texture. Taste was of cloves, banana peel, caramel and spices. A wonderful beer!

Bottle. Ap: Beautiful red-brown-orange color with a creamy white head. Ar: Sweet and yeasty. Some caramel. Fla: Nice caramel sweetness, some orange and kind of a belgo touch due to the yeast character.Pal, Ov: Well balanced and extremely smooth.

Somehow haddened had this bought it a ways back. Pours rich deep orange with a tan head. Nose is sweet and malty and quite rich. Taste is sweet, rich, malty with big kicks of caramel. Yummers.

The pour produced a decent foam up of off white, rocky head that didn’t last that sat on top of extremely thick, dark brown muddy beer with a good amount of very fine silty sediment and slightly spotty lacing. The aroma was of alcohol , dirt, tobacco, some dark spice, smoke, maybe dates adn probably cherries. Very complex! Holy hell the aroma is great. The taste of spicy alcohol, dark fruit (plum / dates),caramel, sweet candy adn yeast make this a complex flavoured beer that seems quite balanced. Medium bodied with a velvety smooth feel despite the bite of alcohol. Has a soft, chewy sweet bready finish and a bit of alcohol as well. Leaves the mouth dry. The belch almost burnt my gut out. Drank the last half in under 4 minites. There was a bit of dustiness from the last couple sips due to the sediment chug. Obviously this is an excellent beer.