Schneider Aventinus

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

Poured a dark amber color with a lively light tan head. Sweet, spicy, malty aroma. Alcohol and clove are also noticeable. Initial sour taste, followed by caramel maltiness. Slight wheat/witbeer characteristics as well.

Sweet glory... pours a dark ruby color with monster head. The taste is like a cross between a doppelbock and a Belgian White. There is the definite malt presence, but it is smoothed out by the wheat, yeast, and caramel. Fantastic!

2003 bottle consumed 2003I say this very little, in fact, this may be the first time I am saying this: OVERRATED. Smells of clove and yeast. Not terribly sweet/almost slightly crips aroma. Mountain of off-white head, that lasts. The picture on the left isnt exaggerating. Muddled brown with some dirt colored browns and grays and of course a little gold peeking through. Completely clouded over by the sentiment. This beer was challenging from the start. Very sharp spicey tones attack the palette. The carbonation is already too much from the outset. It settles a bit in the middle and a full, if somewhat wet, body arises. The clove and banana are in full effect, and I certainly detect bubble gum esters. There is some caramel malt present but it is small and watery. They should do like Spaten and add some roasted malt. Alcohol is quite present and lingers long on the finish, with a slow, sweet burn. As the carbonation dies away (somewhat, and after a long while) I am able to detect the chocolate it talks about on the label, yet it is hardly perceptible. This beer is mostly banana and clove and is too unbalanced (complexity is masked by too much banana/clove/bubble gum sweetness). I enjoyed the finish and aftertaste the most (probably due to the lack of the carbonation). There was a complex mix of wheat, yeast and malt. However, beers need to be more than a pleasant aftertaste. This one needs some work. Would benefit from cellaring, and eating a hearty meal while drinking it. 2000 wrapped bottle. consumed Jan 03. Well this should be illegal. holy S**t this is unreal! SOOOOOOOOO good. It’s like a whole new beer. palate is near perfect, flavor as well, minus a touch of wateriness on the finish.

First rating
Bottle from Swedish "Systembolaget" on November 30, 2005.
Beautiful dark color with a huge head. Not the typical wheat scents or flavors, but a rich balanced flavor that I can have more of.
8/5/8/4/17=4.2

Rerate
Draught at Charlie’s, Copenhagen, on July 10, 2009
Cloudy brown color, tan head. Estery banana scent. Banana, spicy taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
8/4/8/3/16=3.9

Aroma and taste is very estery and alcoholic. Nice fruits and malts in aroma- almost smells like a barleywine. Taste is sweet and smooth with some phenolic/wierd sweetness and slight hops. Head died too quickly and not quite enough carbonation. Could be a little too old- there was no date on the bottle but I don’t really think it went too bad. I think this is about the same as Victory’s Weizenbock, as far as overall impression, but I think if I had this fresh, then it would have gotten better ratings.

(Bottle) An extremely dark wheat beer. Very enjoyable! I love the 12 of quarts in Germany. Re-confirms that achoholism is international. God bless German beer!

500ml bottle. (Alvar, Turku)
Hazy reddish brown, tight cream head. Not as bananaey as I remember it, but it’s definitely there on the nose, along with a sweet brown maltiness. Smooth and lively on the tongue. Banana is also in the taste, but the majority of that is a sticky-sweet spicy malt body. I’m not going to say coriander, but there certainly is a hint. All of that hangs around in the mouth for ages. Alas this one was a bit alcoholic - I’ve had ones which were smooth and barely alcoholic.

Bottle 14-04-06 purchased from Sainsburys, Kidlington, they are selling this at 96p a bottle in my local Sainsburys instead of £1.91. Dark Ruby colour, sweet wheaty taste with some hops, spicy aroma, very good beer, suprised that it is 8% as it does not taste this strong. Might go and stock up on some more!