Schneider Aventinus

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

Date: July 31, 1999
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Cumming
Appearance: dark brown, thin white head
Aroma: strong banana aroma
Flavor: rich malt flavor, slightly sweet, no bitterness, hint of banana

Date: January 30, 2002
Source: ss summit
Appearance: frothy head, heavy lace
Overall: sweet fruity aroma, lots of banana in the aroma, lots of banana flavor

Date: July 11, 2002
chocolate and banana

Date: July 24, 2002
Mode: bottle
Source: bacchus
lots of tartness in the aroma,

Date: May 07, 2003
Mode: bottle
Source: bacchus
no tartness this time

Date: April 13, 2006
Source: Wild Wing, Marietta
chocolate and banana with a bit of clove creaping in, none of that tartness

Date: May 10, 2006
Source: blind weizenbock tasting
Score: 3.9
Appearance: opaque brown, nice fine cream head, visable carbonation
Aroma: huge sweet banana aroma and a hint of chocolate
Body: big creamy body
Flavor: big malt flavor, great sweetness, lots of banana, touch of clove, small amount of chocolate

Date: May 10, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Blind Tasting
Appearance: opaque brown, nice fine cream head, visable carbonation
Aroma: huge sweet banana aroma and a hint of chocolate
Body: big creamy body
Flavor: big malt flavor, great sweetness, lots of banana, touch of clove, small amount of chocolate

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Dark reddish-brown, hazy, with big frothy head. Luscious dark fruit aroma - banana, apple crumble, sweet malts, milk chocolate. Most surprisingly is the hint of burning cedar - I've never picked that phenol out in Aventinus before (but then I haven't evaluated Aventinus in a while either); smooth dark malt palate...dark malts, sweet banana esters, liberal mix of alcohol. Complex, stylish, and daring. A great weizenbock.

2009-03-17, draught at Ølbaren, Copenhagen, 9-5-8-4-17=43
Cloudy brown color; huge, thick head. Impressive aroma, with strong banana esters, but also spices (cloves), and clearly perfumy, soapy; later, bubblegum. Good body strength, caramel flavor, some residual sweetness (always less than I would like), nice mix of esters, delicate (banana, bubblegum and light cloves); the alcohol can be perceived, but it’s very low. Excellent.

2008-11-30, bottle, 4 years old, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Dark brown color; the big head reduces quickly, after some time it’s a still surface. It has a strong aroma of oxidized caramel, light vegetables and alcohol. Caramel flavor, lighty oxidized and nutty; the body is thinner than in a fresh bottle, and the bitterness almost gone. Interesting experience, but not the best beer for ageing.

2005-12-03, draught, 8-5-8-4-17=42
Cloudy dark amber color, big creamy head. Nice aroma, banana, malt. Medium body structure (but more than the bottles I tried recently), malty, fruity (banana), light herbs. Excellent!

2003-06-30, bottle, 8-5-9-4-17=43
Hazy amber color. Nice malt aroma and impressive body, malty, oily, wrapping, perfectly balanced. Powerful and very good!

Hazy amber with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with ripe fruits, roasted malt, wheat and caramel hotes. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, wheat, yeasty and banana notes. Ends sweet.

The aroma is sweet, caramel and fruity. the taste likewise. There’s a slight hint of alcohol, but you’d never guess at its true abv. The beer sits well on the palate, and goes down very smoothly. The problem I have with this beer is that by the time you’re at the end of your first bottle, you realize you have no interest ina second -- the sweetness that was so welcome at the beginning has become cloying.

Bottled (BB 27.05.2004)
Dark hazy brown, like mud. Quickly vanishing brown head. Floating particles. Lots of CO2. Aroma has sweetness and some alcohol. Doublebock warm palate and weizen softness. Had to rerate this because this looks like not the best possible bottle. (5/3/5/3/10)
re-rate, bottled (BB 27.05.04)
Drinked from weizen glass. Murky, hazy brown. Vanishing off-white head. Aroma is sweet, prunes, alcohol bite. Taste is like hefeweizen beer with alcohol added: banana flavor typical to weizens but smooth sweetish palate missing and replaced by dobbelbockie strong malts. Alcoholic bitter and sour aftertaste. (7/3/7/3/13) Rating is average of two, looks like not much difference. Same BB of bottles anyway.

Bottle. Dark brown cloudy wheat beer. Bubblegum, lemon and banana, good carbonation, some roast malt gives this more body and is also smoother. Not bad

Aventinus has a nice head and a rather brown color with a red hue. The aroma has wonderful notes of wheat, malt and fruit and the mouth feeling is smooth. The flavour is sweet and has a lot of different notes of dark, ripe fruits, banana, nuts and wheat. It’s a full bodied and heavy beer with the lightness of a wheat beer. So far I haven’t yet met a wheat as nice as this one, it’s a sheer pleasure to drink it.