Schneider Aventinus

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

What happen to my head, disappeared way too quickly...hum? Color is a nice ruby brown and it is medium-bodied. Detected raisin/prunes, bubblegum, roasted malt, and bittersweet chocolate in the aroma, very nice! Sweet, fruity, and spicy tastes rush to the forefront followed by a warming honey sweetness, not aggressive, but you know the alcohol is there. Very complex beer. Great mouthfeel and nice lingering sweet and sour taste. Yummy. Among the very best beers I've ever had! RERATE: Poured into the same Aventinus glass shown to the left, the head now remains and the aroma is even more pronounced. Again confirming my opinion that this is among the world's greatest beers!

50 cl bottle, served in Aventinus glass. Appearance-wise, this is one of the most beautiful beers around, especially when served in the right glass: Deep, opaque reddish-brown; enormous, stable head that sticks around until the very end; massive carbonation visible all the way up the tall glass. It's almost - almost - a shame to drink a beer this fine-looking... Taste is highly complex, easily combining the freshness of a wheat beer w/ the depth and fullness of taste of a doppelbock. Exemplary. Luxurious mouthfeel and very good drinkability w/ the 8% abv. being well hidden. A unique and wonderful brew that's become one of my all-time favorites.

First off I have to comment on the fact that there is an ad for a jewsih singles website in my right frame on my screen. Awesome!! No offense to the Jewish Ratebeerians. This brew was my longstanding favorite for months...nothing could top it. To drink one was an occasion in and of itself. Pours a seductively chocolate color. Look spritzy like any good wheat beer. Smells like...ohh my goodness...ohhh...smells like my nose is going to have kids in nine months..conception. Smells like a deep dark pit of goodness. The malts in this beer are so infinitely enjoyable I can’t contain myself. Notes of raisin, plum, chocolate and a sourness to be rivasled only by my socks. Tastes lovely. Evaporates on your tongue like champagne. Has a very interesting take on the soy saltiness of most dopplebocks. Tastes mostly on the back of my tounge (like Chimay Bleu, or other fine quadruppel’s) Leaves a nice refreshingly tingly carbonation in your hole. Excellent beer. G-rat

Bottled. A wonderful beer. A perfect synergy of two beer styles: Bock and Weizen. But I have to disagree with some people, who say that the head was fizzy or small. Mine looked really astonishing and took ages to diminish to a drinking-friendly size (yeah, I was a little bit hasty while pouring out the beer). The foam is actually really thick and looks like it can be cut with a knife.

Bottle: Dark cloudy ruby colour with a heavy white head. Aroma of ripe red fruits, strong wheat presence. Taste is complex, a mixture between a great wheat beer and a doppelbock without losing one or the other, alcohol is nicely hidden.

I spilled part of a bottle, and felt like crying. Complex flavors, wheat/hop aftertaste.

Dark brown and cloudy. Off white fizzy head. Spicey clove grape aroma. Boozey taste. A bit peppery, chocolate malt, coffee, and caramel. Raisins with plum, cherries and citrus hide in the background with a subtle smokiness. Spicey boozey pleasant, with a warming finish. At about $2.50 a bottle, you can't go wrong.

on tap at the schneider house in munich: this is one of my all time favorites in the (weizen category) ive had it several time from the bottle and on tap. quite a bit of alcohol, so watch out! nice huge head thats dense and bubbley. beutiful nose of wheat, cloves, bananas and malt. dark brown in a glass. im not saying anymore, just go drink one... you wont be disapointed. this is truly one of the best.