Schneider Aventinus

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

Now this is an excellent brew. Great aroma, nice creamy head that lasts. wonderful slightly bitter beginning with a semi sweet chocolaty palate. The greatness of a dark beer and white beer all in one.

The classic doppleback. I’m drinking one now. Ain’t life grand!

Every time I’m interested in a wheat beer something from Scneider seems to find its way into the shopping cart, and usually its Aventinus!! I really like this beer. Its a dopplebock, but the wheat flavor is very pronounced, so I would think of it more in line with the wheat catagory than the bock catagory. Nice yeast at the bottom of the bottle. Heavy clovey flavor, with hints of banana too. Only downgrade is that the head doesn’t seem to last as long as I’d expect for a wheat-based beer.

I agree with my last review. This is one of the world’s finest beers and it’s sad that it is rated behind an avalanche of American beers where the brewing theory seems to be that more of everything is always better. Aventinus is a special, distinctive beer. There’s the typical banana note from the wheat, and an unmissable clove aroma. What makes this beer great is the difficult to describe complexities--exotic fruits and herbs, and an unusual bitter finish. I can never quite figure out this beer’s secrets.

Great beer for enjoying with freinds and relaxing to drink but not too (>4)many or it makes it hard to get home

Two beer styles that the Germans do well combine for even better than the sum of the parts. Great foam on the pour, deep complex aromas. fruity yeastiness and cloves are very soothing and relaxing. Palte is syrupy smooth without getting too heavy. Rich and flavorful, deep sweet malt fruitiness blends well against a sour banana hefeweizen like finish with a touch of cloves.

What a fine, fine beer! I wasn""t expecting to like this beer as much as I did. Complex doesn""t begin to describe it. Pours out to a plum darkness in the glass with a light brown head that reminds you of brown sugar. The aroma is that of fruit. The taste. Man, the taste. Where to begin? Initially, there is a presence of nutmeg, cloves and banana, much like a regular wheat beer. But just when you think this is what you get, the beer transforms as it warms and the clove/banana taste leaves and a warm fruit taste of raisons takes over. A wonderful beer that truly hides the 8% ABV very well.

Thick and luxuriant, yet acidic and crisp, with an amazing clove/raisin flavor. One of the greats.