Schneider Aventinus

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

Poured from bottle a hazy brownish-copper with a large light-tan head. The aroma is fantastic with sweet and spicy notes of clove, rising dough, yeast, and a touch of banana. Flavor is heavy with spicy clove, caramel, yeast, bread, orange rind, a mild touch of sweet banana and honey. The palate runs from sweet to tart with a good carbonation tang that keeps the sweet notes from over-powering the brew. I can’t say enough how much I liked this beer. It was fantastic. If you like weizen beers this is one not to be missed. How did it take me so long to try this one?

Bottle 50cl. Creamy, stable head, carbonation is very small for a weizen but matches to the beer. Smells like dry fruits, raisins. Taste is full-bodied, never had a Weizenbock with this complexity and harmony. Great stuff!

bottle - I almost cried when I sent the last sip down.....pours clear brown with a light tan frothy head. An explosion of caramel, spice. baked banana, apple pie and biscuit hits the nose right away. Nutty, toasted biscuit flavor, only the slightest trace of alcohol with light citrus notes and the most subtle bitter finish. Light to medium body with a lovely creamy mouthfeel. Danke Herr Schneider Danke..........I love this beer!!!!

I first enjoyed G. Schneider & Sohn Aventinus beer at the Mainstreet Pub up in Melbourne, FL. it was love at first sip. I savored my Aventinus with much relish and pleasure while also nibbling on some delectable fresh almond brie, crackers, and grapes. It was beer meets food nirvana, and I almost didn’t come back. Thankfully it is now readily available to me here locally. Aventinus is a brew I must have on a regular basis, and I would also like to try aging one and giving it a tasting a year or two from now.
She pours from her bottle into my goblet a rich darkly moist earthen brown. A smooth fluffy head of foam forms at the top and slowly lingers into a soft cottony ring around the sides of my glass. In the nose I detect sweet whiffs of malt with a caramelized mix of prunes and other dark-pitted fruit. Essences of raisins and spices, cinnamon and nutmeg. The first quaff ~ heavenly. I am reminded again why I love this beer so much. Such delicate deep complexity in its palate. Despite looks, Aventinus has a rather light yet full body and mouthfeel with light effervescence which doesn’t weigh down the palate. Smooth, creamy and chewy, sweet caramel and prunes come to mind first. As the taste lingers on my buds, there is a pleasant dryness to the palate and pleasant warmth creeps up in the back of my throat, a testament to the high ABV of 8.2%. As I delve further into my Aventinus, small trails of Brussels lace take their time joining the rest of the brew in my glass. As she warms, I detect gentle flavors of prunes, raisins, and some nice nutmeg spice. From start to finish, Aventinus is a soft, delicate beer overflowing with a perfectly balanced blend of winter spice, warmth, rich and decadent prunes and raisins with malty notes.
For whatever reason, I am reminded of Christmas and the holidays as I quaff my Aventinus. It could be the warmth of the beer, the soft yet full-bodied chewy mouthfeel which blends dark fruits and warm wintery spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg. Truly a beautiful beer, there is no other wheat dopplebock like Aventinus.

Probably the best German beer i’ve ever drunk.Great aroma,impressive touch in the palate,sweet aftertaste.This is Weiss for sure!!!!

Pours a rich tea color with a significant head. Very complex nose. I’m picking up lots of banana with cloves. Some sweet chocolate aromas are coming through too. Very sweet flavor. Great mouthfeel. Almost a belgian amount of carbonation but has a nice rounded wheat subtlety to it. Very carmel flavor with a nice fruit blend backtone. You really have to let the beer sit in your mouth to get all the flavors out and there is plenty going on. A very interesting and unique beer.

Pours dark copper with light tanish white head. Complex scent....all kinds of stuff going on. Just as complex in taste! Malt etc...not too sweet though really liker....made me think of Celebrator etc.....really like it,...MORE?

Bottle. The aroma is a bit like standing in an old fashioned sweet shop set in the middle of a vast spice market in some forgotten land. Pours a deep, burnished copper with an off-white head that disappears fairly quickly. Getting a mouthful of that head before it goes is highly recommended. Flavours of clove, nutmeg, banana, yeast, vanilla and liquorice are all present and while the alcohol is detectable it is very subdued. One of the best doppelbocks in the world and one of my own favourite beers.