Ayinger Jahrhundert Bier - Privatbrauerei Franz Inselkammer KG / Brauerei Aying

biteme398

Virginia

4.28/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 500mL bottle into a pint glass. A very pale, straw color and the smell isn't particularly pungent. The taste is similar to a pilsener but dryer and somewhat hoppier while mouthfeel is only slightly carbonated and a little watery.

My first try of a Dortmunder lager, so I don't have much to base it on. Pretty solid, a very tasty lager that has hints of an IPA in it. Definitely worth another buy.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 23:25:29 | More by biteme398

Chaney

District of Columbia

3.85/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

I really dig stuff like this. Presently #3 in the Dortmunder/Export Lager category here on BA.

Served in a DC Brau tulip.

A: Poured out a damn near perfectly clear golden color, with a slight chill haze, a nice 3/4 finger pillowy white head, and lots of visible carbonation rising up from the bottom. Think aquarium.

S: Sweet grains and movie theater popcorn. Good stuff.

T: Not quite as delectable as I was expecting, but still a damn tasty example of the Dortmunder style. Sour dough bread, not sweet at all, but with a tinge of sulphur, which is but a minor quibble.

M: Prickle, prickly, snap, crackle, pop! Holy hell this was carbonated, but in a delectable way appropriate for this style.

O: I'da guessed this was about 3% or so. 5.2%, huh? Okay, I'll take it.

Serving type: bottle

05-05-2013 21:11:16 | More by Chaney

johnnnniee

New Hampshire

3.93/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Pours a crystal clear light golden color with a decent sized brilliant white head that slowly dissipates to a cap on top. Smells of grainy malt like the mash tun on brew day with a light floral hop to balance. The flavor is sweet and malty with honey like grains and light earthy spice hops to counter. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a sweet mouthfeel. Nice clean well made lager that I could literally smell all day.

Serving type: bottle

05-01-2013 01:34:37 | More by johnnnniee

TeamMathis

West Virginia

4.39/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Golden.
Smell: Bitter butter biscuits and lemon.
Taste: Slightly bitter butter biscuits and lemon. Maybe some honey.
Mouthfeel: Medium carbonation and smooth.

This is great. One of the best lagers I've ever had; maybe the best. The taste and smell are about identical. It's a warm taste with a distinct bitterness. Dry. Excellent to the end. I would get this again.

Serving type: bottle

04-24-2013 02:30:29 | More by TeamMathis

BeerZack

North Carolina

4.05/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Golden straw colored beer with a fizzy, thin pale white head. Smells kinda skunky and grassy with a bit of a sweet malt undertone and some honey scents as it warms. Initial impression is a big carbonic bite on the front of the tongue. The initial "bite" is so big, there is no real flavor impression until the finish, which seems very balanced with a bit of sweet and bitter. The malts sweetness has a flavor somewhere between caramel and honey, but very mild. The bitterness is somewhat herbal and has a minerally-like bite. A crisp, drinkable lager with a touch of malt sweetness balanced by a persistent herbal hop bitterness.

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2013 02:33:10 | More by BeerZack

sethcroisant

Nebraska

3.83/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

A- massive white head that leaves shocking amounts of sticky chunks of lace.

S- peppery, lemony and slightly spicy hops with hints of dry grain.

M- balanced, smooth carbonation with a somewhat light texture.

T- hops up front that are very citrusy. it takes a second or two for the malt to hit. metallic grains and faint caramel show up when a little hop bitterness comes back to steal the show. flavors of lemon are in the background throughout.

O- easydrinking, but just complex enough to keep the mind thinking.

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2013 02:38:23 | More by sethcroisant

Tone

Missouri

3.53/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Pours a clear, gold color. 1/4 inch head of a white color. Good retention and decent lacing. Smells of pale malt, slight hops, slight sweet malt, and a hint of minerals. Fits the style of a Dortmunder / Export Lager. Mouth feel is sharp and crisp, with an average carbonation level. There is also a noticeable dryness. Tastes of pale malt, slight sweet malt, slight hop, and a hint of minerals. Overall, decent appearance and feel. Otherwise, the aroma, blend, and body are simple, but characteristically accurate.

Serving type: bottle

03-19-2013 16:56:13 | More by Tone

BeerDocT

Georgia

4.14/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Picked up a bottle of this at the Berliner Kindl restaurant in Black Mountain, NC. Great German beer selection there and all reasonably priced.

Appearance 3.25: Very light golden color with a very light head. Lots of CO2 bubbles popping up everywhere. The only thing remarkable about it is the light color.

Smell 3.5: Nice bouquet, but very subdued. I smell hints of noble hops and bright grains. Slight sweetness is also present.

-Taste 4.5: Whoah! Was not suspecting this huge hit of flavor from a beer that looks and smells like this. Front is slightly sweet and barley-forward. Middle is slightly rocky, but has a nice barley flavor. Finish is slightly hoppy and features more of the grains. Everything is smooth and perfectly balanced, which is why I gave it a high score.

-Mouthfeel 4.5: Perfect level of carbonation for this style. Refreshing and compelling; I kept coming back for drink after drink.

-Overall 4.00: In spite of its generic lager look and somewhat generic bouquet, this beer is a surprise and rises well above it other Teutonic Lager kin. This is really sort of a "long boil" lager: normal lager characteristics are heightened and accentuated in this brew. Recommended to all lager lovers and beer drinkers in general.

Serving type: bottle

03-19-2013 03:47:49 | More by BeerDocT

ZethOfTheNorth

Louisiana

4.18/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

16.9 oz bottle, $3.49. Ubiquitous in New Orleans, and this is my first time having it. Scores are considered against other German lagers.

A: Initially lovely. Light straw with a bright billowing two-finger head that almost instantaneously settled right down (the glass was cleaned just before pouring). Very little carbonation activity. Quite transparent.

S: Vinous, white wine. Green grapes and apples... almost ciderlike. Pleasant and unexpected.

T: Beautiful. The green grape quality is subtler than it is in the nose and merges with some pilsner sweetness. Ends dry, with more continental-style hop bitterness than the average German lager. Very refined.

M: Nice carbonation tingle. Creamy when swirled, but still light on the palate.

O: Optimal warm-weather beer, if a little pricey for generally cheaper summer styles. Still, this exceeded expectations and I'll buy it again.

Serving type: bottle

03-03-2013 21:04:49 | More by ZethOfTheNorth

Mebuzzard

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Well, this beer is purty darn close to being 'to style'.
It's pale golden with tinge of copper. Nice creamy white head. So-so lacing.

Aroma is sweet wet biscuit, some grass and bright fruit. A zest of lemon perhaps. Malty yet thin

Great simple flavor on this one. Wet sweet biscuit dough is prevalent but not dominant. The hops and yeast give a one-two light punch each of grass and lemon zest. But, still, it's sweet malt. Not a tongue coater or something that sticks in the back of your throat.
Easy drinking. Will have again in summer

Serving type: bottle

02-19-2013 08:37:32 | More by Mebuzzard

draheim

Washington

3.98/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

500mL into a weizen glass. Pours a clear pale golden yellow w/ a big fluffy white head, leaving behind a nice web of lace, lively carbonation.

Aroma is lightly floral, mildly grainy, w/ a hint of spice. Noble or other Old World hops prevalent.

Taste also leads off with a nice light floral quality, finishes clean and dry. As drinkable and refreshing as a tall glass of ice water.

Mouthfeel is also crisp and light, great carbonation. I could drink this by the pitcher, which I believe is its intended purpose.

Overall another tasty, understated beer from Brauerei Aying. All that's missing is the bier garten.

Serving type: bottle

01-28-2013 00:13:48 | More by draheim

yourefragile

District of Columbia

4.14/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

500 mL bottle. Thanks Thorpe!

Pours a hazed bright golden color with a quickly fading large white frothy head. Nose of bready malt, grass, lemon, straw and green apple. Medium full body with high, fine carbonation and a pleasant sweet and bready flavor. Straw, grass and lemon with faint noble hops providing bitterness in the finish. Very good.

Serving type: bottle

01-21-2013 00:40:09 | More by yourefragile

KickbacksSteve

Florida

4.11/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

On tap at Kickbacks in Jax. Poured into a snifter. Clear, pale yellow in color. White head, moderate retention, with soapy, then clear lacing. Aroma includes some malt sweetness and a touch of apple cider. Taste is mildly sweet, almost a pilsner-like yeastiness taste, and maybe some residual sweetness on the back of the taste reminescent of apple pie. Odd and unexpected. Anyway, a very easy to drink lager, despite it sweet qualities and as usual, like everything else from Ayinger, delicious.

Serving type: on-tap

01-14-2013 06:58:20 | More by KickbacksSteve

dungledauf

Pennsylvania

4.78/5  rDev +20.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Presentation: Served in pint glass at Sewickley Sharp Edge.

Appearance: Straw color, thick white head, light carbonation, lacing retained through entire drink.

Smell: Very malty, bready, and doughy with faint hop smell

Taste: Medium bodied, malty with a smooth finish. Very nicely balanced

Mouthfeel: Nice malt flavor with a balanced, crisp, and dry finish

Notes: Really enjoyed this one. Better beer on draft than in a bottle. Great Dortmunder.

Serving type: on-tap

12-31-2012 13:15:58 | More by dungledauf

CwrwAmByth

United Kingdom (Wales)

4/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 500ml bottle into a pint glass.

Pours a light golden colour with quite a good white head.

Smells quite yeasty with some light malts in there too.

Tastes slightly watery, though it has very nice biscuity malts, and fruity German hops, though these flavours are quite subtle.

Overall a great drinkable beer.

Serving type: bottle

12-21-2012 17:49:25 | More by CwrwAmByth

pkalix

California

4.03/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

wow! what a head for a lager. or maybe it's my drunk-a$$ unsteady hands stirring it up....
straw. clear, effervescent. nice head on top.
smells like an european lager...
tastes . . . . yep, like an european lager. wasnt lager created in america? the euros kick butt over america in most styles, but i think we still do a better lager...
overall, plain, generic, slightly sour, but very drinkable in succession. love the ayinger brand, but this is one of the 'plainer' versions. got a celebrator waiting for me in the frig for next weekend when i do my (usual) foray into dopplebock land....

Serving type: bottle

12-16-2012 02:41:12 | More by pkalix

beergoot

Colorado

3.85/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

The beer poured out with a nice light, straw color, excellent rich, foamy white head, and moderate carbonation rising from the bottom of the glass. Grainy malt aroma, some biscuit notes, a bit grassy. Taste follows the aroma by and large; definite biscuit and cracker flavor with a well-balanced hop bitterness. Mouthfeel came across light, soft, and with a clean, dry finish.

A decent lager overall. I liked the balanced malt and hop mixture. A fine offering...

Serving type: bottle

12-06-2012 00:25:29 | More by beergoot

BlackHaddock

United Kingdom (England)

3.85/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Half-litre bottle: best before 04/2013, poured into a Budweisr Budvar stemmed tulip @ home in 11/2012.

Looked good: clear, clean, bright and golden. On top a snow white covering of thick foam.

Floral aroma, fairly pronounced for a lager/pilsner style brew: the taste is also on the floral side with a mini-sweetness coming through the hop dryness of the mouth feel. Grainy, yeasty and tasty (rarely use the word tasty when talking about lager based brews).

This had body and depth of flavours: I really enjoyed it. Second half of the bottle was taken with some 'Emmental Cheese, home made Green Tomato Chutney and dry salted biscuits, the beer complimented the food very well in deed.

Serving type: bottle

11-28-2012 12:19:10 | More by BlackHaddock

Kromes

Georgia

4.1/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A clear straw color with a fluffy white head that laces the glass.

Biscuit malts with some floral and grassy hops. Very nice aroma to it.

Starts with the biscuit malt flavor and then really opens up with a nice floral, almost fruity, mix. The grassy and floral hops mix with the sweet malt very well and balance each other nicely.

Mouthfeel is light and crisp. Finishes dry with a lingering bitterness from the hops.

This is a very clean and crisp beer with some nice floral notes.

Serving type: bottle

11-18-2012 02:40:40 | More by Kromes

seanyfo

United Kingdom (Scotland)

4.5/5  rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

33cl bottle poured into a Warsteiner pokal.

BBE May 2012

A - Light gold body with excellent clarity. Creamy 3 finger head has good retention and lacing.

S- Earthy hop, light biscuit malt

T- Light biscuit malt up front with a nice wave of earthy hop coming through to balance. Hops linger and dominate the balance but not overly so. The light biscuity malt base remaining thoughout. Finish is semi dry and crisp

M- Medium body/carbonation, crisp and refreshing

D- A real beauty for me. Crisp and refreshing with a super hop malt balance for the style. Could drink all day long.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2012 15:10:20 | More by seanyfo

haz77

United Kingdom (England)

4/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Pours a bright, pale gold with two-fingers of firm white head. This slowly recedes to a thin cap. A dozen bubbles are visible in the liquid. All as expected.

S - Biscuity malt, light fruity notes, mild grassy hops, smoked meat buried at the back, a touch of citrus. Good depth and interest for the style.

T - The lemon flavour at the start builds, becoming rounder and more acidic and is joined by light fruits. Biscuity malts in the middle with a mild caramel flavour. The restrained hops push through towards the end and are slightly spicy/grassy. These linger into a lengthy aftertaste.

M - Soft carbonation lightly tingles throughout. The mouthfeel gains an element of creaminess towards the end of the drink.

D - Great balance and hard to think of a better thirst quencher. If only more lagers were like this one...

Serving type: bottle

11-01-2012 12:01:48 | More by haz77

tobelerone

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

An easy drinking Dortmunder-style brew I have enjoyed many times over the years and one which seems designed to be consumed in massive liter steins despite its slightly high ABV for a session candidate. Pours pale gold, with excellent clarity, an enormous white head, strong retention and lacing.

Aroma is bready, malty, lightly toasted, with more prominent caramel and honey than may be anticipated for the style, and a pleasant undercurrent of floral, grassy hops. The flavor matches the nose; this is a simple, straightforward beer with lots of clean malt character and a decent amount of floral noble hops emerging underneath. My one criticism of this beer is that it's a little bit on the sweet side, with more honey and caramel notes than other Dortmunders, and it could stand to be just a touch drier for my tastes. Could stand to have a bit more assertive bitterness as well.

Medium-light body, medium carbonation, ridiculously easy drinking. Tossed back a few of these with some pretzels and football on Sunday, all is right with the world for a few hours.

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2012 16:23:51 | More by tobelerone

Treyliff

West Virginia

3.88/5  rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A- pours a golden straw color, crystal clear with a white foamy head and no lacing.

S- clean malt, hay, a bit of grass, minimal hops

T- malty with a bit of grass and a slight hop linger. Very clean and balanced.

M- med-high carbonation, light body, slightly foamy, finishes dry

O- a clean and enjoyable lager.

Serving type: bottle

10-17-2012 14:11:25 | More by Treyliff

mscudder

Georgia

3.7/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a pint.

A - Nice smoke upon popping the top. Transparent, golden hue with a finger-plus pale head. Average retention and lacing.

S - Grains, lemon and a touch of bready malts. Expected more.

T - A strange mix of crackers, sourdough, lemon and clove. Sweet doughy flavor and a slight hop bitterness is present throughout, with a crisp finish.

M - Medium body with a nice, moderate carbonation.

O - This is far from a style I typically enjoy. This does some things well, as far exceeds what it looks like: a light-lager with a massive pale head.

Serving type: bottle

10-05-2012 04:10:13 | More by mscudder

ruckus232

Illinois

4.08/5  rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

16.9 Ounce brown bottle poured into a pilsner glass

Appearance: Clear light yellow in color with large amounts of white head

Smell: Slightly yeasty with a little bit of a metallic scent

Taste: Slight pilsner taste with a little bit of a bitterness at first. The aftertaste is somewhat bready which I really like.

Serving type: bottle

10-05-2012 00:00:59 | More by ruckus232