Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock - Weisses Bräuhaus G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH

Bubbalutz

Saskatchewan (Canada)

4.85/5  rDev +14.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

When I first had this beer at a brew pub I thought it was the best beer I had ever had, I purchased some at a later date and it still doesn't disappoint. A must have in any beer lovers life! Don't drink more than 2 in one sitting ! This is the beer that opened my taste buds to the possibilities of beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2013 03:06:14 | More by Bubbalutz

diesel59

New York

4.13/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

first off... I love high octane.. so right out of the gate we are off to a good start... @ 12% alc./ vol... I am in my comfort zone... poured into a snifter from a 12oz. bottle... looks and pours similar to a barley wine!... so far so good, smells much like a barley wine as well...lots of black cherry and a slight hint of vanilla...the taste is full of black cherry and is very carbonated...the finish is short with some lingering heat and slight flavor... all in all... I like this very much... minus the carbonation...

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2013 01:07:37 | More by diesel59

OtherShoe2

Massachusetts

4.46/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Pours dark brown with a cream colored head that dissipates to a ring. No lace but I have alcohol tears on the glass.

Nice sugary, spicy toasted wheat and banana note. Brown sugar, boozy fruit, and clove.

Sugared toasted wheat, brown sugar, clove, plum, some grain spice. Palate clears and banana and spice malt lingers. Alcohol has no flavor but you know it is there. Mild malt and spicy sweet on the palate as it dries. Very complex.

Full bodied with a tingle. Slick, mouth coating.

Great beer served in a 12 oz bottle. This one will kick me in the head. Complex, tasty, and inviting. Great brew.

Serving type: bottle

03-29-2013 23:55:09 | More by OtherShoe2

Immortale25

Florida

4.26/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

A- Pours a dark brown with a two-finger tan head that retains excellently before becoming .

S- Unique aroma of wheat and spices. Clove, ginger, maple, brown sugar, honey among other sweet things.

T- Tastes like an amped up dunkelweizen. Well-balanced with notes of banana bread, clove and, of course, wheat. There's also a bit of capsaicin burn in the mix but is barely noticeable. You would never guess this was 12%.

M- Lots of snap, medium carbonation and a fullish body.

O- My first Eisbock is an awesome one.

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2013 23:01:39 | More by Immortale25

mschind

California

4.8/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5

Picked this up on a recommendation from our brew club expert.

A- Murky reddish brown with a persistent off white creamy head that coats the glass. Very leggy as you expect of a 12 ABV beer. Cloudy is good here since it is a wheat beer.

S- Rich dark malt with floral and fruit notes that swirl together and recombine into something a little different with each sip. And I do mean sip with this one.

T- Like the nose, the flavor shifts across the palate. Dark fruit, fresh cherry and very little bitterness. The alcohol is well concealed but it will sneak up.

M- Full, smooth and well carbonated which captures the wheat beer style and avoids being syrupy. No heat from the alcohol.

O- This is one amazing beer. A wheat ice dopplebock. Complex like a good cognac and I could see savoring this with a good cigar.

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2013 22:37:44 | More by mschind

LampertLand

British Columbia (Canada)

4.06/5  rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

G.Schneider Aventius Weizen Eisbock Ale @ 12% , served from a 500 ml bottle with purple label purchased for $5

A-pour is a deep mahogany brown with small off white head that is dissapating leaving a minimal lace ring along the snifter

S-cloves & herbal medicinal phenols , so boozy

T-big taste o'booze , oh yeah

MF-ok carbonation , beyond full bodied ,

Ov-the biggest of G.Schneider's craft beers , should be tried beside Van Is-Hermannator perhaps if your in an Eisbock mood ,

sampled alongside 3 other G.Schneider beers & 3 from local brewer Moon Under Water

prost LampertLand

Serving type: bottle

03-16-2013 02:17:50 | More by LampertLand

TomTwanks

Ohio

4.51/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

11.2 oz bottle, 2012 bottle date

Pours a dark brown with an off white color head, and the head never seems to disappear. Smells of burnt caramel, toasted wheat, figs, and alcohol. Taste is very similar; complex and lingering. Back of the palate is left in greed for another sip. Mouthfeel a is silky, medium-heavy bodied, and heavy carbonation. This is refreshing especially for a 12% beer.
Glad to have purchased this and is a very low key world class beer at an affordable price.

Serving type: bottle

03-09-2013 02:48:20 | More by TomTwanks

ddedhed

Ohio

4.46/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Pours a dark, dark brown with a thick frothy head.

Smell: Sweet, raisiny, malty, bready, wheaty, and yeasty. A lot going on and fun to take in.

Taste: Starts off smooth with a sharp sweet rise that plateaus with a spiciness and alcohol. The booze because more present as the beer warms. I get more sweet, dark fruits as well.

Mouthfeel: Crisp carbonation that plays nicely with the high alcohol.

Overall: This is really nice. Serious beer, and I love the "mistake story". Great sipper that I will definitely enjoy again. I might get more to cellar and try again.

Serving type: bottle

02-25-2013 01:30:58 | More by ddedhed

superspak

Michigan

4.1/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

330 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 1/21/2011. Pours crystal clear dark brown color with a nice 2 finger fairly dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fairly large amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of big raisin, prune, apple, fig, banana, molasses, toast, toffee, dark bread, wheat, clove, pepper, and light floral earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of malt and fruity notes. Taste of big raisin, fig, apple, caramel, toast, toffee, banana, molasses, dark bread, wheat, clove, pepper, and floral earthiness. No bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark fruits, caramel, molasses, toast, toffee, pepper, wheat, clove, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice flavor balance, complexity, and robustness; with zero cloying sweetness present after the finish. Medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very creamy, slick, and lightly prickly mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is extremely well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an excellent eisbock style. Damn nice complexity and balance of flavors; and very smooth to sip on for such a big beer. A very enjoyable offering as expected.

Serving type: bottle

02-23-2013 06:43:00 | More by superspak

Darkmagus82

Montana

4.24/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Poured from bottle into a snifter glass

Appearance – The beer pours a brown/mahogany color with a small creamish colored head. The head fades rather quickly leaving a decent level of lacing on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma is sweet and malty with a strong showing of an alcohol aroma. The sweeter aromas are largely stone fruit in nature with cherry, plum, and raisin all present and strong. The malty smells are a nice mix of wheat and a bready smell with the boozy alcohol aroma rounding out the sweeter and maltier smells, giving the beer a very inviting smell.

Taste- The taste is robust and big as would be expected for a 12 % abv brew with the flavors following the nose very well. It starts with a wheaty and dark fruit flavor upfront which creates a backbone for other flavors to come and go upon. Toward the middle the fruit flavors intensify some as more cherry enters the taste while a yeasty and spice flavor complement wheat taste at this time as well. Along with the fruit so too comes nice flavors of caramel and toffee, which get stronger more toward the end of the taste. Amore toward the end and along with the caramel and toffee comes a alcohol taste. While it starts out more moderate it grows in strength more toward the end in the taste. The flavors mix and mingle on the tongue to in the end leave a very satisfyingly sweet but balanced boozy and lightly spiced flavor on the tongue.

Mouthfeel- The body of the brew is quite thick and creamy with a very soothing feeling on the tongue as the creamy body and lighter carbonation create a full mouthfeel. This feel is quite nice for all the rich ad boozy flavors of the brew, making for a nice sipping and warming brew.

Overall – A somewhat obscure brewing style done very well. This is one quite tasty brew and well worth a try.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2013 02:07:35 | More by Darkmagus82

ZiggyPop

Alberta (Canada)

3.4/5  rDev -19.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25

The Tap 6 Aventinus is one of my personal favorites,but I've yet to indulge in their eisbock offspring up until now. Poured from a 500ml bottle into an Erdinger glass. I think it's very fitting.

Appearance: Dark brown with a good half inch of brownish tinted head that dissipates rather quickly and little lacing. I notice that there are little to no sediment or "floaties" as opposed to the original Aventinus, which is an unfiltered brew. This beer in an Erdinger glass looks amazing, and I feel this is definitely how you should drink it.

Smell: My nose is a little plugged, but I can definitely smell the wheat, and I can pick up some caramalized scents and a bit of alcohol.

Taste: First taste makes me check the bottle. 12% alcohol. Huh, that was a little unexpected. I can taste the malt and wheat first and foremost, and some sweeter tastes, like toffee or burnt sugar. The alcohol is pretty noticeable, not sure if anyone else picked up on this.

Mouthfeel: This is thick, almost stout thick. Was really let down by this, because being a "Heffe Head" as I like to call it, one of my favorite things about this particular style is the smooth, easy drinking feel and taste to them.

Overall: When I heard about a second Aventinus beer that was a hybrid with a bock, I was struck with joy. After drinking this beer, I remember my dad telling me "Don't get too excited over things; Something about it will be bound to disappoint you". This beer is a good choice, but the feel really killed it for me. I guess I'll be sticking to the original.

Serving type: bottle

02-13-2013 05:58:26 | More by ZiggyPop

cattersley

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -11.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

A - Slight cloud, dark amber, good head retention.

S - Alcohol, malt, wheat, little to no hops notes, camarlized sugar.

T - Caramel, toffee, very malty, little wheat, burnt sugar.

M - Think and heavy!

O - This is a heavy drinking beer. The malt and sugar bill on this, as well as the alcohol is huge!

Serving type: bottle

02-03-2013 20:49:49 | More by cattersley

merc7186

New York

4.26/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Vintage 2009. Bottle: 11756

12oz bottle into snifter.

A: Dark Brown Hue, Passes Almost No Light, Thin Brown Head Ring, Very Minimal Lacing

S: Sweet Bread, Brown Sugar, Raisins, Mild Toffee

T: Brown Sugar, Raisins, Sweet Bready, Mildly Boozy

M: Mediocre Carbonation, Medium Bodied, Mildly Sweet, Mildly Boozy, Chewy

Overall, a pretty robust eisbock and full of deep, rich flavors that almost leave it a little thick but has aged very well.

Serving type: bottle

01-29-2013 02:58:31 | More by merc7186

StoutHunter

Michigan

3.91/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

I picked up a bottle of Schneider's Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock last week for $4.59 at The Lager Mill. I have never tried this style before, so I went to the store to see if they had any I wound up with this one, the only Eisbock they had, so lets see how it goes. 2012 Vintage Bottle #12966. Poured from a brown 11.2oz skinny bottle.

A- The label looks nice the shiny silver looks good against the purple background and it catches the eye. It poured a very dark muddy brown color that took on some nice mahogany hues when held to the light with barley a fingers worth of tan head that quickly died down to a very thin ring that eventually faded to nothing leave no lacing behind and noticeable alcohol legs. This is good looking for the style, I really liked the color.

S- The aroma starts off with a high amount of sweetness that takes on some brown sugar and molasses like aroma followed by loads of malts that impart some bready, caramel, and wheat like aromas. After that comes the fruits which are mainly dark fruits with plum and raisins sticking out the most with some apple cider and a slight banana like aroma coming through. Towards the end I get a slight bit of spicy yeast with some cloves coming through and there is a noticeable alcohol aroma. This beer had a very good aroma, the fruits were nice and fairly complex.

T- The taste seems to be fairly similar to the aroma, it starts of with a high amount of sweetness that impart a slight molasses flavor followed by loads of malts that impart a bready, caramel, and wheat flavors. Up next comes the fruits which are pretty much dominate by the dark fruits with some raisins, plums and concord grapes coming through along with a slight hint of banana. On the finish there's a light amount of spicy yeast with cloves sticking out the most followed by a pretty strong alcohol flavor that is pretty warming and it seems to blend with a lighter amount medium bitterness with a sweet and boozy dark fruit aftertaste. This is a nice tasting beer, but the alcohol was a little to harsh and could have been hidden better.

M- Not so smooth, warming, chewy, on the fuller side being medium bodied, with a very low amount of carbonation. The mouthfeel seems to be true to style, it was nice.

Overall I thought this was a nice beer and a good example of the style, but since this is my first one I'm mainly going off of how BA describes the style, and it seems to pretty similar to that. This beer didn't have the greatest drinkability, it's for sure a sipper, but the flavors did do a good job at holding my attention but one bottles is just the right amount, no way I would anymore than that, it would get too sweet and boozy. What I liked the most about this beer was the aroma, It was very good and full of nice fruity aromas that were pretty pleasing and it had just enough wheat in it. What I liked the least about this beer was how boozy it was, I know it's !2% but the alcohol seems a little harsh to me and I think it could have hidden better. I might buy this beer again for special occasion, but I don't see my getting it again in the near future, but I would I feel like it's worth trying, I think wine lovers would really like this. All in all I wasn't really impressed with this beer, but I wasn't disappointed either, I just think that that alcohol could have been hidden a little better and that really hurt the drinkability, but the other than that the flavors and aromas were pretty nice. This is my second beer from this brewery and I for sure like the Wiezenbock the most and I would like to try more of their beers and I will be on the look out for more examples of this style. It's a nice sipper, but I wouldn't call it a favorite.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2013 04:52:02 | More by StoutHunter

pkalix

California

4.36/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

very little foam on top, vary dark. the foam that is present slides slowly down the side when tilted and is a little thick.
smell is thick and malty; almost a sweet kind of vinegar in there?
a little bitter fruit-y, a little almost over-ripe fruit-y to the point of a slight vinegar. a little bit like a wine, the alcohol comes through in the nose, and then again on the back of the tongue. have to keep it cool or i bet the alcohol will run rampant over the taste. medium to thick feel on the tongue and overall a decent brew considering it's 12%. reading over others' reviews the 'ripe cherries' description hits it on the head. such a difference in the german/austrian versio of high abv brews versus the belgians'.... i've had it before, i'll have it again, but it's not tops on my list for the higher abv taste. but they did do a great job on it....

Serving type: bottle

01-26-2013 00:58:24 | More by pkalix

SportsandJorts

Michigan

4.08/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Type: 12 oz bottle.
Glass: Snifter
Price: $5
From: Plum Market in Ann Arbor, MI

Appearance: Dark dark brown almost black. opaque. a finger of off-white and foamy head. fades quickly to nothing. pretty good looking beer

Smell: dark fruits. some wheat and a hint of alcohol.

Taste: Wheat, Dark fruits and alcohol. One drink at a time tastes pretty damn good, but if you take back to back sips and alcohol takes over the taste. I wish it were a tad more drinkable

Mouthfeel: Heavy, a bit chewy. low carbonation. warming sensation is certainly present.

Overall: very good beer but the alcohol is a bit overpowering. I like a strong alcohol presence in my strong beers but this one takes over the taste.

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2013 23:51:39 | More by SportsandJorts

gpogo

California

4.15/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

A- Clear dark brown body with a small off white head.

A- Dark fruit, bananas, caramel, figs.

T- Quite a bit more boozy than the Weizenbock, leaves a bit of an alcohol burn. Superbly sweet. Wheaty clovey weizenbock feel, just stronger.

M- Full bodied and sticks around in my mouth. Moderate carbonation.

D- I was a bit surprised how boozy it was, but it was delicious. I'm not sure I could handle more than one.

Serving type: bottle

01-16-2013 04:35:43 | More by gpogo

flyingpig

United Kingdom (Scotland)

4.45/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Good Spirits Co. Glasgow (330ml for £5.20):
Chestnut brown with some deep red tinges and a huge foamy head that is very slightly off-white.

Strong plum aroma and a lot of banana to kick things off, along with some figs and nice amount of alcohol. There is some raisins, a bit of bubblegum and a lot of spice up next, this together with some darker fruits and sugar. The smell of this one has a lot of depth and there is some clove making an appearance to along with some spice and grapes.

Alcohol to begin with but nothing overpowering, this is followed by most of what the nose promised. The taste consists of banana, cloves and dark fruits with figs, raisins and especially plums all featuring. There is some spice as expected and spice as expected along with a few malts. this taste is rounded of with some sweetness and a boozy alcohol flavour.

Full bodied and quite sweet with no bitterness and a fair amount of carbonation. It is quite boozy and dry towards the end and it certainly packs a punch.

The flavours where very well balanced and the beer went down better than I was expecting whilst still having to be sipped. The aroma was really something special though with each smell complimenting the previous.

Serving type: bottle

01-15-2013 20:07:10 | More by flyingpig

ThisWangsChung

Maryland

3.59/5  rDev -15.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.25

11.2 oz bottle into a Duvel tulip. 2010 vintage.

A: Pours a very dark brown with good opacity due to the haziness of the yeast. Huge yeast particles settle on the bottom of the glass. This features really impressive head retention for 12% - I poured it about 4 minutes ago and there's still a solid off-white colored film left on top.

S: The first thing I notice is huge dark fruit sweetness, along with lighter fruit esters and even some faded hops. After a while, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, and chocolate will enter the picture. There's a noticeable oxidation to the aroma, giving it both a stronger fruit vibe along with an underlying soy note to it. The alcohol presence is mercurial; it's about what I expected.

T: Flavors start off with a lot of ripe cherries and wheat malt. Afterwards, it shows hints of soy sauce (in a mild, pleasing fashion), chocolate, ripe pear, and apple. Not quite as deep, or even as intensely flavored as I expected. Once it warms up, it becomes more and more boozy without really contributing much complexity, and after a while becomes even sweeter; though it also becomes spicier in the finish as well. So yeah, this does have a bit of complexity and depth to it. Warts and all, this is a hell of an experience - and honest to God, it's enjoyable.

M: At the first sip, it's just about the silkiest damn thing I've ever put in my mouth. After a while, it becomes a bit more astringent and even boozy. Combined with the carbonation, it features that subtle 'airy sponge cake' quality to the texture. While it's hard for me to taste the alcohol, it's very easy to notice on the tongue, esophagus, and stomach - the syrupy finish doing its job to an extent.

O: Fresh, I'm sure the booze would knock my tongue out, but it's done a good job of evolving into something soft and mellow...ish. I seriously can't imagine how boozy this would be with only a month or two of age on it. The warmer it gets, the harsher it gets - and the less I want to drink it. Worth a try, but drink cold!

Serving type: bottle

01-09-2013 02:51:53 | More by ThisWangsChung

Kristenagrady

4.15/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Appearance: Dark with a light and airy head that dissapated quickly.

Aroma: Bready, slightly sweet and molasses-y. Rich and deep. I think the aroma was my favorite part of this beer!

Taste/Body: Molasses flavor up front with prevalent hops. Deep, rich and spicy with a kicky tang. Thick mouthfeel.

Aftertaste: Moderate bitterness and tang.

Overall: Very delicious and lush with lots of depth and layers of flavor. Again, I really liked the aroma.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2013 21:47:41 | More by Kristenagrady

Morpheus

Alberta (Canada)

4.03/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Alright, this is my first eisbock ever. I was expecting similarities to the other offerings from Weisses Bräuhaus G. Schneider & Sohn. Nope.

500mL into a tulip, this beer pours as plum-brown with a uniform opacity of color. Foam is rich and copious. Smell reminds me of malt, plums, molasses / demerara sugar, and soy sauce (it would make an interesting marinate for fish)

Into the pie hole: the first two characteristics noted were sweetness and richness. There are syrup-like qualities to this beer. It is intense and heavy. To my tastes this beer should be matched with food: chinese cuisine or deep fried/battered fish would pair nicely.

Overall, an excellent beer, with the 12% ABV not immediately apparent.

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2012 05:03:41 | More by Morpheus

teromous

Virginia

3.4/5  rDev -19.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A: Murky and dark, with a sweet tea appearance. No head at all, even when poured vigorously...only a very thin ring of tiny white bubbles. No lacing.

S: Alcohol is in the forefront, with a slightly fruity smell. It's a bit like raisins, or more accurately raisin bread...it has a slightly sweet smell that you get when cooking raisin bread.

T: The flavors are very similar to the scent. It has a huge fruity flavor up front, with some bread-like aftertaste. No bitterness, just lots of sweetness. I don't taste much alcohol. Very malty.

M: The mouthfeel is very very full. It is unquestionably a sipper. It has a pretty sharp bite.

O: I like this beer, especially for the fact that it is 12% and it masks the alcohol relatively well. You can still tell it is there, but it still tastes like a beer. There were only a few downsides, where I thought it was a bit too fruity and I would have liked more head...even though it's hard for a high alcohol beer to have a decent head, this didn't have one at all.

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2012 21:46:42 | More by teromous

BurgeoningBrewhead

Pennsylvania

2.25/5  rDev -46.8%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Given this as a gift in a single bottle for christmas. Poured into a wheat beer glass, pours deep cloudy orange with a 2-3 finger white head.
From here on out, my review is biased; I was given this because I like eisbocks, but the giver didn't realize it was a weizen-eisbock. I'm sure this is a world-class beer as the Bros have said, but wheat beers are NOT my thing.
The smell disgusts me entirely, almost to the point of throwing up. That yeasty, wheaty aroma which I know is a sign of a great wheat beer, makes me sick. It smells like an old peanut butter and jelly sandwich to me.
The taste isn't much better; if I ignore the smell I can stomach it, but barely. It's just a yeasty mess in my mouth. Again, I know it's an excellent beer, but I really do not like the style.
Mouthfeel was good, relatively full-bodied as wheat beers are wont to be. Unfortunately for me, the full mouthfeel only exacerbated my gustatory distress.
Overall, I feel like I'm not being fair to this beer. It's obvious it's an excellent beer, but wheat beers in general are not my thing.

Serving type: bottle

12-26-2012 05:04:30 | More by BurgeoningBrewhead

JRed

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Purplish burgundy with off-white head that fades. Aroma of dark wheat, prunes, grapes, booze. Tastes of prunes, grapes, dark wheat, medicinal flavor, booze, minor apricots. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Slick mouthfeel. Pretty tame for 12% ABV.

Serving type: bottle

12-26-2012 03:36:55 | More by JRed

BeerFMAndy

Wisconsin

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

11.2 oz bottle poured into a snifter.
12% ABV, Bottle Number: 2006 10717

**2006 Bottle Review**

I've been hanging onto this for a number of years. Christmas seemed a fitting occasion to crack it open!

A - With any beer of this age and alcohol percentage, it's no surprise it pours without a head and very little carbonation for that matter. Still and gorgeous, I left the sediment resting in the bottle...for now. Aventinus is a clear deep tawny mahogany color with ruby highlights.

S - Subtle notes of soft wheat, sticky caramel, and ruby port-soaked raisin escape this low-key beer until it's swirled when disaster strikes! Good bye smoothness, hello soy sauce. Thankfully it hasn't reached that "Triple Bock" stage yet.

T - Malty depth consumes this beer from first sip as toasted wheat bread drizzled with melted caramel and clover honey marries the yeast's dark fruitiness. Layers of complexity unfold with sangria-soaked raisin, red grape, and fig newton notes.

M - Carbonation is faint giving this beer a flat, though not disruptively so, feel that aids it's already smooth body and warming alcohol finish. This beer goes to show how tacking a few years on a high alcohol beer can really smooth it out.

O - Aventinus Weizen Eisbock might be a high alcohol beer but this one is showing significant signs of age leading me to believe I waited a little too long to crack this precious beer open. Its thick maltiness creates a beautiful marriage with the yeast esters but peeking notes of soy sauce disrupt the flow. 2006 in 2012 is good but not as wonderful as it could be.

Serving type: on-tap

12-25-2012 17:51:58 | More by BeerFMAndy