Beer of the Weekend #149: Aventinus
The beer of the weekend is Aventinus, brewed by the Private Weissbier Brauerei Georg Schneider & Sohn of Kelheim, Germany.
Serving type: Four 16.9-ounce (500 ml) bottles. Unlike every other “pack” of 16.9ers I’ve ever bought, my Aventini (which, if my grammar is still sharp, is the plural version of “Aventinus”) came in a nice little four-pack carrier featuring photos of four Schneider Weisse offerings. There are a number of cryptic batch codes and numbers printed on the label, but I can’t consider any of them freshness dates.
Appearance: Poured into a half liter weizen glass. The color is a very attractive dark caramel brown. Three fingers of dense, off-white head developed and dissipated slowly to leave a creamy cap that lasted throughout the glass.
Smell: Very aromatic and awesome. Immediate sweet fruit overdose — banana and apple — and a lot of clove spice to tickle the nostril hairs. Woooo. It also has that sinister doppelbock edge with caramel and a hint of alcohol.
Taste: A perfect balance between doppelbock and weissbier. The flavor follows the lead of the aroma. Smooth and refreshing wheat, bananas, apples, and cloves; after that comes the toasty caramel malts and alcohol warmth of doppelbock.
Drinkability: Smooth. Creamy. Thirst quenching. Orgasmic. Numbing. I don’t know what else to write. My first few sips almost drove me to tears. If there is a heaven, this is no doubt on tap. This is my first experience with weizenbock, and I am without a doubt blown away. Superb.
Fun facts about Aventinus
-Style: Weizenbock. This is what BA has to say:
-Price: $14.99/four-pack at John’s Grocery in Iowa City. Yeah — it’s a little on the pricy side.
-Serving temperature: Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide suggests 48-50ºF.
-Alcohol content: A whopping 8.2 percent ABV. Yowza. I’ll be feeling this one in the morning.
-Food pairings: BA suggests German cuisine, chocolate, and grilled meat.
-Gravity: 18.5º Plato.
-The man depicted on the label is Johannes Thurmayr, who was a Latin scholar in Abensberg, Germany. Thurmayr called himself Aventinus. When the Schneider’s were brewing in Munich, their bottling hall was on Aventine Strasse. I’m not exactly sure what “Aventinus” or “Aventine” mean, but I think it has to do with the Aventine Hill in Rome and some funky Catholic stuff. Oh, those Catholics.
The Quiet Man’s grade: A.
Serving type: Four 16.9-ounce (500 ml) bottles. Unlike every other “pack” of 16.9ers I’ve ever bought, my Aventini (which, if my grammar is still sharp, is the plural version of “Aventinus”) came in a nice little four-pack carrier featuring photos of four Schneider Weisse offerings. There are a number of cryptic batch codes and numbers printed on the label, but I can’t consider any of them freshness dates.
Appearance: Poured into a half liter weizen glass. The color is a very attractive dark caramel brown. Three fingers of dense, off-white head developed and dissipated slowly to leave a creamy cap that lasted throughout the glass.
Smell: Very aromatic and awesome. Immediate sweet fruit overdose — banana and apple — and a lot of clove spice to tickle the nostril hairs. Woooo. It also has that sinister doppelbock edge with caramel and a hint of alcohol.
Taste: A perfect balance between doppelbock and weissbier. The flavor follows the lead of the aroma. Smooth and refreshing wheat, bananas, apples, and cloves; after that comes the toasty caramel malts and alcohol warmth of doppelbock.
Drinkability: Smooth. Creamy. Thirst quenching. Orgasmic. Numbing. I don’t know what else to write. My first few sips almost drove me to tears. If there is a heaven, this is no doubt on tap. This is my first experience with weizenbock, and I am without a doubt blown away. Superb.
Fun facts about Aventinus
-Style: Weizenbock. This is what BA has to say:
A more powerful Dunkel Weizen (of "bock strength"), with a pronounced estery alcohol character, perhaps some spiciness from this, and bolder and more complex malt characters of dark fruits.
-Price: $14.99/four-pack at John’s Grocery in Iowa City. Yeah — it’s a little on the pricy side.
-Serving temperature: Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide suggests 48-50ºF.
-Alcohol content: A whopping 8.2 percent ABV. Yowza. I’ll be feeling this one in the morning.
-Food pairings: BA suggests German cuisine, chocolate, and grilled meat.
-Gravity: 18.5º Plato.
-The man depicted on the label is Johannes Thurmayr, who was a Latin scholar in Abensberg, Germany. Thurmayr called himself Aventinus. When the Schneider’s were brewing in Munich, their bottling hall was on Aventine Strasse. I’m not exactly sure what “Aventinus” or “Aventine” mean, but I think it has to do with the Aventine Hill in Rome and some funky Catholic stuff. Oh, those Catholics.
The Quiet Man’s grade: A.
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