Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Schneider & Sohns Aventinus - Warrior or Annalist?

I was hoping this beer was named after the B.A.M.F. Aventinus, the son of demigod Hercules and Rhea, (who is the Titaness daughter of Uranus (god of the sky) and Gaia (goddess of Earth)), but is instead underwhelmingly named after this peculiar Nome charming rasputin, Johanness Aventinus who wrote the Annals of Bavaria, a history of early Germany:

The background research proved to be anticlimactic and not the route I would taken but then again I'm not familiar with this gentleman's annals. But what I was introduced to yesterday was this Wheat Doppelbock scrumpet.
In the background lies the demigod which the Aventinus should be renamed for. Then again, I don't own Hasselhoff's autobiography, "Don't Hassel the Hoff." Probably a crime in its own right.

Aventinus pours a dark red/brown color and sniff sniffs of apples. I taste cinnamon and spices along with fruits, specifically apricots? That question mark isn't user error. I don't quite remember what apricots look or taste like, but for some reason but I'm fairly certain that the taste exists in this bier. I dunno, maybe I'm way off and Aventinus instead tastes like snozberries.

The best way to describe this is as a 'hefe juice,' which 8.2% alcohol is what children drink for breakfast in Germany (citation needed). I feel this breakfast companion for the little ones is pretty unique and worthy of a TRANSFORMERS rating.

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