I picked up this beer, and some German Bratwurst to hold onto for a special occasion. Today we just finished 3 months worth of work and delivered our code to the QA department, so I figured that was worthy enough.
On the back of the bottle there is an interesting story about how the standard Aventius was the strongest wheat doppelbock, but some time in the 1930s a shipment of it partially froze in transport resulting in an extra strong batch, 60 years later the brewmaster hearing this story decided to recreate that "accident" which resulted in the weizen eisbock
ABV:12%
first impressions: nice dark color, slight banana smell
taste: very complex, tastes very dark and liquorice flavored
overall: good
This is an impressive beer, very dark, very complex taste, there is no doubt about it. While this is definitely the best doppelbock Ive had(as compared to TJs and Sam Adams) I remain not a fan of doppelbocks in general, as I am not a fan of black liquorice. It does however go well with Brats and mustard.. though I have yet to find a Bavarian beer which doesn't.
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