Crazy idea... midnight wheat?

[mlg5039]

I would say you got a bad bottle. It regularly taste nothing like you just described.

 

[rjwhite41]

Man I gotta say I wasn't crazy about the Aventinus... it tasted more like some kind of strange Belgian than a German Dopplebock. It had a funky tart flavor, too tart really, like a sour. And the malt was very faint, almost a background flavor. Overly carbonated. Maybe I got a bad bottle? The sour flavor was the dominant quality of the beer. My wifes tasting notes - it tastes like sour, smokey beans. I thought the Optimator was vastly better

I don't know what to say. It shouldn't be sour at all. It's got some wheat funkiness but not at all sour. Roasted malt should dominate your flavor profile with chocolate and dark fruit flavors mixed with the traditional banana and clove flavors. I also don't remember it being overcarbed. Think of it as a dark wheat, not a Dopplebock. I've never had a bad bottle of anything from Schneider and Sohn but maybe yours sat in the sun for a couple of years before they sold it to you.

 

[bottlebomber]

Could be... the malt profile was ultra wimpy. It must have been old. They could have been dusting it off on the Bevmo shelf for years, it didnt have a date on it. As far as funkiness, I have a belgian bottled right now that tastes like licking the underneath of a horse in a good way and im fine with those flavors. Ill definitely have to give it another shot now just to be sure. Ill buy it from somewhere else though.

 

[bnmir]

Victory Moonglow