Ayinger

Why it matters

A small rural Bavarian brewery whose beers are the benchmark examples of several German styles in English-language writing.

Details

Reference beers

• Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel5% ABV

  A Munich dunkel built on Munich malt rather than on roast, and one of the most widely exported examples.

• Ayinger Bräuweisse5.1% ABV

  A Bavarian village weissbier from a brewery better known for its dark lagers, and the fruit-forward end of the style.

• Ayinger Celebrator6.7% ABV

  A benchmark doppelbock of dark chocolate, dried fruit and toasted malt, widely used as the style’s reference example outside Germany.

• Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen5.8% ABV

  A traditional amber Märzen of the kind the Munich festival no longer serves, kept in production while the festival moved to a paler beer.

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Styles it is associated with

• Doppelbock — Intensely malty strong lager, dense with bread crust, caramel and dark fruit, and remarkably clean for its strength.
• Munich Helles — Bavaria’s everyday pale lager: soft, bready and malt-forward, with just enough hop to balance and nothing to distract.
• Weissbier — Bavarian wheat beer defined by its yeast: pronounced banana and clove over a soft, cloudy, highly carbonated body.

Traditions

• Bavarian lager brewing — Cold fermentation and extended cold storage, developed in Bavarian cellars long before refrigeration and later exported worldwide.