Award winning Schneider Weisse Aventinus

November 2011

The oldest wheat doppelbock in the world wins its sixth gold medal in eight years at the European Beer Star Competition. The wheat doppelbock of Schneider Weisse is dominating the category "South German-Style Weizenbock Dunkel" for the sixth time in the history of the major European beer competition that is held since 2004.

TAP6 Unser Aventinus was also elected consumers’ favourite among all the gold medal winners – which is a big honor. The award was presented on Thursday 16th November at the Brau Beviale in Nuremberg.

TAP6 Unser Aventinus has an outstanding history: It is the oldest wheat doppelbock in the world – brought to market as early as in 1907. In addition to that, it was a woman who created it: in that time, the early widowed Mathilda Schneider ran the brewery. She also broke with the common naming and did not use the suffix “-ator”. She named her creation Aventinus - after Aventinstrasse in Munich, where the brewery was located at that time.

Schneider Aventinus is still brewed according to ancient tradition: with the first fermentation in open vats and and a true second fermentation in the bottle. Now well known in more than 30 countries worldwide and available all year round with the highest sales months are in the cold Christmas months and strong beer season. Due to a strength of more than 8.2 percent alcohol by volume the Aventinus can be matured - like good red wine - with flavours developing over the years. Why not lay some down now and enjoy a vintage-Aventinus in a few years time?

To enqire about stocking Schneider TAP 6 Unser Aventinus please contact us on 01422 377 560.