Ayinger Celebrator...

"Heaven" was closed the other night,just as I got to the doors,so I had to trudge a mile,with Annie B. by my side,down the mean streets of Park Slope(hehe). Destination.....Beirkraft. Beer store #2 in the Park Slope area. Beirkraft has a rather large and nice selection of grog,along with cheese and chocolate and all the other niceties that yuppies need in a one stop shop. Everything is refrigerated,unlike Eagle(Heaven),but the prices are also quite a bit higher on all the goods. I would rather refridgerate my holy liquids at home than to pay more for the same product. I'm sure I'll go back again(when eagle is closed).

Anyway..back to the beer...Ayinger Celebrator Doppelboch


My previous experience with Doubleboch has only been Sam Adams,which I found quite good at the time. Apperently,Doppelbochs are supposed to have an alcohol % quite a bit higher thn other lagers,something Sam Adams must have forgot about. Celebrator is a REAL german Doppelboch. It tasted quite good and made me feel nice once it was finished. Now that I have left New England,there is NO reason for me to stand by Sam Adam's products,not that I ever did,really.

A couple of fun facts about Doppelbochs:

The names of brews typically end in "-ator" to commerorate the original DB...Paulaner Salvator.

During the religious season of Lent, catholic monks were required to fast. Boch beers are higher in nutrients and food energy,which sustained the monks during the holiday. This is why bochs were traditionally brewed and consumed by monks.

Why does all my beer always come back to God?